Melinda Zoccoli, Stacey Kravitz and Ali Davies, UNFI Canada
Thousands of industry professionals from health and wellness food, drink and innovations attended CHFA NOW in Toronto. The conference took place on September 15 and 16, and the trade show on September 17 and 18. Grocery Business was there! See part two’s gallery by clicking HERE.
Grocery Business’ Jim Slomka and Mary Scianna with Mike Rose, Metro Inc.
Davide Viola, Health First Network
Barry Lanteigne, Distribution Canada Inc.
Sacha Laflamme, Theobroma Chocolat
Jake Karls, Mid Day Squares, Jim Slomka and Mike Fata
Chef Pino of Zoglo’s
Natalia Gomes and Tony Bal, Metro Inc.
Lindsay Linkletter, Cows Creamery
Jim Slomka, Peter Weicker, Fortinos
Peter and Chris Neal, The Neal Brothers
Team UNFI Canada
K Patel, Anne Parypa, Carlo Nigro, Marcos Guirguis, Jeff Pepper, and Inder Chohan, CJR Wholesale Grocers; and third from left, Rima Rabba of Rabba Fine Foods
Brandon Murray and Justin Murray, Murray Market National
Peter Mattson, consultant and Larry Bonikowsky, Grocery Business
Italian Trade Commission team
Team Remedy Drinks
Caroline Capizzano, Shelly Hutcheson, Jim Kavanagh, Sheila Farah and Anna Zurawiecka, Brandseed Marketing
Team FLOW Water
Team iLevel Management
Ursula Klein and David Littlewood, a2 Milk
Team Peak Health and Wellness Distribution
Team Acosta Canada
Grocery Business’ Larry Bonikowsky with Brian Jackson, CPG Brand Management
Grocery Business’ Larry Bonikowsy with Melissa Richardson, Bel Cheese Canada
Team CHFA
Alberto Aguilar, Plantaform; Charles Buhagiar, Metro Inc.; Sandra Kabat, CHFA; Georges Hanmoush, Plantaform
Max Paulhus Gosselin and Adekambi Laleye, Groupe Uptaste Inc.
Joana Adlgasser, Rihanna Ross and Caitlyn Vanderhaeghe, KidStar Nutrients
David Laurie, Prana Biovegan Inc; Shirley Hinde, Sobeys Inc; Brent Scowen, Prana Biovegan Inc.
Andrew Bridges, Ally Bridges and Charles Buhagiar, Metro Inc.
Errol Cerit, FHCP
Jon Janower, Choices Market
Christine Cruz-Clarke, Balzac’s
Nadia Eccles, Jamieson; Jim Slomka; Mike Pilato, Jamieson; John Marley, Clorox
Team Jamieson Wellness
Michael Aucoin, Eat & Beyond
Chris Harrington, Neil Green and Pat Brown, Vega
Peter Mattson, consultant, and Zoey Shamal, Tonica Kombucha
Jim Slomka, Aaron Skelton, CHFA
Rhonda Mitchell and Dan Bajor, Clorox
Davide Viola, Health First Network; Chris Budinszky, Clorox
Jim Slomka, Ryan Labong and Alex Sewell, Nature’s Path
B.K Sethi, B.K. Sethi Marketing
Mel Pha, Catherine Younder, Krista Cunningham, Kathy Banks and Tony Luongo, Indigo Natural Products Management
Norm Wingfield, Fortinos
Andrew Hatfield, Lisa Darlington and Ridley Doolittle, Happy Caps Mushroom Farm
Dave Tomassetti, John Pontoni, Nelson Lemos and Dino Pontoni, Four Fathers Food Co.
Pete Vanslyke and Amy Delva, Live Right Snacks
Aaron Oosterhoff, Spring Creek Quail Farms
Team Daiya
Ameen Fadel, Cedar Valley Selections
Nancy Carroll, consultant
Ayda Celik, Balzac’s
Tom Gunter, T.AG. Marketplace Consulting
Reza Bafandeh, Darwynn Ltd.
Dino Koundoutsikos, Dr. Oetker
Paul Galbraith, Jamieson Wellness
Richard Todd, Voortman Cookies Ltd.
Plant Up
Susan Gray, Advantage Solutions
Glen Fowlie, 1440 Foods
Todd Kelly, CPG CEO
Sanjiv Jagota, Nature’s Source
Corrie Higgins, Mid Day Squares; Patrick Higgins, Propel Natural Brands
Lola Adeyemi, It’s Souper
John DiCecco, Gay Lea Foods
Denis Ivic, Nutrameltz Inc.
Lynn Hashinsky, Vital Proteins
Team Neal Brothers Foods
Julie Bednarski-Malik, Healthy Crunch
Katie Doherty and Andrew Hester, KIND Snacks
Jada Wynter, Sonya Aquilina, Katie White and Logan Smetaniuk, Balzac’s Coffee
Ben Ivany, Natural Specialty Sales
Norm Kafka, Propel Natural Brands and Margaret Coons, Nuts for Cheese
Winston Dawes, Lundberg Family Farms
Julia Luu, Chenille Lafleur, Shingly Lee, and Mark Wilhite, Alpha Foods
Gerry Moroso and Sarah Mestdagh, Silver Hills Bakery
Amy Grayer, Aki Kaltenbach and Caius Flynn, Save da Sea
James Holden and Ashleigh Millar, Advantage Solutions
Blair Were, Kathie Melilla and Mike Pizale, Impact Sales & Marketing and Lee Diaz, Nuevo Retail Group
Rocco DiMascio, United Grocers Inc.
Phil Woods, Hain Celestial
