Acosta

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.acosta.com

Acosta spends a lot of time thinking about which products are top-shelf. The company (which does business as Acosta Sales and Marketing Company) offers sales and marketing services that reach consumers at the shelves of retail food service and grocery businesses. Consumer products manufacturers (that have included Coca-Cola and Pepsi) call on Acosta to help them position their products in grocery and convenience stores, drug stores, and mass merchandisers through its 65 locations in the US and Canada. Acosta specializes in inventory and merchandising services and business consulting for promotions, marketing campaigns, and sales. Established in 1927, Acosta is owned by Thomas H. Lee Partners.

Officers:
Executive Chairman: Gary R. Chartrand
President, CEO, and Director: Robert E. Hill Jr.
CFO: Gregory (Greg) Delaney

Competitors:
Advantage Sales and Marketing
CROSSMARK
Young America

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Acosta (crater)

Coordinates	5°36′S 60°06′E / 5.6°S 60.1°E / -5.6; 60.1Coordinates: 5°36′S 60°06′E / 5.6°S 60.1°E / -5.6; 60.1
Diameter	13 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	300° at sunrise
Eponym	Cristobal Acosta

Acosta is a small lunar impact crater located just to the north of the prominent crater Langrenus, near the east edge of Mare Fecunditatis. To the west are the trio of Atwood, Naonobu, and Bilharz. Acosta is named after the Portuguese natural historian Cristóbal Acosta.

The crater is circular and bowl-shaped, with a small interior floor at the mid-point of the sloping inner walls. This crater was designated Langrenus C prior to being renamed by the IAU.

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