Bernie Panchot, senior V.P. of R&D, discusses the role of the R&D teams in the resurgent success that AdvancePierre Foods has experienced in recent years, leading to the company’s winning The National Provisioner’s 2015 Processor of the Year award. Below is a transcript of the video.
Andy Hanacek: I'm sitting here with Bernie Panchot, Senior Vice President of Research and Development for AdvancePierre Foods. Bernie, thanks for sitting with me for a little bit. We had gone through the interviews here for the processor of the year story and you know, we talked a little bit about a wide variety of the success story that APF has kind of been over the last year and a half, but I wanted to talk a little bit more in detail with you about the research and development side, how it's contributed. So, let's get into, you know, you and I have talked in the past for coverage stories. And product development, product innovation has kind of been a backbone of the AdvancedPierre world forever. So, talk about how that has laid the foundation for the success leading up to the really good success you've had in the last year and a half.