In this episode, host Mike Miller chats with Ole Tyme Produce's president and CEO Joan Daleo. For more than 50 years, Ole Tyme Produce has been a St. Louis mainstay in the food distribution business. But when the pandemic arrived and the restaurant industry froze, Ole Tyme Produce reached a pivot point. It was up to Daleo and her team to come up with creative new ways to diversify revenue streams—and quick. Over the last few years, the business has enjoyed fascinating growth. Hear how Deleo oversaw a reimagining of the business in real time, some of the lessons she learned, and what it takes to inherit a family business and lead it into a new era of growth and innovation.

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