Crown Bakeries Elevates Brandon Waters to Enhanced Leadership Role in Food Service National Accounts
NASHVILLE, TN – July 11, 2025 – Crown Bakeries, a leading national bakery producer, today announced the expanded role of Brandon Waters, Director, Food Service National Accounts. This promotion recognizes Waters’ significant contributions and increased responsibilities within the company’s vital food service division.
Having been with Crown Bakeries for over a decade, Waters has consistently driven growth and cultivated strong customer relationships, securing major accounts. In his enhanced capacity, he will transition from an individual contributor to a people manager, continuing to oversee National Food Service Accounts while taking on increased responsibilities in regional food service, limited broadline distribution oversight, and specialty markets.
“Over the past decade at Crown Bakeries, Brandon has shown consistent growth year after year. He has developed deep customer relationships, securing major accounts and is viewed as an integral resource by the entire sales team,” said Andrew Boyer, Chief Commercial Officer at Crown Bakeries. “We are excited to see Brandon continue to grow in the next step of his career at Crown and I am confident that he’ll continue to deliver strong outcomes.”
To further leverage Waters’ extensive experience and foster continued growth within the team, George Lambesis, Sales Manager Food Service, will now report directly to Waters. This strategic alignment aims to facilitate knowledge sharing and guide team development, ensuring the continued success of Crown Bakeries’ sales initiatives.
Crown Bakeries extends its congratulations to Brandon Waters on this well-deserved recognition and looks forward to his continued impact with clients and his leadership within the organization.
About Crown Bakeries
Founded in 1996 by Cordia Harrington and based in Nashville, Tennessee, Crown Bakeries manufactures a diverse line of fresh and frozen croissants, buns, bagels, biscuits, sweet goods, and dough products for leading foodservice, food manufacturing, and retail customers in the United States. Crown operates state-of-the-art baking lines throughout nine facilities, baking over seven million items daily and employing over 1,800 people. Product platforms include croissants, buns, English muffins, biscuits, bagels, rolls, frozen dough, artisan breads, sweet goods, and pastries. Crown Bakeries has been recognized by Conagra Brands as Supplier of the Year (2020), American Society of Baking’s Baking Hall of Fame (Founder and Co-Chairperson Cordia Harrington in 2018, CEO Yianny Caparos and Chief Development Officer George Caparos in 2022), Nashville Business Journal’s Best in Business (2017), McDonald’s Supplier Leadership Award (2012), and Wholesale Bakery of the Year (2010).