Flashback: United Produce Expo & Conference 2005
February 3, 2025
In 2005, United Fresh held its annual Produce Expo & Conference April 30-May 3 at McCormick Place in Chicago. In addition to the expo the event featured three produce-focused business conferences. Join us on a trip down memory lane as we see some familiar faces back in the day.
Charles Sweat and Tonya Antle of Earthbound Farm.
Jerry Butt and Chris Nelson of the Mixtec Group.
Karen Caplan, CEO of Frieda’s, with daughter Alex Jackson.
Gary James, Peter Klimczak. Robert Colescott, Charlie Eagle, Jami Dingler and Jennifer Moss of Southern Specialties.
Mark Munger of Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce holds a five-pound consumer pack of Roma tomatoes for retailers, which the company introduced at the show.
Robert Kershaw and Paul Newstead of Domex Marketing.
Fred Webber of The Blue Book stopped by to chat with Kevin Donovan of Phillips Mushroom Farms.
At the Albert’s Organics booth, Steve Janedis displayed a four-pack of organic onions, and Scott Dennis displayed a four-pack of organic Bartlett pears.
Ben Fueston, Jane Williams and Terry Williams of Jimbo’s Jumbos Peanut Co.
Betty Emmons and Lisa Lockard of Chiquita Brands International in front of a new banana display that contains point-of-sale opportunities for retailers.
Chris Anthony of the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association displayed a I 0-pound bag of russet potatoes, which the association introduced at the show.
Tom Church of Church Bros. is flanked by Don De Armond and Craig Miller of Western Precooling at the Church Bros. booth during the United Produce Show in Chicago.
Dan Borer, Tom Barnett, Dave Munson and Bill Brownfield of Keystone Fruit Marketing.
At the Driscoll booth during the United Produce Show were Tim Youmans, Quinn Avery, Greg Anderson and David Wright.
Eddie Condes and Dwight Ferguson of Eurofresh in Willcox, AZ, displayed a full line of the company’s tomato packs.
Jay Dyer of Borton & Sons in Yakima, WA.
Jose Aguilar Soza, Alberto Watty, Mitchell Maurer and John Schmidt of BASF Corp.
Matt McInerney of Western Growers Association with Stephen Whitney and Pat Hanemann of the Dispute Resolution Corp.
Paula Fouchek of Edinburg Citrus Association, John McClung of the Texas Produce Association, Amy Gates of Frontera Produce, Tony Martinez and Javier Jasso of Farmer's Marketing Service and Tanya Fell of the association.
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