The ​2022 Golden Pencil Awards took place on Monday, November 21, 2022, at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto. Grocery Business was there as 2022 honourees Carmen Fortino and Michel Manseau received their awards. 

 Carmen Fortino (Metro Inc.) and family; Marcus, Lisa-Marie, Carmen, Sue, Jason and Helen Fortino

Valerie, Diane, Michel and Fannie Manseau

 Eric La Flèche and Marc Giroux (Metro Inc.)., Jamie Nelson (Pattison Food Group) and Jim Slomka

 Anthony Longo and Mimmo Franzone of Longo’s; Joe Fusco (Metro Inc.)

Errol Cerit (FHCP), Greg Ramier (Loblaw Companies Ltd.), Vince Scorniaenchi (Fortinos) and John Porco (Unico Primo)

Steve Kahansky, Sal Galle, and Mike Rose of Metro Inc.

Frank Gambioli (Loblaw Companies Limited), Domenic Raso (Burnac Produce), Peter Weicker & Vince Scorniaenchi (Fortinos), Ben Santangelo (Advantage Solutions), Frank Scornaienchi (Fortinos)

Iannick Melancon, Jeremy Oxley and Natalie Holloway of Danone Inc.; Brenda Kirk (Save-On-Foods)

Fernando Medina Zenoff (Comexposium), Darrell Jones (Save-On-Foods), B.K. Sethi (Consultant)

Vince and Lisa Scorniaenchi of Fortinos

Bill Ivany (Acosta Canada), Peter Singer (Thomas Large & Singer)

Matt Hall (Consultant), Rhonda Mitchell (The Clorox Company of Canada), Andre Gagne (retired Metro Inc.), and Dino Koundoutsikos (Dr. Oetker)

Tim Lute (Conagra Brands), Susan Irving (Kruger Products)

Dino Bianco (Kruger Products), Stacey Kravitz (UNFI Canada)

Margaret Hudson (Burnbrae Farms), Andre Gagne (retired Metro Inc.)

Lindsay Weatherdon (Concord National) and Frank Jaja (Metro Inc.)

Vince Vetere and David Distefano of Lactalis Canada

Mathieu Robitaille, Metro Inc.

Gary Spencer, Louisa Furtado, Jayson Mainwaring of Metro Inc.

Daniel Lachapelle and Claire Bara of A. Lassonde Inc.

Carmen Fortino (Metro Inc.) and Jim Slomka (Grocery Business)

Ben Santangelo (Advantage Solutions) and Chris Renner (Dole LLC)

Anthony Longo (Longo’s), Tim Berman (retired Kraft Canada Inc.), Dan Magliocco (Danone Canada), B.K. Sethi (Consultant)

Michiel Reijmer (L-Founders), Wouter Vosmeer (General Mills Canada), Martin Payant (Unilever)

Todd Johnston (Lactalis Canada), John Kotsopoulos (Smucker Foods Canada), Mike Lust (PepsiCo Foods Canada)

Denis Gendron (Consultant), Louisa Furtado (Metro Inc.)

Scott Lorimer and Melanie Carreira of Maple Leaf Foods

Dan Magliocco (Danone), and Shaun McKenna (The Grocery Foundation)

Greg Burden and George Kioussis of Metro Inc.

Larry Bonikowsky (Grocery Business), Frank Nweisser (Rabba Fine Foods/CJR Wholesale)

Craig Ansell (Golden Valley Foods), Sean Mateer (L.H. Gray & Son Ltd.), Ron Welke (Federated Co-op), Jean Gattuso (Investissement Quebec)

Mike Lust (PepsiCo Foods Canada), Mike Ruff (PepsiCo Beverages Canada), Serge Boulanger (Metro Inc.), Matt Smith (Sager Foods)

Tim Lute, Sebla Guvener, Reid Fenwick and Leslie Mackay of Conagra Brands

Traci Wildish and Erin Rooney of McCormick Canada; Mike Lust (PepsiCo Foods Canada)

John Porco and Ralph Younes of Unico; Paul Bravi (Food Basics), Tim Berman (retired Kraft Canada Inc.)

Mike Ruff and Marie-Claude Patte of PepsiCo; Dino Bianco (Kruger Products)

Rosa Checchia and Cheryl Smith of Dairy Farmers of Ontario

Dan Bajor (Clorox), Lynne Jette (Metro Inc.), Bryce Tonner (Kruger Products), Steve Lamontagne (Kruger Products) and Martin Payant, (Unilever)

Justin Croft, Rod Sturtridge, Francois Lavigne and Brad Van Laare of Carlton Cards

Iain McRuvie, Margaret Hudson, Jean-LucTurgeon of Burnbrae Farms; Marsha MacKinnon, Burbrae Farms

Tej Gabhi, Melissa Richardson, Kevin Brandreth, Denise Alves, Sebastien Tremblay, Eric Longval of Bel Cheese Canada

Kostas Kapralos (A. Lassonde Inc.), Errol Cerit (FHCP), George Kioussis (Metro Inc.)

Natalie Maeva, Carmela Serebryany and Shawn O’Shaughnessy of Upper Crust

Paul Higgins Jr. of Mother Parkers

Michel Manseau (Kruger Products), Carmen Fortino (Metro Inc.)

Steve Fox (Retired)

Michel Manseau (Kruger Products), Carmen Fortino (Metro Inc.)

Steve Fox (retired Nestle Canada), Shannon Higgins (Mother Parkers), Carmen Fortino (Metro Inc.)

Carmen Fortino, Metro Inc.

Shannon Higgins, Mother Parkers

Joey Longo, Longo’s

Joey Longo (Longo’s), Shannon Higgins (Mother Parkers), and Michel Manseau (Kruger Products)

Michel Manseau, Kruger Products

Michael Marinangeli (retired) and Domenic Raso (Burnac Produce)

Peter Mattson (Burnbrae Farms), Aleks Djurdjevic (Advantage Solutions), John Kotsopoulos (Smucker Foods), Steven Kouri (retired from Smucker), Jim Slomka (Grocery Business) and John McFall (Burnbrae Farms)

Ben Santangelo (Advantage Solutions), Paul Spagnuolo, Frank Scornaienchi, Phil Alphonsi, Peter Weicker and Anthony Scornaienchi of Fortinos

Sanjiv Jagota (Nature’s Signature) and Carmen Fortino

Serge Boulanger (Metro Inc.), Jim Slomka (Grocery Business) and Marcel Boulianne (Metro Inc.)

Jim Slomka (Grocery Business) and Rob Kurti (Metro Inc.)

Tony Mongillo (Metro Inc.), Jim Slomka (Grocery Business)

Carmen Fortino and Joanne Presutto of Metro Inc.

Louie Damcevski, Metro Inc,