Specialty food e-tailer adds CTO

Yummy Bazaar, a Cinnaminson-based e-commerce company, has named a former Quidsi executive as its new chief technology officer, it announced.Yummy Bazaar, a Cinnaminson-based e-commerce company, has named a former Quidsi executive as its new chief technology officer, it announced.

The company, which deals in specialty foods from around the world, said Weihua Yan was co-founder and CTO of Quidsi, the e-commerce firm best known for Diapers.com that was acquired by Amazon in 2011.

“I am excited to welcome Weihua to Yummy Bazaar,” Rebecca Chou, co-founder and CEO, said in a prepared statement. “With over 20 years in e-commerce and large enterprise systems, he brings a unique blend of experience spanning e-commerce, operations and online media. He is a well-rounded executive with an incredible background as well as operational expertise.”

Since the end of 2016, Yummy Bazaar has grown from its base in the founders’ house to a company with a fulfillment center in South Jersey and a selection of more than 1,500 international food products.

“I am thrilled to join Yummy Bazaar and believe Yummy Bazaar will revolutionize the shopping experience for specialty foods from around the world, while introducing top quality international brands as well as small-batch food artisans to the U.S. market,” Yan said in a statement.