If you live or work in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, or Maryland, you’ve likely seen or heard of Kast Distributors, the family-owned broad line food service distributor based in Carney’s Point, New Jersey. In this week’s episode of Restaurant Punk, Manos joins Peter and Yianni as a guest host to discuss what it means to be the Director of Sales in a food distribution business. Questions of discussion include:

• What roles and responsibilities fall under the title of Director of Sales?
• Are there any misconceptions in the way restauranteurs view distributors?
• What are the differences between independent food distributors and Sysco & U.S. Foods?
• What’s the starting salary for a salesperson in food distribution?
• Would you rather hire Yianni or Peter as a salesperson?