able to get into many grocery stores pretty quickly and ran his business, Realtreats Inc., for about twelve years. As the popcorn sector grew in the snack food aisle and bigger companies were getting into the segment that could get their products to market more efficiently at a better price point, so it just made sense to sell the company, which is still in business today, running a different brand name. Those two experiences are what introduced Hemmings into the better for you snack food world. It was also those experiences that allowed him to take on a few different sales manager roles with different health focus companies on the West Coast which opened the door for an opportunity to work with Ross Chocolates. Hemmings started with Ross Chocolates about four years ago. Hemmings explains, “I was looking for an opportunity to work for an amazing company in the health food sector. At the time Ross Chocolates was a very small company, but I knew they had a great product, and I really liked their customer focus and what they were doing in the ‘better for you’ and diabetic segment.”
“I was looking for an opportunity to work for an amazing company in the health food sector.”
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022
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