From Delivery Route to Corner Office: A Succession Story at V&C Foods

V&C Foods began in 1945 with Victor and Charlotte Cortesi delivering ranch fresh eggs to San Francisco bakeries during World War II. Today, it’s a multigenerational, family run distributor supplying top Bay Area restaurants with dairy and specialty products. Steven Herrera started as a 25-year-old route driver, rose through operations and ultimately took over ownership, expanding the company into a full-service dairy supplier. Now, Steven and his son Adam are engineering a phased transition of leadership, sharing how family succession works in real life, what it takes to keep a tight knit culture through ownership changes and how planning ahead with trusted financial partners can make retirement and continuity possible at the same time. To learn more about how Chase for Business can help you plan for your business’s long-term success, visit JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Member FDIC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From Delivery Route to Corner Office: A Succession Story at V&C Foods is an episode from How Success Happens by Entrepreneur Media.

This episode is 31:33 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2026.

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