Garner Foods Announces Retirement of CEO, Ann Garner Riddle

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Garner Foods, makers of Texas Pete® sauces and Green Mountain Gringo® salsa and tortilla strips, announced today that Ann Garner Riddle will retire from her role as President and Chief Executive Officer effective December 31, 2024, after a distinguished and impactful 14 years serving as CEO and nearly 53 years with the company. In July of this year Garner Foods® Board of Directors will embark on a search for a new CEO evaluating both internal and external candidates. It was also announced today that Heyward Garner, Chief Operations Officer, will expand his role assuming the position of Chairman of the Board. Ann Garner Riddle is the last of the third generation of the Garner family to retire from Garner Foods leaving the leadership of the company now fully in the hands of the fourth generation of the family.