IFPA celebrates record-breaking Foodservice Conference
July 28, 2024
The International Fresh Produce Association held its 43rd Foodservice Conference last week in Monterey, CA. The event brought together over 2,220 attendees, including almost 1,000 buyers and menu influencers. After a day-and-a-half of education sessions, the expo — described as the best five-and-a-half hours in produce for foodservice — opened on Friday. The show featured new flavors and menu ideas that attendees could taste in person and also featured the largest ever Fresh Ideas Showcase with 32 entries. These products feature product innovations and new flavors.
Mike Telford, Armand Lobato, Stanley Trout and Matt Brigotti of the Idaho Potato Commission.
Courtney Law, Zachary Wakefield and Trace Moreno of Wonderful Citrus.
Desirae Perez of Prime Time and Jackie Nakashian of Trinity Fruit.
Todd Gosule, Tim May and Shannon Gosule of B&W Quality Growers.
Manuel Michel and Sabrina Wilson of the Colombia Avocado Board.
Daniel Marti, Taylor Harney and Doug Millan of Procurant.
Nichole Towell, Adriana Frias, Susan Kavanagh and Gabrielle Briano of Duda Farm Fresh Foods.
Galen Johnson, Paloma Gonzalez, Diana McClean, Stephanie Torres and Marcos Valeriano of Mission Produce.
Joshua Pico, Christopher Smotherman, Kevin Fix and Jonathan Airada of Bolthouse Fresh Foods.
Tom Colln and Doug Hearron of Sage Fruit Co.
Christian Bengard, Jasmine Ponce and Michelle Deleissegues of Gem Pack Berries.
James Galindo of Oppy with Jason Higbee and Doug Stewart of Kern Ridge Growers.
Julia Delgato, Lisa McNeece, Maria Avina and Christina Barragan of Grimmway Farms with Matthew Collins of Markon Cooperative.
Dillon Duncan, Coleman Oswald and Mike Daroshefski of Eagle Eye Produce.
Nicole Wasylow and Joe Esta of Wada Farms.
Bryan Thornton, Katya Sicilia and Scott Laraway of Cooseman’s.
Frank Camera, Kenny Olmos Sr. and Otilio Garavito of Delta Fresh Sales.
Gabriel Carrillo, Shannon Hill and Chris Closson of West Pak Avocado.
Stephen Wyrick and Jacob Bivins of Classic Salads.
Nick Garcia and Jeffrey Onstot of Westfalia Fruit Americas.
Robb Bertels, Terry Kuhel and Dave Johnson of Gold Coast Packing.
Tom Eliupoulos, John Amaral, Stephanie Cantero, Mike Scattini and Greg Scattini of The Nunes Co.
Jair Magallan, Kraig Loomis and Giovanni Espinosa of GreenFruit Avocado with Manuel Michel of the Colombia Avocado Board.
Paul Grothe, Brandon Rossi, Erick Hoyner, Joshua Kusske, Jessica Zeitzmann, Gabriela Acosta and Gwendolyn Jackimek of Del Monte Fresh.
JC Cavaletto and Sophia Cavaletto of GLC Cerritos.
Danny Canady, Tony Incaviglia and Antonio Villalobos of GR Fresh.
Gilberto Nuñez, Ana Nuñez and Patrick Cortes of Divine Flavor.
Pure Flavor was represented by Matt Del Biondi, Carmine Borrelli and Mike Glass.
JC Myers and Allie Coombs of SunFed.
Megan McKenna of the National Watermelon Promotion Board with Pam Smith, a registered dietitian nutritionist who works with the Mushroom Council.
Dave Allen, Nancy Bryner and Dick Thomas of Potandon Produce.
Katie Calligaro of IFPA and Jeff Olsen of Chuck Olsen Produce Co.
David Stornetta and Tara Schwartz of Produce Careers.
Jeff Church, Ernst VanEeghen, Steve Church, Loree Dowse, Brian Bengard and Bob Licker of Church Brothers Farms.
John McCarthy and Stephanie Browder of Ra Foods.
Jeff Lundberg and Matt Hiltner of Babe Farms.
Anthony DeAngelis, Jason Minici and Eric Kraus of Christopher Ranch.
Victoria Cao and Marco Hernandez of Del Rey Avocado.
Mark Vaugh and Amber Parrow of Fresh Avenue.
Tom Lyons of Kaliroy Fresh.
At the Little Bear Produce booth were Bret Erickson, Bruce Densten, Alex Garza, Barrett Ortego and James Bassetti.
Christy Hermosillo, Jill Cox and Tron Crumley of Sun Glo of Idaho.
Josh Thorne, Brian Miller, Desirae Perez and Mike Way of Prime Time International.
Monique Mueller and Jason Sadoian of Bee Sweet Citrus.
Brooks French and Mike Ciaramella of PBA Produce Brokers, Anthony Epperley of Gold Star Foods and David Figueroa of Veg-Fresh Farms.
Kim Green, Jeff Moore and Billy Martin of Crunch Pak.
Chip Walker of PRO*ACT, Cathy Burns of IFPA and Steve Barnard of Mission Produce Inc.
Kathleen Triou of Fresh Solutions Network with Bart and Molly Connors of Basin Gold.
Kristen Reid and Emily Fragoso of MIXTEC Group.
Tony Baker, Christa Schuck, Mark Munger, Katie Tossie and Justin Farias of Ocean Mist Farms.
Ana Paco and Angela Quails of The Salad Farm.
The Idaho Eastern Oregon Onion Committee and Southwind Farms Gourmet Potatoes by Wilcox co-sponsor a VIP Customer Brunch each year at Montrio Bistro ahead of the opening of the IFPA Foodservice Expo. Shown at this year’s event were Derek Peterson, Tayvann Young, Austin Reese, Juan Juarez and Robert Tominaga of Wilcox Fresh/Southwind Farms.
Isha Ghetia and Hannah Cleveland of I Love Produce.
Representing La Bonanza at the IFPA Foodservice conference were Alberto Chavez, Valeria Villaseñor, Gabriel Villaseñor, Casey Evans Beltran and Jose Barragan.
Trey Augustine and Nick Galiotto of ZAG Technical Services.
Dan Spellman and Madeline Kang of the National Mango Board.
Danelle Huber and Shawn Loudon of CMI Orchards.
Peter Shore and Jonathan Barbarine of Calavo Growers Inc.
David Santucci of Giorgio Fresh Co.
Charlotte Vick and Ken Sikes of Vick Family Farms.
Steve Ware, Angela Tallant and Jerry Moran of Naturipe Farms LLC.
Julie Ackerman and Dan Dinner of Fresherized Foods.
At the iDeal HarBest booth were Adrian Gonzalez, Manny Fajardo, Danny Baltazar and Hermy Torres.
Christian Torres and Denise Quiroga of Malena Produce.
The Taylor Farms Foodservice staff.
Richard Jones and Anthony Gallino of Bobalu LLC.
Thomas Joyner of Nash Produce LLC.
Veronica Rodarte, Andy Webb, Dominic DeFranco and Ryan Conlon of Progressive Produce.
Ozzie Figueroa, Moises Oceguera and Andrew Flores of Henry Avocado Corp.
Rulon Robinson and Dandee Hale of Nonpareil/Idaho Potato Packers.
Candi Fitch of the Idaho Eastern Oregon Onion Committee.
Bruce Taylor, chairman and CEO of Taylor Farms, with Cindy Long, deputy secretary of Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services for the USDA.
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