Southern Flavor Cocktail reception features Bruce Arians
ORLANDO, FL —Former NFL coach and Super Bowl winner Bruce Arians was the featured speaker at the Southern Flavor Cocktail reception March 2, here, during the Southeast Produce Council Southern Exposure convention. This was the third year for the Southern Flavor Cocktail reception, which celebrates Georgia Grown agriculture. The event featured a Q&A session with Arians, moderated by Tampa Bay radio personality TJ Rives.
This year’s sponsors were Pure Flavor, Genuine Georgia, L&M, Shuman Farms, Crawford Packaging, Leger & Son, Nickey Gregory, North Bay Produce, Jear Logistics, Herndon Country Farms, Baker Farms, Pratt Agriculture, Mountain View and NNZ.
Mary Coppola Heslep of Ten Acre Marketing, Bryan Barsness of GrubMarket, Gabby Blacker of Ten Acre Marketing and Nate Montgomery of Produce Champion.
Chris Veillon and Lindsay Gammon of Pure Flavor.
Bailey Leger, Greg Leger, Jordan Carter and Will Hinson of Leger & Son.
Stu Jackson of Crawford Packaging and Joe Sbrocchi of Pure Flavor.
Kevin Hendrix of Hendrix Produce with Johnny White and Broc Davis of Shuman Farms.
Matt Mastronardi (center) of Pure Flavor with Jim Hickey and Chuck Link of Redner’s Market.
Broc Davis of Shuman Farms, Tracy Shaw, Lesley Daniels and Trish James of Healthy Family Project/Produce for Kids, and Johnny White of Shuman Farms.
Chris Veillon of Pure Flavor introducing guest speaker and Super Bowl-winning coach Bruce Arians.
Tampa Bay radio personality TJ Rives served as the host of the one-on-one session with Bruce Arians, who led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to victory in Super Bowl LV over the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Pure Flavor team with Super Bowl-winning coach Bruce Arians.
Chris Veillon of Pure Flavor with Super Bowl-winning coach Bruce Arians.
Tom Dent and Ellis Thorp of Pratt Agriculture.
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.
