Meet Joe Conti: the buyers' buyer; Joe Conti details his successful approach to buying for wholesale distributor and rebagger Tzetzo Brothers, Inc./Mayfair Sales.(RETAIL PERSPECTIVES)(Company overview)

Candy Business, November, 2006

STRONG COMMUNICATIONS, honesty, timeliness and efficiency are the cornerstones to building a winning candy-buying program, according to Joe Conti, confection buyer and seasonal planner for wholesale distributor and rebagger Tzetzo Brothers, Inc./Mayfair Sales.

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Conti says he strives to be the ideal conduit between suppliers and the company's retail customers--which is no small task since Tzetzo buys and sells bulk and specialty foods, and offers rebagged and private label items to about 7,000 stores, including Kmart Corp., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Its rebagging program extends across the U.S. and into southern Ontario, and its distributor services reach all trade channels in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio...

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