FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 19, 2001

DAWN FOOD PRODUCTS, INC. APPOINTS HILL

JACKSON, MI (July 19, 2001) - Dawn Food Products, Inc., one of the world’s largest independently owned bakery manufacturers and distributors, announced the appointment of Jeff Hill as General Manager of its Chicago distribution center.

Hill joins Dawn with over twenty years of experience in the food distribution industry most recently as general manager of Multifoods’ Distribution Group in Indianapolis, IN.

Hill holds a bachelor’s degree in administrative sciences from The Ohio State University.

Dawn Food Products, Inc. is one of the world’s largest independently owned bakery manufacturers and distributors as well as one of the nation’s oldest manufacturers of bakery mixes and bases. Since 1920, Dawn’s dedicated employees, outstanding products and valued customers have made the Dawn name synonymous with excellence. American-owned and operated, Dawn currently supplies a complete line of quality, consistent mixes, bases, icings, glazes, fillings, frozen dough, par-baked and fully baked products and equipment to the food industry worldwide.

For further information, please contact Dawn Food Products, Inc., 2021 Micor Drive, Jackson, MI 49203. Phone: (800) 248-1144 or (517) 789-4400. Fax: (517) 789-4465. Or website: www.dawnfoods.com.

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