Winholt appointed Kevin Yates vice president of business development and promoted Michael Carlson to vice president of sales.

In his new role Yates will focus on growing sales revenue of new national customers and new market and product segments. Yates has been with Winholt for 23 years.

Carlson previously served as Winholt’s director of foodservice sales and national accounts. In his new role, Carlson will focus on Winholt’s core business segments; foodservice, retail/supermarket and material handling.