The Burnbrae Farms team, from left: Connie Goodhall, Marsha MacKinnon, Amanda McHugh, Jean-Luc Turgeon, Peter Mattson, John McFall, Annette Hak, Iain McRuvie, Annabelle Nogueira.

Grocery Innovations Canada (GIC) 2022 took place last week in Toronto, Ont. and Grocery Business was there! Part two of our photo gallery follows (see part one here):

Sal Galle, Food Basics, Jim Slomka and Paul Bravi, Food Basics

Aleks Djurdjevic, & James Holden, Advantage Solutions and Todd Tessier, Metro Inc.Scott Lorimer, Maple Leaf Foods, Dan Bregg, Buy-Low Foods and John Tobin, Maple Leaf FoodsNoel Haward, Mike Dziadyk, Dianna Rivard and Nick Woznesensky, Quality FoodsSarah Palter, Andreas Halanen, Jaraam Sangar, Kyle Cygelfarb and Stephanie Pho, The J.M. Smucker Co.Sonya Aquilina, Christine Cruz-Clarke, Ayda Celik, Wilson Chan, Logan Smetaniuk, Manisha Patel and Katie White, Balzac’sCori Bonina and Denis Gendron ConsultantErrol Cerit, FHCP & Aleks Djurdjevic, Advantage SolutionsAaron Oosterhoff, Spring Creek Quail FarmsMary Dalimonte and Larry Bonikowsky

Ben Harrack and Jamie Nelson, Save-On-Foods/Pattison Food Group

Maria Arbula, UDSA and Kathy Boyce, Food Exports Northeast/Midwest

Eric Heath, Olivier Pageau Dufresne, Nigel Sankar, CHEP Canada

Hany Albert, GBS Foodservice Equipment

Jeri Hudson, Sharon Jones, Bee Maid Honey

Ross Bletsoe, Lakefield Foodland; Anthony Morello, Longo Brothers Fruit Markets

Brad and Kare Fletcher, The Village Grocer

Kraft Heinz team from left: Graham Black, Drishti Chawla, Adam McCannell, Nigel De Souza, Ellen Smith, Bianca Canade.

Melford Dixon, Lisa Vegso, Isabel McMurrich, Julie-Anne Dupuis, PECO Pallet

Marc Lynch, Crossmark Canada

Steve Turner, Kruger

The Arneg teamMichele McAdoo (left) and Kelly Hyde, Canada BeefKaren Ronayne (left), Jeff Graham, and Lisa Bishop-Spencer, Chicken Farmers of CanadaRima Rabba of Rabba Fine Roods (second from left) with, from left, the CJR Wholesale Grocers team: Marcos Guirguis; Bob Holdsworth; Anthony Iaizzo; Abhijeet Singh; Anne Parypa; Jeff Pepper; Sabina Bhaget; Kenil Patel

Anthony Longo, Longo’s and Jim SlomkaChris Renner, Dole FoodsDrakkar: Émilie Cosson, Sergio Hristovski, Gabriel DuludeRobert Graybill (left) and Ryan Mitchell of FMS SolutionsAt the Fun Time Foods booth with, from left: Doug Cussins, Jessica Rangel, Kathryn Barbato, Frank Florio, and John ConradThe Hussmann team: Front Row: Michael Lehtinen, Ashley Fuller, Delia Molloy, Elvio Tomei, Jason Dong. Back Row: Don Lorenz (Northwest Refrigeration), Rob Arabski, Craig Taylor, Jim Marsen (Jones Food Store Equipment), and Alex HorvathFulvio Bussandri (left) and Dominic Schiraldi of I-D FoodsJohn Farlinger and Alina Golden of Kawartha DairyPaul Evans (left) with Steve Turner, Nicole Eastwood, Steve Lamontagne, and Ryan Scanzano of Kruger Products

Jim Bexis, Sun Valley Supermarket & Jim Slomka

Left to right at Lactalis: Michael Poirier, Taylor McLeod, Chris Beule, and April ClearyRobert Shouppe and Alba Martinez, Lanthier BakeryThe Lassonde team from left: Gary Schoeneweiess, Jarod Bebbington, Steve Blackman, Ubayda Aatek, Nadyne Paradis, Cheryl Taylor, Greg Anderson, and Ed Badke. Amy Squair is at the frontGus Longo, Longo Brothers Fruit Markets and Maria Arbulu, USDAAlexander Messina of Mema FoodsGeoff Connors, Atlantic Grocery Distributors (left), Mary Scianna, Grocery Business Magazine, and Dave Powell, Powell’s SupermarketFrank Nweisser (left) and Rick Rabba, Rabba Fine Foods, with Gordon, Thomas and Benjamin Dean of Mike Dean Local Grocer. Daughter Siena Dean was the winner of the 2022 CFIG National Scholarship Anthony G. Wilshaw Memorial AwardTodd McKay, Rosario (Roy) Sciotto and Lucia Russo of SaputoTree of Life Team
Maurizio Romeo and Marissa Palermo of Tutto Gourmet FoodsMaria Arbulu of the USDA, with Ron Lemaire of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA)