Record-breaking IFPA Global a flurry of activity
Record-breaking IFPA Global a flurry of activity
The International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show has come to an end after three transformative days for fresh produce and floral. The show attracted attendees from more than 50 countries, and a record number of more than 3,500 buyers engaged with the almost 1,100 exhibiting companies on the show floor. This year’s show had the largest representative of global retailers ever.
“A heartfelt thank you to our exhibitors, sponsors, volunteers, and guests for joining us in Anaheim,” said IFPA CEO Cathy Burns. “I can't wait for Orlando in 2026!"
Violet Bifulco of Bifulco’s Four Season Cold Storage with Joshua Gatcke of Nathel & Nathel.
Mike Anderson, Chris Kingston and Nick Kingston of Kingston Fresh promoted their pineapple line with the help of their mascot.
Manny Carvajal, Ben Josephson and Eric Beck of Wada Farms.
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At the Grower Alliance booth were Alan Durazo, Jorge Quintero Sr., Eddie Condes and Ramon Barraza.
At the PennRose Farms booth were Shane Rogers, Kevin Jones, Tyler Hiriak, Devin Vaishville and Chris Ciruli.
Yolanda Roundtree, Palmer Linscott, Whitney Lett, Jonathan McDaniel and Michael Burke of Fresh From Florida.
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Seeded Produce unveiled a line of Asian produce at the IFPA Global Show. Pictured are (front row) Marcela Sanchez, Egla Losolla and Ping Wu, and (back row) Omar Losolla, Omar Sanchez, Caleb Losolla, Luis Vargas, Isaac Losolla and Jose Vasquez.
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Jorge Gil, Michael Spinner, Andre Santillan and Jorge Gil of Global Fresh Frozen Foods.
Nick Leonard (second from left) caught up with Jaxs Keenan, Brian Maguire and Chip O’Hare of JOH on the trade show floor.
At the Pharr International Bridge booth were Ricardo Medina and TIPA President Dante Galeazzi.
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Frank and Ana Ramos of The Perishable Specialist.
Robert Olguin of Vallarta Supermarkets stopped at the Splendid by Porvenir booth to visit with Cindy Schwing.
At the William H. Kopke booth were members of Vision Global Group Dan McGrath, Alberto Obregon, Angela Aronica, Ronnie Cohen and Christine McCullough.
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Jennifer Rigdon, John Cymbal, Rachel Lindsay and Paulina Romero of Molly’s Grape & Citrus Co.
Emil and Anthony Serafino of EXP Group.
Tara Murray promoted a full line of healthy dips at the Yo Quiero! booth.
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The team at Giorgio Fresh Co.
At the Idaho Potato Commission booth were Matt Daniels, Matt Zapczynski, Skylar Hafner, Patrick Mills and Ross Johnson.
Creg Fielding, Abe Vanegas and Lon Gretillat of Fusionware.
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Victoria Jordan and Robin Bell of Fresh Express/Chiquita.
At the Equifruit booth with a message about the importance of paying banana farmers fairly were Georgia Crumpf, Carolina Arizabaleta and Kim Chackal.
Promoting EV Produce at the IFPA Global Show were Antonio Gordillo, Erick Carranza, Alejandra Lopez, Erick Vera, Cristina Neve, Miguel Nuñez and Daniel Arreguin.
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Tony Barreira and Geoff Kyle of Fresh Taste Produce.
Austin Reese, Cole Huntsman, Derek Peterson and Rheannon Jones of Wilcox Fresh.
Sylvia Wallace and Joanna Jaramillo promoted Wholesum’s new Lil’ Things line of tomatoes.
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Leidy and David Lipson of Valued Naturals.
At the Fave Produce booth were Vina Aligaen, Wendy Qiu, Chloe Mai, Laurie Siderio and Sebastian Rojas.
James Graham of Sam’s Wholesale Club tests his skill at the Idaho Potato Commission booth under the watchful eye of Ross Johnson of the IPC.
Emily Fragoso, Jerry Butt and Kristen Reid of Mixtec Group.
The team at Village Farms Greenhouse Grown.
Claudia Pou and Julie Gates Velasquez of Del Monte Fresh Produce.
Christine Fries and Joe Atchison of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.
Dana Goodman of Superfresh Growers and Jay Pack.
Nicole Baum, Kellie DuBois, Jodi Genshaft, Blake Busch and Jeff McKinnon of Gotham Greens.
Katelyn Tran, Chika Kanada, Maria Rempel and Katsutoshi Mizuno of House of Foods Holdings USA.
Dave Giannini of Apeel giving a demonstration on the show floor.
Luis Nuñez of Delta Fresh Sales.
Juliet Moran of Suja Life.
The team from Mission Produce.
At the GR Fresh booth were Tomas Guillen, Tony Incaviglia, Daniel Salazar, Danny Canady and Luis Webb.
Manuel Ortiz and Kyle Greetham of Produce Pro Software from Aptean.
Roberto Samano, Freddy Hoflack, Rod Bangert, Eric Olshove, Nick Osmulski, Ryan Lockman and Charles Yow of North Bay Produce Inc.
Chris Drew of Ocean Mist Farms.
David Reyes, Ana Nuñez and Michael DuPuis of Divine Flavor.
Brian Riordan and John Dickie of Taylor Farms.
At the Hampton Farms booth were Jeff Garcia, Sue Elton and Ben Fueston.
Austin Fowler, Mike Hacker, Dylan Lang and Josh Rushlo of Fowler Farms.
Oscar Miranda, Lauren Hitchcock, Dan Holt, Theresa Spencer and Shane Moreno of Hitchcock Farms.
The team at Eagle Eye was in full force at the IFPA Global Show, where they featured intricate watermelon carvings.
Sabrina Pokomandy and Amanda Sebelle of Highline Mushrooms.
Denise Fischer, Joe Bowers, Monique Blajos and Mindy VanVleck of Peri & Sons Farms.
Megan Adams, Tara Smith, Megann Schooley and Jenn Edgecomb of Smith’s Farm.
Jose Roggiero, Richard Goodman, Ray Pena and Ricardo Roggiero of Freshway Produce.
Steven Marderosian and Marcus Marderosian of Bee Sweet Citrus.
Dave Johnson of PIM joined Tara Smith and Lance Smith at the Smith’s Farm booth.
The team at Lange Farms.
The team at Curv Logistics Group.
Ryan Easter, Jeff Mele, Joel Gonzalez, Rob Brett, Krista Beckstead, Brian Polson, Aaron Winslow and Miguel Cantu of Mountain View Fruit Sales.
Paul Armata of E.Armata with Violet and Mickey Bifulco of Bifulco’s Four Season Cold Storage.
The Calavo team.
Jill Hughey and Brenda Briggs of Rice Fruit Co.
Dan Duguay, Jeff Hall, Shannon Sommerauer, Heather Urban, Lyse McClelland, Greg Palmer and Nicole Jeffrey of CPMA.
The team at Mastronardi/Sunset.
With their colorful display of tropical fruits were Jack Jackson, Marilyn Suarez, Cecilia Vera, Ashley Zamora, Melissa Hartmann de Barros and Andrés Ocampo of HLB Specialties.
Vince Mazzetti and Tom Mazzetti of Goody.
Hector Altamira, Shayna Telesmanic, Rachel Barnes, David Baxter, Alexandra Molumby and Liam Slavin of Bard Valley Natural Delights.
Retail Dietitians from the Retail RD Immersion Event hosted by The Foundation for Fresh Produce.
Rebecca Buell, Adam Hellstern, Cassie Howard, Anthony Augusto, Lily Leventhal, Madison Giannetto, Mark Madden and Candice Hensley of Sunkist Growers.
Tony Barreira of Fresh Taste Produce and Chris Keetch of the Giant Co.
Julia Harshman and Nichole Towell of Duda Farm Fresh Foods with Lori Taylor of The Produce Moms.
Howard Nager, Brady Markel, Cory Stahl, Rob Markel, John Dresick and Julio Fimbes of Pacific Trellis Fruit.
Dorothy Redick, Sara Palmisano, Tim Cavanaugh and Aimee Bach of FirstFruits Farms.
The team at Red Sun Farms.
Wayne Decou, Levi Romenesko, Alyssa Muraski, Cindy Hilger, Breanne Steadman, Michiel Eilander and Scott Knapkavage of Volm Cos. Inc.
Hollis O’Brien, Terence Kelley and Max Pozzessere of Little Leaf Farms.
Leighton Dill and Alissa Amaral of Family Tree Farms.
Kathy Michael Sponheim, Bart Connors and Lela Reichart of Fresh Solutions Network.
David Bradley and Robin Narron of Nash Produce.
Rommell Orozco and Manny Higuera of ASL Produce.
Brent Ouwerkerk, Claire Vasquez, Randi Church and Amit Varma of Windset Farms.
Beth Keeton of Elephant House, Karen Caplan, growth catalyst, and Raina Nelson of Westfalia Fruit.
Kevin Eichele and Jim Garsow of Caputo & Guest.
John Caraway and Mia Gonzalez of Gourmet Xpress.
Amanda Nojadera and Jaime Greger of Progressive Produce.
At the Farm Fresh Direct booth were Fabian Quezada, Roger Christensen, Cinthia Nievez, Nancy Meraz and Rob Richardson.
Isha Ghetia, Dennis Carter and Sam Snyder of I Love Produce.
Scott Young, Helen Tay and Todd Gosule of B&W Quality Growers.
Tara Schwartz and Eric Holtzman of Produce Careers Inc.
Iraida Rodriguez, Manuel De Luna Jr. and Felipe Romero of Port Laredo.
Kelley Akamine, Olga Osthus and Ashley Lam of Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Co./Perricone Farms.
Mary Fregoso, Matt Manfre, Kiersten Clontz and Sara Lozano of Sambrailo Packaging.
