IFPA Retail Conference and Golf Tournament a hole in one
May 7, 2024
The IFPA Retail Conference and Golf Tournament was a hole in one for attendees, as friends and colleagues — new and old — teed off at Whirlwind Golf Club at Wild Horse Pass in Phoenix. The conference proved the ideal space for interactions between shippers, retailers and wholesalers against the backdrop of sessions on the retail market, supplier relations and other key insights.
Leetha Reynolds of Lipman Family Farms, Karin Humanik of Harris-Teeter, Shawna Dalyrmple of Lipman, Sarah Lucas of Superfresh Growers, Christina Hahn and Jessica press of Lipman, Ashley Nickle of Ashley Nickle Growth Strategies and Sonya Constable of Sprouts Farmers Market.
John McDaniel and Derek Ennis of L&M, Joseph Bunting of United Supermarkets and John Oxford of L&M.
Howard Nager of Pacific Trellis Fruit, Morgan Reimler of Backswing, Tony Mitchell of Indianapolis Fruit and Paul Huckabay and Tim Lamascus of Keenan Farms.
Mike Asdoorian of D.L.J. Produce with Tim Velasquez of Bashas’ Markets.
Ryan Licari of iTrade Network, Eric Frasse of I Love Produce, Mike Downey of Military Produce Group and Jason Dixon of iTrade Network.
Michael Collins of Harris-Teeter, Moe Adams of IFCO, Tom Coufal of J&C Tropicals and Jon Brooks of IFCO.
Dustin Clyde of D.L.J. Produce with Ted Palmisano of Peddlers Son Produce.
Tim Murphy of Fresh Thyme Farmers Market and Scott Harriss of Riverfront Produce with Mike Hulett and Brad Tijerina of Farm Fresh Direct.
Ben Wells of L&M and Scott Benett of Jewel-Osco with Jon Shriver and Bobby Creel of L&M.
Zach Raab of Robinson Fresh, Mark Jewell and Mike Emery of Hannaford Bros., and Greg Thompson of Robinson Fresh.
Dax Cooke of Farm Direct Partners with Jay Schneider of F&S Fresh Foods.
Brian Penfield of Sendik’s Food Markets, Steve Koran of Bengard Ranch, Jordan Grainger of Ben B. Schwartz & Sons and Alex DiNovo of DNO Produce.
Mike Gatz of Bushmans, Michael Boskovich of Boskovich Farms, Dave Rhodes of Fresh Encounter and Marc Marchini of J. Marchini Farms.
Rob Johnson of BJ’s Wholesale Club and Alexis Barrett of Local Bounti with Will Peters and Doug Millan of Procurant.
Gary Zych of Crunch Pak, Don Cada of Kwik Trip, Billy Martin of Crunch Pak and Justin Bartlett of Legacy Labor.
Bill Coombs of D.L.J. Produce with Darin Eastridge of Bashas’ Markets.
John Zaninovich and Blake Lee of D.L.J. Produce
Gary Allen of Katzman Distribution and Jim Mastromichalis of Harris-Teeter with Vic Savanello and Robert Katzman of Katzman Distribution.
Chris Hill and Tim Cunniff of Little Leaf Farms with Israel Vargas of Perricone Juices and Mike Roberts of Harps Food Stores.
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