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Questionnaire Responses by Ralph Arruzza
 What is your name and where do you live?
First Name: Ralph
Last Name: Arruzza
City/State you live in: Greenville, SC
- What is your phone and email address?
Phone: 864-288-2010
Email: rarruzza@aol.com
Find me on Facebook.com by searching for:
MySpace.com URL:
LinkedIn.com URL:
- What are your plans for the reunion in 2009?
Planning to Attend:
Date Preference:
- What are you doing now? (work, home-maker, taking it easy for a while...)
Vice President Sales Old London Foods, Inc of New York City
- Are you single, committed or married? Married
- If you have children, how many and what are their ages?
Number: n/a
Ages:
- What kind of car did you drive in 1984?
Ford Pinto
- Do you still own anything you bought in the 80's? What?
yearbooks
- Do you consider yourself a product of the 80's? Why?
Definitely. I still listen to the music.
- If you were to do High School all over again, what would you do differently?
Become more involved in all aspects.
- Highlight the last 25 years of your life in less than 500 characters.
Graduated and went to Stetson University where I received a degree in Marketing and Fraternity Life. Returned back to Daytona and started in distribution sales. In 1991, accepted a sales job as an Account Mgr with Campbell Soup Company covering Southeast FL. From there, I took a Regional Sales job with General Mills in 1993 handling the Southeast. During this time, I also met my wife Lisa, who I married in `97. In 1995, being one to embrace personal progress, I accepted a job with Quality Bakery Products, as Director of Sales & Marketing. This endeavour lasted four years, at which time in `99, I had the opportunity to start my own sales company, which provided experienced sales resources to small-mid size food mfr's. We moved to TN/SC at this time, where I also started a real estate development and rental business. The sales venture lasted two years, at which time I was offered a Vice President position with Old London Foods, New York City, whom had just purchased my previous employer Quality Bakery two years earlier. Currently, I am responsible for all branded and private label sales for grocery chains and foodservice distributors. In 20 years after highschool, I feel very blessed for the opportunities I have had, the family I cherish, the people I have met along the way, and the health I maintain.
- Comments, Opinions, and Questions:
Special thanks to Mary, Ron, Tammy, Sherri, Melissa, Krista, and Kristin Hardy who told my mom at the bank about the reunion. Also, if anybody knows where Mr. Shapiro is please invite him so Walt Chlad, John Burr, and myself can harass him one more time.
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