Welcome! And, thank you for visiting our Web-Site. My name is Max H. Burnell Jr. I was born in South Bend, IN the son of Max Sr. a Notre Dame University graduate and football player as I was also. In 1962 upon graduation from ND I took a position with Armour & Co and spent the next six years in their employment beginning in New Orleans, LA and ending in Chicago, IL. During those years I was able to complete a Masters program at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH and performed for Armour at several levels of management and ended as Mid-Western Division Manager for Armour Foods Company.

In 1968 I joined the management staff of Booth Fisheries a division of Consolidated Foods, in Chicago as General Manager of distribution, cold storage and National Sales Manager for food service products. We operated twelve (12) retail/food service distribution facilities and six (6) cold storage facilities in the US and two (2) in Canada. My position as GM of distribution and storage held full responsibility for operations, sales and accounting of these facilities. As National Sales Manager, food service my position held responsibility for sales as well as profitability of that category of Booth Fisheries production. I had direct interface with national accounts like, Burger King, McDonalds, and others for the purpose of developing national programs with our seafood products.

In mid-1970 I left Chicago and returned to my favorite city, New Orleans, LA for the purpose of beginning my own business. Southern Sales Systems Inc. is a food service brokerage firm and has been successfully in business since August 1, 1970. It is a company that I started from the ground and built into one of the more successful food service brokerage businesses in our region. Today the sales and marketing of that company are run by my wife Carol Burnell and I do all the planning, budgeting and deal with the financial aspects of the business.

In the mid 80's I became involved with Kiko Foods, Inc._® and by the late 80's was a major stockholder and held the position of CEO. Today, a decade later, Kiko Foods, Inc._® is located in a significant facility, producing a large number of specialty liquid food products. As you browse through our site you will see all the variety of processing, filling and packaging styles we employ. Our mission tells you about our attitude. And, the people who man the facility are a group of proud people who truly believe in what they are doing and the customers they are doing it for.

Thanks for the visit!

max@kikofoods.com

 

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