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It seems that Howard Marcus, founder, chairman and CEO of Marcus Food Co., was destined to succeed in the food marketing business.
Marcus Food was a natural outgrowth from the Marcus' family ownership of Excel Packing Co., founded by Howard's father, Sam Marcus, in 1936. After going public in 1970 as Kansas Beef Industries, a merger with Missouri Beef Packers in 1974 resulted in MBPXL. With a subsequent sale to Cargill Inc. in 1979, Howard Marcus formed Marcus Food Co. :in 1980 to facilitate buyer's purchasing needs in both food service and retail.
Gradual growth
Over the past 22 years, Marcus Food has added a poultry division; a government contracts division supplying federal and state correctional institutions; international...