The CHFA NOW Vancouver conference and trade show took place in Vancouver from March 30 to April 2, and Grocery Business was there. View part two of our gallery below (view part one of our gallery here)

IMG 3079Rod Sinclair, Traditional Medicinals, Shelley Moore and Dave Gelinas, Traditional MedicinalsIMG 3101Chris Powell, Tree of Life (retired) and Kristen Powell (Upfield)IMG 3115Team Tree of LifeIMG 3118Italian Trade Agency pavilionIMG 3457Team HorizonJim12Jim Slomka, Andre Chow-Leong, Loblaw Companies Limited and Sonya Aquilina, Balzac’s
Jim18Frédérick Neault and Katy Ampleman, Café William Coffee, Jim Kavanagh, BrandSeed Marketing Inc.; Carmen Labbe and Jean-Roch Boudreau, Café William CoffeeJimDaiyaSNaddedTeam Daiya FoodsJim 2Jim Slomka and Aaron Skelton, CHFAJim 3Kaery Lall and Andrew Pang, Jamieson WellnessJim 6Team Kimberly-Clark: Jennifer Mossop, Rania Benzidane, Samantha Turner, Tina HorsteadJim 8Martino Ciambrelli, Naturo Group, Jordan Rogers, The Very Good Food Company, David Kam, Lassonde, Kim Pauls and Julie Pellicelli, CloroxJim 16Boyd Stevens and Peter Andreassen, Cyba Stevens Management Group
Jim 19Eric Longval, Melissa Richardson, Robert De Klerk, Denise Alves, Bel Cheese Canada Inc.Jim 23William Crosby and Christian Boisvert, Crosby MolassesJim 25Tal Dovas and Bill Ivany, Acosta/Natural Specialty SalesJim 27Natasha Szachta and Paul Gill, Naked & SaucyJim 28Dave Thomson, Beata Antoninas and Brian Polla, Amino SnacksJim 29Mark Froke, Real Food From The Ground UpJim 30Steve Burmaster, James Dobbin and Will Cerre, Partake Brewing Jim 34Brian Jackson, CPG Brand Management and Heather Smelsr, 49th Parallel Coffee RoastersJim 35Michael Seely, Seely MintJim 36Emily O’Brien, Comeback Snacks and Errol Cerit, FHCPJim 38Dror Balshine, Consultant and Ameen Fadel, Cedar ValleyJim 39Baz & Katherine Corden and Sarah Simpson-Byrd, UMYUM Foods Jim 40Rafic Sidani, Ecoideas Innovation, Robert Cogan, Power Full Energy and Takudzwa Chinyani, Ecoideas InnovationJim 41James O’Young, Uncle Lee’s Tea and Gary Davis, iLevel ManagementJim 47Christina Johnston and Angela Ysseldyk, Dutchman’s GoldJim 52Nicolas Tomaro, Amy’s Kitchen and Jim SlomkaJim 53Chris Powell, Tree of Life (retired), Melanie Barlow and Francois Bouchard, GS1 CanadaJim 54Kathleen Bird, Healthology and Jim SlomkaJim 55Ken Dixon, Nugale Pharmaceutical Jim 56Sara Ameen, Awake Chocolate, Leanne Sedor, Affinity Group and Jim SlomkaJim 59Todd Kelly and James Boettcher, Righteous GelatoJim 60David Di Dodo and Taijia Keighley, Skinny PopJim 61Nick Simmons, Jamie-Lynn Burton and Jen Wilkinson, Propel Natural BrandsJim 62Kelly Behring and Margaret Coons, Nuts for CheeseJim 63Maite Lizama, Shelley Martin and Azeem Ahamed, Elias Honey Ltd.Jim 64Roxandra Botezatu, Marc-Antoine Bovet and Nicolas Duchesneau, Oatbox Group Jim 65Franco Vieni, Marsham Natural Products Jim 69Blake Murray, Murray Market NationalJim 70Team Vega; Mais St. Thomas, Christina Dinsdale, Tanya Mclaughlin Neil Green and Chris HarringtonJim 71Jessica Zilberbrant, Brent Scowen, Jennifer Lihou and Julie Booth, Prana Jim 72Scott Sulz, Kristen Mandel and Corey Bowen, ChocXOJim 73Paul Rivett-Camac and Johnny Larocque, St Francis Herb FarmJim 74Caitlyn Vanderhaeghe and Chelan Wilkins, KidStar Nutrients Jim 78Michel MacFarlane, Unilever Jim 79Sandra Kabat, CHFA and Jim SlomkaJim 80Jessica Bernstein, Siew Beifuss, Aaron Rietkerk and Joelle Paquin, The