Karen McCain will become executive vice president for TriMark USA’s south region, effective the end of February. She will replace Marty Monnat who will retire at the end of the month.

TriMark USA, a Massachusetts-based foodservice equipment and supplies distributor, will open two cash and carry locations this month. Operating as Chef’s Toys, the stores will be in the California cities of Commerce and Oakland. When these two locations come online later this month, it will give TriMark a total of ten Chef’s Toys stores.

Ben Leingang joins the Alto-Shaam as a corporate executive chef for the Wisconsin-based foodservice equipment manufacturer.

TriMark USA, a Mansfield, Mass.-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer, named Marie Ffolkes to the role of CEO, effective Jan. 29. She will succeed Jerry Hyman, who will become chairman of the company and remain on the board of directors.

Longtime retail industry executive Tony Costanzo will assume the president of TriMark Orange County, effective August 5. TriMark Orange County is part of TriMark USA, a foodservice equipment and supplies dealer based in Mansfield, Mass.

Lori Foerster, TriMark Hockenbergs

Numbers tell a compelling story at TriMark USA, which since 2014 has held the top spot on FE&S’ Distribution Giants ranking of the nation’s largest foodservice equipment and supplies dealers. That year, the South Attleboro, Mass.-based, company reported prior-year sales of $944 million, overtaking longtime leader Edward Don & Co. The same year, it became the first E&S dealership to pass the $1 billion milestone and has since continued to widen the gap between itself and many of its competitors.

Unlike most CEOs whose companies sell to private equity, Jerry Hyman is still around and very much the captain of the ship at TriMark USA. Now on its fourth private-equity partnership in the past 20 years, he’s become skilled at navigating those sometimes shark-infested waters, honing an approach that doesn’t just satisfy profit-hungry PE partners but that ultimately adds value to the company and, in turn, to its customers.

TriMark USA has tapped Allan Keck to serve as president of its new private label initiative.

As part of its strategy to further integrate its operating units, TriMark USA has formed TriMark Distribution and Retail – Western Region.

John Pawlowski was named president of TriMark SS Kemp.

Majoring in industrial organizational psychology at California State University in Long Beach and simultaneously working as a trainer and bar manager for a restaurant company was instrumental in Gilles Brochard's career at TriMark R.W. Smith.

Purchase of the 8th largest distributor in the nation marks TriMark’s third major acquisition in eight months