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