Sargento Makes Three Executive Appointments

Sept. 18, 2023

Erin Price promoted, Mohamed Attia leaves PepsiCo, Brent Mann departs Ardent Mills.

Sargento Foods Inc. last week made three executive appointments, elevating one current employee and hiring two from outside the company.

Erin Price, Sargento’s president of food service and ingredients, becomes senior vice president of marketing for Sargento Consumer Products. She joined Sargento as a marketing manager in 2007 and has held several roles including director of marketing, director of integrated marketing and vice president of strategic planning.

Mohamed Attia leaves PepsiCo to become vice president of strategic sourcing at Sargento Foods Inc. He has more than 20 years of experience in packaging, procurement and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) multinationals. He’s been at PepsiCo since 2009 and earlier worked for Nestlé in several countries.

Brent Mann was appointed vice president of food safety & quality at Sargento Foods Inc. He has more than 15 years of experience in the food industry, most recently as director of quality and food safety at Ardent Mills.

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