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).
Rod Sinclair, Traditional Medicinals, Shelley Moore and Dave Gelinas, Traditional Medicinals
Chris Powell, Tree of Life (retired) and Kristen Powell (Upfield)
Team Tree of Life
Italian Trade Agency pavilion
Team Horizon
Jim Slomka, Andre Chow-Leong, Loblaw Companies Limited and Sonya Aquilina, Balzac’s
Frédérick Neault and Katy Ampleman, Café William Coffee, Jim Kavanagh, BrandSeed Marketing Inc.; Carmen Labbe and Jean-Roch Boudreau, Café William Coffee
Team Daiya Foods
Jim Slomka and Aaron Skelton, CHFA
Kaery Lall and Andrew Pang, Jamieson Wellness
Team Kimberly-Clark: Jennifer Mossop, Rania Benzidane, Samantha Turner, Tina Horstead
Martino Ciambrelli, Naturo Group, Jordan Rogers, The Very Good Food Company, David Kam, Lassonde, Kim Pauls and Julie Pellicelli, Clorox
Boyd Stevens and Peter Andreassen, Cyba Stevens Management Group
Eric Longval, Melissa Richardson, Robert De Klerk, Denise Alves, Bel Cheese Canada Inc.
William Crosby and Christian Boisvert, Crosby Molasses
Tal Dovas and Bill Ivany, Acosta/Natural Specialty Sales
Natasha Szachta and Paul Gill, Naked & Saucy
Dave Thomson, Beata Antoninas and Brian Polla, Amino Snacks
Mark Froke, Real Food From The Ground Up
Steve Burmaster, James Dobbin and Will Cerre, Partake Brewing
Brian Jackson, CPG Brand Management and Heather Smelsr, 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters
Michael Seely, Seely Mint
Emily O’Brien, Comeback Snacks and Errol Cerit, FHCP
Dror Balshine, Consultant and Ameen Fadel, Cedar Valley
Baz & Katherine Corden and Sarah Simpson-Byrd, UMYUM Foods
Rafic Sidani, Ecoideas Innovation, Robert Cogan, Power Full Energy and Takudzwa Chinyani, Ecoideas Innovation
James O’Young, Uncle Lee’s Tea and Gary Davis, iLevel Management
Christina Johnston and Angela Ysseldyk, Dutchman’s Gold
Nicolas Tomaro, Amy’s Kitchen and Jim Slomka
Chris Powell, Tree of Life (retired), Melanie Barlow and Francois Bouchard, GS1 Canada
Kathleen Bird, Healthology and Jim Slomka
Ken Dixon, Nugale Pharmaceutical
Sara Ameen, Awake Chocolate, Leanne Sedor, Affinity Group and Jim Slomka
Todd Kelly and James Boettcher, Righteous Gelato
David Di Dodo and Taijia Keighley, Skinny Pop
Nick Simmons, Jamie-Lynn Burton and Jen Wilkinson, Propel Natural Brands
Kelly Behring and Margaret Coons, Nuts for Cheese
Maite Lizama, Shelley Martin and Azeem Ahamed, Elias Honey Ltd.
Roxandra Botezatu, Marc-Antoine Bovet and Nicolas Duchesneau, Oatbox Group
Franco Vieni, Marsham Natural Products
Blake Murray, Murray Market National
Team Vega; Mais St. Thomas, Christina Dinsdale, Tanya Mclaughlin Neil Green and Chris Harrington
Jessica Zilberbrant, Brent Scowen, Jennifer Lihou and Julie Booth, Prana
Scott Sulz, Kristen Mandel and Corey Bowen, ChocXO
Paul Rivett-Camac and Johnny Larocque, St Francis Herb Farm
Caitlyn Vanderhaeghe and Chelan Wilkins, KidStar Nutrients
Michel MacFarlane, Unilever
Sandra Kabat, CHFA and Jim Slomka
Jessica Bernstein, Siew Beifuss, Aaron Rietkerk and Joelle Paquin, The Not Company
Vince Lee, Advantage Solutions
Kim and Matt LeBeau, LeBeau Excel
Jim Slomka and Michael DiPierro, UNFI
Jim Slomka and Erica Rankin, Bro Dough
Lorenzo DiNino, Better Bears
Jeffrey Beatty, Leanne Carson and Brandi Day, Sisu / Garden of Life
Gigi Gill and Tanveer Randhawa, ZoRaw Chocolates
Stefano Faita and Vish Mayekar, Faita Forgione Foods Inc.
