Four generations of the Letizio family were on hand with friends and associates on Wednesday May 3^rd for the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new A.J. Letizio Professional Center. Construction has been underway at its location at 47 Enterprise Drive in Windham, with an intended September 1^st opening. The facility will feature 24 brand new executive office spaces, unparalleled in quality. These fully furnished, full-service office spaces will be available by the hour, day, week, month, or year. The A.J. Letizio Professional Center is located directly “on-campus” with the A.J. Letizio Enterprise Center on Enterprise Drive in Windham at the intersection of I93 and NH Rt 111. “All office spaces at the A.J. Letizio Enterprise Center have been fully booked since it opened in 2019, with a waiting list for space, so we’re excited to bring the new Professional Center spaces online in September to meet the demand,” said CEO Al Letizio, Jr.  “The A.J. Letizio Enterprise Center was named 'Best New Commercial Building' in the greater Boston area by the Boston Architectural Society when it was built in 2019, and there is no other commercial space like it in the state.  The new Professional Center offices will be set up and equipped in the same manner, and space has been booking up fast, pre-construction” added Ashley Mayo, A.J. Letizio Controller. Stephens-Marquis Associates is again handling this project and other simultaneous A.J. Letizio projects in Windham. The A.J. Letizio Professional Center Windham is the organization’s latest project, joining its other facilities in Windham, New Hampshire, Glastonbury, Connecticut, New York City, Rochester, New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A.J. Letizio Sales & Marketing, Inc. is pleased to announce that Mary Mann will join its Foodservice Division in January 0f 2023. Mary will serve as an Account Manager and K-12 Specialist in the New England Market and will be covering sales primarily in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. Mary has a great reputation in the industry and will be a great addition to the team. Mary joins A.J. Letizio with over ten years of experience in foodservice, with a variety of roles with sales agencies and in distribution. Mary’s first role in foodservice was as a sales support specialist with Shaheen Bros. where she served for five years specializing in K-12 sales and bid management. She has also held positions at the Core Group, and most recently with Advantage Sales  Marketing where she served as a business development representative. Mary holds a bachelors degree in business administration from Plymouth State College and resides in Hampton, NH with her family. “Mary is an excellent addition to our New England foodservice team and will make an immediate impact on our Northeast K-12 presence.” says SVP Adam Letizio. A.J. Letizio Sales & Marketing is a privately owned independent Super Regional Sales Agency in the Eastern United States that celebrated its 34th year in operation in 2022. The company provides service to the Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods industry throughout the Eastern United States and to the Foodservice industry in the Northeast United States. A.J. Letizio supports its business with over 125 of the industry’s finest professionals on staff, headquartered in Windham New Hampshire, and with regional headquarter facilities in New York City; Rochester, New York; Parlin, New Jersey; a planned new facility in Philadelphia; and now from its new Glastonbury, Connecticut facility. For more information, visit www.ajletizio.com

Kraft Heinz Away From Home President Peter Hall announced the beginning of their partnership with A.J. Letizio Sales & Marketing, Inc. who will be supporting the Kraft Heinz AFH sales effort across the Northeast United States (New England, Upstate New York, Metro New York, and Eastern Pennsylvania), beginning in January of  2023. A.J. Letizio Foodservice Senior Vice President Adam Letizio was proud to accept the appointment by Kraft Heinz on behalf of the A.J. Letizio family.

Tom DeLuca of 3D Marketing & Sales of West Springfield, MA and Al Letizio, Jr., of A.J. Letizio Sales & Marketing, headquartered in Windham, NH, announced today that they have reached an agreement to merge portions of 3D’s business with A.J. Letizio and that Tom DeLuca will be joining the A.J. Letizio team.

In this move, A.J. Letizio will acquire 3D Marketing & Sales’ retail and foodservice cheese business portfolio in Western New England and Tom DeLuca will join A.J. Letizio in the role of Business Manager in Letizio’s Retail Division, starting in January 2023. Based at A.J. Letizio’s Western New England regional headquarters in Glastonbury, CT, Tom DeLuca will take over the management A.J. Letizio’s key retail accounts in the region, previously managed by A.J. Letizio Senior Vice President Nick Letizio. “The merging of our cheese business is a natural fit, since our interests have been directly related and we have worked together closely over the last years,” said Tom DeLuca about the decision to come together with A.J. Letizio. “The DeLuca family and Letizio family have been close friends for many decades and share a common, generational family legacy in the specialty Italian meat and cheese business. I’ve always respected the DeLucas and am so happy that we have joined together in this new relationship, that will be so beneficial in serving our clients and customers with a higher level of service,” said Al Letizio, Jr.

Tom DeLuca founded 3D Marketing back in 1980, following a family legacy of expertise in the Italian Meat and Cheese business that started originally with his dad, Tom Sr., a well-known industry expert. 3D Marketing is best known for being an early pioneer of the Belgioioso cheese brand in western New England and has continued to grow and support the brand throughout the marketplace. In Tom’s new role at A.J. Letizio, he will be working in tandem with the A.J. Letizio sales management, retail merchandizing and data analytics teams to deliver a high level of service to all his customers and clients.

A.J. Letizio Sales & Marketing is a privately owned, independent Super-Regional Sales Agency in the Eastern United States. Celebrating its 35th year in operation in 2023, the Letizio family follows a five-generation long, 120-year legacy in the food business, dating back to the family’s Italian Meat Market in Lawrence MA in 1912. Today, A.J. Letizio provides service to the Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods industry throughout the Eastern United States and to the Foodservice industry throughout the Northeast United States. The company supports its business with over 125 of the industry’s finest professionals on staff. Headquartered in Windham, New Hampshire, A.J. Letizio operates regional facilities in Glastonbury Connecticut; New York City; Rochester, New York; Parlin, New Jersey; and has new facilities planned for Philadelphia and Northern Virginia.