Although some food brokers carry 100 or more lines, Mr. Maiorino decided to limit himself to about 20.
She married Mr. Kelley, a retired food broker, in 1982.
At age 46 he began a second career carving wood after losing his longtime sales and food broker's job for a major food company.
He moved to Nashville to go into business as a food broker.
But they are not in most supermarkets because their manufacturers cannot find food brokers to represent them.
Mr. Brown, a food broker, works from a third floor office.
In 2009, the company was criticized by independent farmers who called it a monopolistic food broker.
He later taught physical education and was a food broker.
A food broker, he explained, has many items to push, and cannot take the time to sell such a specialty item personally.
His mother was a librarian and his father was a food broker.