Lee Colarco promoted at L&R Distributors, Inc.

BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jan. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- L&R Distributors Inc., announces the promotion of Lee Colarco as Vice-President of Category Management & Procurement.

L&R Distributors Inc., a national distributor of over 35,000 HBC, GM, and cosmetics products, serving over 15,000 points of distribution in the supermarket, drug, independent, and mass trade classes across the United States, is proud to announce the Promotion of Lee Colarco as Vice-President of Category Management & Procurement. A native New Yorker, Lee is pleased to join the executive team at L&R where she will put her 30+ years of leadership experience to work.  In addition Lee has been energized by what originally attracted her to L&R, its entrepreneurial mindset, embracing of new technologies, and customer centric attitude.

Lee came to L&R from Chain Drug Consortium where she held the position of Vice-President of GM & Consumables, and prior to that, she served as Vice-President of Merchandising at Duane Reade. In addition to her leadership qualities, Lee has expertise in category management, merchandising, store planning and layout.  

Marc Bodner, President of L&R said, "I am very enthusiastic with this move as Lee will play a major role in designing the ultimate shopping experience in our customers' stores - the community retailers of America."

CONTACT: Tomella Haynes, 1-718-272-2100 ext. 2122

SOURCE L&R Distributors Inc.