<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Jacksonville, FL-</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Jordan Okumura<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">03.05.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Acosta Sales & Marketing has acquired the two foodservice companies Juhl Brokerage and Mid-State Food Brokers. The recent acquisitions will integrate with Acosta’s rapidly growing foodservice division and will expand the coverage of the company’s sales and marketing footprint across the East and Midwest, according to a press release. Acosta Sales & Marketing is a leading full-service sales and marketing agency in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>In March 2012, Acosta entered the foodservice channel and has since begun to build a presence across the U.S. Juhl Brokerage will complement Acosta with its operations in Minnesota; North Dakota; South Dakota; Nebraska; Montana; and Iowa; and Mid-State Food Brokers will bring to the table its operations in upstate New York. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>“We are pleased to announce we are expanding our foodservice footprint with the addition of these leading regional companies,” said Mark Hayden, Acosta’s foodservice division president. “These organizations, with their superior talent, experience and track records, will help us continue to build the leading foodservice platform in the U.S. and provide our clients with top-notch sales and marketing services.”<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.acosta.com/Foodservice" target="_new"> Acosta Sales & Marketing </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
