Cole wins Corwin Beverage Company Core Values Award

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RIDGEFIELD – Toby Cole of La Center has won the 2015 Core Values Award from Corwin Beverage Company.

The award honors employees who demonstrate the Ridgefield-based company’s core values each day. Company core values are:

• Empowerment: Encourage passion for solutions

• Education: Never stop learning

• Community: Supporting the community that supports us

• Integrity: Do what’s right

• Customer Service: Deliver as promised

Cole has been an employee for 18 years at Corwin Beverage, where he is a delivery driver. The award was announced at the Corwin quarterly, all-company meeting at the firm’s Ridgefield headquarters. Employees are nominated and chosen by Corwin employees.



Corwin Beverage also announced the selection of Ron Lloyd as the company’s Chief Executive Officer.

"The Corwin family and the Corwin board of directors are excited to have hired our first outside CEO in our company's 74 year history,” said Nancy Bjerkman, Corwin chairman of the board. “Ron Lloyd has a diverse background and vision that will set our business up for future success and we look forward to working with him."

Lloyd was previously president and CEO of B&R Liquid Adventure, the makers of Búcha Live Kombucha. Prior to that, he was the Founder and CEO of Yawple, Inc., a social networking and gaming company. He has also held positions with Procter & Gamble, Kraft Foods and Constellation Brands.

Lloyd earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance and Marketing from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington (1986). He grew up in Aberdeen and is relocating to Clark County with his wife and three children from Medina.

“I am very excited about the opportunity to bring a strategic global perspective to our business, introduce a new entrepreneurial spirit and especially to bring new ideas that meet the needs of Corwin’s current customers and tomorrow’s consumers,” Lloyd said.

Corwin Beverage is among the top performing beverage bottlers in the Pacific Northwest.

Since 1941, family-owned Corwin Beverage Company has bottled and distributed beverages, including Pepsi products, in southwest Washington. The company serves Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania and Wahkiakum counties.

Corwin Beverage also distributes independent brands in the Portland metro area. The firm’s headquarters is located at 219 S. Timm Road in Ridgefield. For more information call (360) 696-0766 or visit the website www.corwinbevco.com.