<p><strong>Yuba City, CA</strong><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Sunsweet Growers Inc. has named Dane Lance as the company’s new President effective October 1, 2012. Mr. Lance has been the company’s Chief Operating Officer since March 2011.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> In his new role Dane Lance, will assume responsibilities of President and oversee daily financial, operational, IT, administrative and sales and marketing matters. Mr. Lance spent three years with the Clorox Company in marketing management positions before joining Sunsweet. Arthur Driscoll II, President and Chief Executive Officer since 2004, will continue as CEO. His focus will be on key industry issues, partnerships and strategic alliances.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> “Dane took on Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing duties in 2004,” said Arthur Driscoll II. “Since that time Sunsweet revenue has grown 35% while household penetration of prunes has improved by 40%. Dane doubled advertising communication during that period and drove the launch of innovative new retail products that now represent 30% of company revenue in North America.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> “In March 2011, Dane was promoted to Chief Operating Officer,” Mr. Driscoll, continues, “Since then, he has successfully undertaken the challenging task of bridging strong sales and marketing teams with experienced production and operations staff, combining their resources to efficiently produce and deliver the highest quality products.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> <a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.sunsweet.com/products/products_landing.html" target="_new"> Sunsweet Growers Inc.</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