Not CompanyJim 81Vince Lee, Advantage Solutions Jim 82Kim and Matt LeBeau, LeBeau ExcelJim 83Jim Slomka and Michael DiPierro, UNFI Jim 84Jim Slomka and Erica Rankin, Bro DoughJim 85Lorenzo DiNino, Better Bears Jim 86Jeffrey Beatty, Leanne Carson and Brandi Day, Sisu / Garden of Life Jim Slomka 2Gigi Gill and Tanveer Randhawa, ZoRaw ChocolatesJim Slomka 3Stefano Faita and Vish Mayekar, Faita Forgione Foods Inc.Jim Slomka 4Team Indigo Jim Slomka 5Team Purity LifeJim Slomka 6Team Nature's PathJim Slomka 7Louise McNally and Alexandre Jeanneau, LeGrandLB15Team UNFILB16Adam Kenndy, Khalil Khamis and Justin Seah, Ramen MarketLB17The iLevel Management team from left: Heidi Blecker, Jimmy Vaid, Nancy Anderson, Gary Davis, Carlye Towne, Angeline Hircock, and Mariia PryimachekLB18Pierre-Olivier Drouin (left) and Cory Baran, Chosen FoodsLB19Gino Ingriselli (left) and Mario Corrente, Northern Dancer Sales & MarketingLB20Team JonLuca NealLB21Gloria Guinand (left) and Sharon Rotzang, La PresserieLB22Tom Rojek, Sonya Aquilina, and Christine Cruz-Clarke, Balzac's Coffee RoastersLB23Ralph Chovin (left) and Sacha Laflamme, Theobroma ChocolateLB24Brandseed Marketing team, from left: Caroline Capizzano, Shelly Hutcheson, Jim Kavanagh, Sheila Farah, and Anna ZurawieckaLB25Larry Bonikowsky, Grocery Business Magazine (left) and Brian Jackson, CPG Brand ManagementLB26Brian Jackson, CPG Brand Management and Sarah Clarke, Freeyum FoodsLB27Left Coast Naturals team from left Lauren Keegan, Ian Walker, Sean Maracle, Luanne Svetelj and Coby PalidwarLB28Dani Le (left) and Colleen Rintamaki, Three Farmers FoodsLB29Dom Mielnicki, Dream PopsLB30Peter Mattson, Burnbrae Farms (left), Greg Semkuley, Rhema MadeLB31Riverside Natural Foods team from left: Lisa Rodrigues, Jonathan Grennan, Kevin Farinha, Gint Karasiejus, Teena DeAtleyLB32Patricia Salazar and Tony Towers of ColnuckLB33Ben Miller (left), Fulya Ozkul, and Richard Stark, Level Ground TradingLB34James Conrad, Mother RawLB35Amanda Sztanek (left) and Ayana Wheeler, Califia FarmsLB36Tia Loftsgard (left) and Sophie Marvell, Canada Organic Trade Association (COTA)LB37Marie Marthe Faubert (left), Angelo Cataldo, and Nancy Desjardins, Oggi FoodsLB38Steven Singer, Fody FoodLB39Chris Beall (left), Sydney Wong, Saputo Dairy ProductsLB40Team Marsham International Food Brokers: Franco Vieni (left), Dakota Marsham, Felicia Silver, Derek Marsham, Kyle Marsham, and Peter ErdelskyLB41Chris Neal (left), Andrea Ramlogan, Casey Eleusiniotis, and Peter Neal, JonLuca NealLB 1John (left) and Adrian Jaques, Sunshine PicklesLB 2Robert Mortensen, REM (left) with Alex Olivieri, Thomas Large & SingerLB 3UNFI’s Melinda Zoccoli (left), Stacey Kravitz, and Ali DaviesLB 4Lassonde’s Barb Broder (left), Cheryl Taylor, Kostas Kapralos, and Cindy McGowanLB 5Amie Brenner (left), Ted McDowell and Alison O’DonnellLB 6Kathy Boyce of Boyce Strategic MarketingLB 7Mark Ebedes and Nicole Finelli, representing Washington Apple CommissionLB 8Aurela Delibashi, USDA - Foreign Agricultural Service (left) and Natasha Townsend, Harbinger, representing California Prune BoardLB 13Errol Cerit, FHCP (left), Mike Fuller, Saputo, Kristen Powell, Upfield, and Dan Bajor, Clorox.LB 14Chris Renner, Dole Foods (left) and CHFA’s Aaron Skelton

Jim Slomka 1Gigi Gill, ZoRaw Chocolates

Jim13Ken and Caroll Anderson, Clorox (retired) and Jim Slomka

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