Outgrowing its Goochland headquarters, one of the country’s largest food distributors is shuffling its employees and has moved about 100 people to an expanded Stony Point office.
Jonathan Spiers
Jonathan joined BizSense in 2015 after a decade of reporting in Wilmington, N.C., and at the Henrico County Leader. The Virginia Tech grad covers government, real estate and other news.
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