Produce a highlight at Allegiance Holiday Food & Retail Tech Showcase
SECAUCUS, NJ — Allegiance Retail Services LLC's 2024 Holiday Food & Retail Tech Showcase was held Thursday, June 20 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, here. Fresh produce was well represented at the show, which featured vendors from across the country showcasing a wide variety of items.
Allegiance, a retailer owned co-op headquartered in Iselin, NJ, supports independent supermarkets' retail success by providing marketing, advertising, technological and merchandising support, as well as a full line of private label products. The company serves independent supermarket banners in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Gary Roselli of Allegiance Retail Services with Jose Troya, Vic Savanello and Drew Koeppel of Katzman Distribution.
Susan McAleavey Sarlund of the New York Apple Association and Thomas Marrolli of Olivia’s Organics.
Jamie Failing of Taylor Farms with Alexa Conciatori of Allegiance Retail Services and Tracy Simmonds of Affinity Sales.
Mike Modica and Kirk Joiner of Procacci Bros.
Gabe Romero of The Nunes Co. Inc.
Dante Savanello of Goodness Gardens and Rich Borchers of World Wide Sales.
Jack Christy and Julie Barber of Oppy.
Virginia Wong of Good Planet Foods with Stavros Tzamaras of Pete Pappas & Sons Inc.
Mike Brady and Mark Smith of Melissa’s Produce.
Therese Mauch of Zespri and Daniel Oettinger of JOH.
Zac Walters of Generous Brands and Max Pozzessere of Little Leaf Farms.
Pete Telesco of C&S.
Deanne Carlsen and Tim Johnson of F&S Fresh Foods.
Darren Defilippis and Annette Kiriakos of Wonderful Sales.
Christine Fries, Joe Atchison III and Bella Walz of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.
Matt Benito of Fru-Veg Marketing and Ian Zimmerman of Maurice A. Auerbach Inc.
Peter Creager of LGS Specialty Sales and Brian Polson of Mountain View Fruit Sales.
Marcos Sanabia, Ralph Mazza and Dave Ramdour of R. Best Inc.
Shawn Pramraj, Jeanie Sorrentino, Terri Abrams, Tracy Simmonds and Max D’Onofrio of Affinity Sales.
Marybeth March of Giorgio Fresh Mushrooms.
Anthony Sciotti of Pero Family Farms.
David Williams of RDD Associates.
Lynn Kaczmarczyk of C&S Wholesale Grocers.
John Farese of Spice World Inc.
Ryan Beckman
About Ryan Beckman | 
Ryan Beckman was born and raised in New Jersey. After studying creative writing at Rutgers University, he attended SUNY Binghamton and earned his master’s degree in English. The following year he and his wife, Amanda, journeyed to the province of Ontario to spend some time living in Toronto and cheering for the Maple Leafs. Ryan and Amanda now live in New York and spend their evenings staring at their ever-smiling son, Oscar.
Ryan is always looking for a good book to read, is sure to be a few hours behind on sleep and will never stop loving 8-bit games.
