Barry J. Levy Recognized for Excellence in Specialty Food Services

    NORTHBROOK, IL, April 14, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Barry J. Levy has been recognized for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in the marketing of retail stores, products and wholesale food services. Worldwide Branding, the world's leading international personal branding organization, is proud to endorse the notable professional efforts and accomplishments of Barry J. Levy. Mr. Levy parlays four decades of experience into his professional network and has been noted for being an innovator in the meat industry.

Barry's long career in the food industry began in 1972 at Calumet Meat Company, a ma and pa operation near the Chicago stockyards. In his first three months at Calumet Meat Co., Barry singlehandedly tripled the company's sales with new wholesale accounts. Having majored in marketing and advertising, he noticed endless opportunities for the small meat and grocery company to garner recognition within the community. Barry was soon named president of Calumet Meat Company, and his first order of business thereafter was to change the name of the company's retail business to Moo & Oink. And thus began the story of a legendary brand, business, and community pillar in Chicago and beyond. For decades, Barry repeatedly returned to what he has since named his "IDEA-WELL," generating wildly creative and distinctly memorable ads and promotional campaigns (such as the Moo & Oink Dance Jingle) which turned Moo & Oink into a great Chicago icon with a permanent place in Chicago's pop-culture history.

From 2004 - 2006, he received several creative advertising awards for radio, TV and print advertising from the National Grocery Association, as well as a prestigious "Best of Show" at the 2004 Convention in Las Vegas. You can see some Moo & Oink commercials done before 2006 on You Tube. Barry left Moo & Oink in 2006 and established LOVE ME Tenders in 2008, again with the goal of branding wholesome food products so families could enjoy them together while passing around helpings of family values. More recent work is on the Facebook Love ME Tenders Branding page.

Worldwide Branding has added Mr. Levy to their distinguished Registry of Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs. Inclusion in Worldwide Branding is an honor; only small selections of members in each field are endorsed and promoted as leaders in their professional fields. Barry was also named an "Executive of the Year in Specialty Food Services" by World Wide Branding.

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