JOH holds customer appreciation dinner at SEPC Southern Exposure
TAMPA, FL — JOH, a leading independent food broker based in Billerica, MA, held a dinner March 7 at American Social, here, ahead of the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure convention.
Brian Maguire, JOH’s executive vice president of produce, New England, welcomed the company’s valued vendors and partners, highlighting the role they have played in JOH’s success: "Big thanks to the Southeast Produce Council for hosting another incredible conference and being an amazing partner to JOH over the years! And shoutout to everyone who came to our reception dinner. It was great to catch up with our clients and customers and make new connections.”
Maguire also noted that it was cause for celebration with some recent executive promotions at JOH. “We got to celebrate some awesome news — huge congratulations to Beth McGuire, Rich Martin and Bill Nolan on their recent promotions. Your hard work is a big part of our success. Thank you for everything you do!" he said.
Brian Maguire (center) of JOH with John and Luke Shuman of Shuman Farms.
Corrine Barry of Little Leaf Farms and Kim St. George of Dole.
Karen Cady of Tops Markets with Beth McGuire of JOH.
Theresa Lowden (center) of JOH with Jim McErlean and Mark Klein of NatureSweet.
Tom Casey of JOH with Larissa Rice and Mike Stephan of Monterey Mushrooms.
Kirk Wilson of Giorgio Mushrooms with Naba Bakar of Golden Sun Insights.
Tom and Judy Murray and Scott Maher of Roche Bros. with Debbie Rogers and Therese Mauche of Zespri.
Dan Matrazzo and Brian Maguire of JOH with Karen Cady of Tops Markets and Jeff Cady of Northeast Grocery.
Josh Schmidt, Matt Gasuik and Dan Matrazzo of JOH with Charlie Helms of GT’s Living Foods.
Jon Davis of JOH and Jason Hollinger of Four Seasons Produce.
Tom Jenkins of JOH with Brian Arena and Wayne Hendrickson of Four Seasons Produce.
Tyler Schneider of Cleveland Kitchen and George Shropshire of Love Beets.
Jeff Murray, Ben Alviano and Kenneth Todd of Del Monte Fresh.
Jen Doxey, Victoria Lopez, Keith Fox and Alan Bradshaw of Fox Solutions.
John Alva of Goodness Gardens and Michael Hooper of Giant Food.
Representing the next generation at Shuman Farms were Luke Shuman, Addie Lee and Maddie Parker.
Brian Maguire of JOH welcomed attendees to the March 7 dinner party and thanked JOH’s clients and partners.
A sign welcomed JOH dinner attendees, highlighting the company’s valued clients and partners.
John Groh
About John Groh | 
John Groh graduated from the University of San Diego in 1989 with a bachelors of arts degree in English. Following a brief stint as a sportswriter covering the New York Giants football team, he joined The Produce News in 1995 as an assistant editor and worked his way up the ranks, becoming publisher in 2006. He and his wife, Mary Anne, live in northern New Jersey in the suburbs of New York City.