At the Potandon Produce booth under the watchful eye of the iconic Green Giant were JP Surerus, Lauren Brierly, Nancy Byner, David Lawrence and Dave Allen.
John Magna, Yasmin Pacia, Nick Pacia and Paul Massey of Trucco.
The Giumarra team.
Carlos Beteta and Isabel Tavera of Pacific Produce.
The team at Kapi Kapi Growers.
Eric Chau, Jesus Perez, Luis Gonzalez and Claudia Obeso of Atardecer.
At the Malena Produce booth were Valeria Quintero, Yianna Avila, Berta Ferriz, Denise Quiroga and Alyna Cardenas.
Carlos Corrales, Jorge Aguilar, Audee Rios and Pablo Vega of Coliman Bananas.
The team at La Bonanza Avocados.
Felipe Cunha and Fred Taveras of Agricola Famosa USA.
At the Wholly Guacamole booth were Jim Fountain, Bibi Kaminski, Caitlyn Leone, Billy Nguyen, Chris Monahan and Lauren Kinkaide.
Cortney Walker, Candice Cottingham, Julia Weber and Julie Daws of Pure Flavor.
The team at Shuman Farms.
Luis Perez of EL Sol Brands.
Karson Mebane, Steve Adlesh and John Shaw of Beachside Produce.
Rosendo Flores, Jorge Yanez Nidome, Eugenio Martinez and Alejandro Rodriguez of MexFresh Produce.
Jorge Macias, Kyle Johnson and Auna Lundberg of Stemilt.
Jessica Harris and Jill Mazer of F&S Fresh Foods.
Petri Van Der Merwe, Gerardo Lugo, David Marguleas, Bernardo Calvo, Angelic Meza, Zach Cason, Yesenia Ventura and Jennifer Sanchez of Sun World International.
Derrick Miller of Pom Wonderful.
MJ Morin and Rob Giragosian of Kern Ridge.
Tristian Perry and Kristi Hocutt of Triple J Produce.
John Amaral and Gabe Romero of The Nunes Co. Inc. with Joe Meeks of Blazer Wilkinson.
Jennifer Hirano of The Wonderful Company promoted pomegranates and Pom Wonderful juice.
Bryan Barsness of Prophet North America and Ross Nelson of FreshEdge.
Kay Prevette, Ann Jordan, Alan Chavez and Tracy Bottomley of Bottomley Farms.
Steve Church, Brian Bengard, Greg Corrigan, Tracy Carranza, Loree Dowse, Kate Dutra and Ernst Van Eeghen of Church Bros. Farms.
Diana Salsa of The Wonderful Company with the life-size cutout of NFL Quarterback Josh Allen, who is the celebrity spokesperson for Wonderful Pistachios.
Katy Valdez of Sam’s Wholesale Club flanked by Lori Small and Terry Splane of the California Avocado Commission.
Bryan Biederman and JD Poole of Scotlynn Sweet Pac Growers.
Ramon Delgado and Ozzie Figueroa of Henry Avocado Corp.
Alfred Nuñez of GreenPoint Distributing.
Jen Velasquez of Full Tilt Marketing, Kathy Michael Sponheim of Fresh Solutions Network and Meaghan McGrath of 9 North Group photobombed by Kathleen Triou of Fresh Solutions Network.
Rudy Leon and Chris Gonzales of WP Produce.
Minal Thakkar and Blair Butterworth of Fresh Gourmet Co.
Claudia Sanchez and Edgar Bustos of Boka Foods.
Dave Anderson, Christine Lott, Robert Verloop, Katie Lumia, Angie Thomas and Jennifer Olmstead of the California Walnut Commission.
Chris Kiser, Cody Sanders and Mike Smith of Spice World.
Juliana Cromie, Ellen Thompson, Ashley Finster, Aribel Aguirre-Beck and Silvia Valdez-Frausto of Naturipe Farms.
At the GLC Cerritos booth were Francisco Cruz, Daniela Lopez and Sophia Cavaletto.
Jeri Elsasser, Lisa White, Gunner White, Anna O’Brien and Angela Hernandez of Trinity Fruit Co.
The LGS team celebrating 35 years.
Steve Ware and Matthew Lyons of Naturipe Farms.
Representing Fresh Inset at the IFPA Global Show were Kevin Frye, Peter Vriends and Kris Czaplicki.
Camille Balfanz, Kate Nees and Nicholas Hawkins of Litehouse.
Jacey Kuersteiner and Katie Hall of Northland Potatoes.
Hermy Torres, Manny Fajardo, Dominic Romero and Danny Baltazar of iDeal HarBest.
Joel Hewitt, Shawn Loudin, Kaci Komstadius, Paul Hancock, Rochelle Bohm, Max McGuire and Ellie Tucker of CMI Orchards.
Charlotte Vick and Ken Sikes of Vick Family Farms.
Promoting Phillips Mushroom Farms’ new vegan stuffed Baby Bellas as well as their full line of fresh mushrooms were Larissa Rice and Sean Steller.
Jeff Moore, Rebecca Meyers and Billy Martin of Crunch Pak.
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