Team Indigo
Team Purity Life
Team Nature's Path
Louise McNally and Alexandre Jeanneau, LeGrand
Team UNFI
Adam Kenndy, Khalil Khamis and Justin Seah, Ramen Market
The iLevel Management team from left: Heidi Blecker, Jimmy Vaid, Nancy Anderson, Gary Davis, Carlye Towne, Angeline Hircock, and Mariia Pryimachek
Pierre-Olivier Drouin (left) and Cory Baran, Chosen Foods
Gino Ingriselli (left) and Mario Corrente, Northern Dancer Sales & Marketing
Team JonLuca Neal
Gloria Guinand (left) and Sharon Rotzang, La Presserie
Tom Rojek, Sonya Aquilina, and Christine Cruz-Clarke, Balzac's Coffee Roasters
Ralph Chovin (left) and Sacha Laflamme, Theobroma Chocolate
Brandseed Marketing team, from left: Caroline Capizzano, Shelly Hutcheson, Jim Kavanagh, Sheila Farah, and Anna Zurawiecka
Larry Bonikowsky, Grocery Business Magazine (left) and Brian Jackson, CPG Brand Management
Brian Jackson, CPG Brand Management and Sarah Clarke, Freeyum Foods
Left Coast Naturals team from left Lauren Keegan, Ian Walker, Sean Maracle, Luanne Svetelj and Coby Palidwar
Dani Le (left) and Colleen Rintamaki, Three Farmers Foods
Dom Mielnicki, Dream Pops
Peter Mattson, Burnbrae Farms (left), Greg Semkuley, Rhema Made
Riverside Natural Foods team from left: Lisa Rodrigues, Jonathan Grennan, Kevin Farinha, Gint Karasiejus, Teena DeAtley
Patricia Salazar and Tony Towers of Colnuck
Ben Miller (left), Fulya Ozkul, and Richard Stark, Level Ground Trading
James Conrad, Mother Raw
Amanda Sztanek (left) and Ayana Wheeler, Califia Farms
Tia Loftsgard (left) and Sophie Marvell, Canada Organic Trade Association (COTA)
Marie Marthe Faubert (left), Angelo Cataldo, and Nancy Desjardins, Oggi Foods
Steven Singer, Fody Food
Chris Beall (left), Sydney Wong, Saputo Dairy Products
Team Marsham International Food Brokers: Franco Vieni (left), Dakota Marsham, Felicia Silver, Derek Marsham, Kyle Marsham, and Peter Erdelsky
Chris Neal (left), Andrea Ramlogan, Casey Eleusiniotis, and Peter Neal, JonLuca Neal
John (left) and Adrian Jaques, Sunshine Pickles
Robert Mortensen, REM (left) with Alex Olivieri, Thomas Large & Singer
UNFI’s Melinda Zoccoli (left), Stacey Kravitz, and Ali Davies
Lassonde’s Barb Broder (left), Cheryl Taylor, Kostas Kapralos, and Cindy McGowan
Amie Brenner (left), Ted McDowell and Alison O’Donnell
Kathy Boyce of Boyce Strategic Marketing
Mark Ebedes and Nicole Finelli, representing Washington Apple Commission
Aurela Delibashi, USDA - Foreign Agricultural Service (left) and Natasha Townsend, Harbinger, representing California Prune Board
Errol Cerit, FHCP (left), Mike Fuller, Saputo, Kristen Powell, Upfield, and Dan Bajor, Clorox.
Chris Renner, Dole Foods (left) and CHFA’s Aaron Skelton
Gigi Gill, ZoRaw Chocolates
Ken and Caroll Anderson, Clorox (retired) and Jim Slomka