Middlebury, VT - Bret Williams, President and CEO of Green Mountain Beverage, producers of Woodchuck Draft Cider in Middlebury, Vermont, announces the following new hires:
Russ Beatty has been named Quality Control Manager. He brings 15 years of quality control experience including positions at General Mills, Yoplait Yogurt, Perrier, and Poland Springs. The past nine years were spent as Ben & Jerry's Quality Control Manager. Beatty resides in Monkton.
Shelly Mason is the newest Customer Service Representative. Her recent experiences include customer service positions at Lake Sunapee Bank in Brandon and Otter Creek Brewing in Middlebury. She resides in Leicester.
Justin Donnelly has been named Maintenance Technician and brings previous maintenance skills from his work at Magic Hat. Donnelly calls Panton home.
Paul Ramsey and Kevin Brisson have both been hired as Material Handlers and both offer a wealth of warehouse equipment and forklift experience. Ramsey lives in Bristol and Brisson in Whiting.
Green Mountain Beverage, located in Middlebury, Vermont, is the leading hard cider producer in the United States, holding approximately 60% market share including the nation's number one domestic cider (Woodchuck Draft Cider) and number one imported cider (Strongbow). Green Mountain Beverage has won seven consecutive IMPACT Hot Brand Awards in the Cider Category honoring both the Woodchuck and Strongbow brands. Green Mountain Beverage is the parent company of Green Mountain Cidery (producers of Woodchuck Draft Cider); American Hard Cider Company (producers of Cider Jack), Wyder's Cider Company (producers of Wyder's Hard Cider); Bulmer's of America (produces of Woodpecker under the HP Bulmer Recipe and importer of Strongbow). With over 30 years of combined experience exclusively in cider making, Green Mountain Beverage handcrafts and manages all levels of quality control in state-of-the-art facility in Middlebury, Vermont by over 50 employees devoted exclusively to producing, marketing, and selling hard cider. More information is available at www.gmbeverage.com.