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CALENDAR
ADVERTISER INDEX
ADVERTISER
PAGE WEBSITE
PHONE
American Vintage Wine
42
www.americanvintage.com
718.361.1003
APEX Imports
18
www.wolfgangspretzels.com
209.295.4664
Ariston Specialties
41
www.aristonspecialties.com
860.224.7184
Bemka Corp.
12, 42 www.houseofcaviarandfinefoods.com 954.462.0533
Carolyn Saucier
18
Conroy Foods
15, 42 www.conroyfoods.com
800.317.8316
Crunchies
41
www.crunchiesfood.com
888.997.1866
EU5
11
www.legendsfromeurope.com
www.carolynsaucier.com
510.336.9403
Sept. 7-9
October 1-2
Dallas Total Home & Gift Market
Tri-State Food Expo
Dallas, TX
www.dallasmarketcenter.com
Secaucus, NJ
www.tri-statefoodexpo.com
Sept.17-19
October 6-9
Atlanta Fall Gift &
Home Furnishings Market and
The Atlanta Gourmet Market®
International Baking Industry Expo
Atlanta, GA
www.americasmart.com
Las Vegas, NV
www.ibie2013.com
Oct. 15-17
Expoalimentaria 2013
Sept. 26-28
Fire & Flavor Grilling Co.
42
www.fireandflavor.com
866.728.8332
Natural Products Expo East
Lindsay Farms Specialties
42
www.lindsayfarms.com
800.243.4608
Baltimore, MD
www.expoeast.com
Ohana Harbor Coffee
14, 42 www.ohanaharbor.com
253.432.4508
Pacific Resources
42
www.shoppri.com
805.684.0624
PLMA
13
www.plmaregistration.com
212.972.3131
Po Valley Foods
41
www.povalleyfoods.com
516.803.4688
Robert Rothschild Farms
41
www.robertrothschild.com
800.356.8933
Rubschlager
12
www.rubschlagerbaking.com
773.826.1245
SaltWorks
6, 7
www.seasalt.com
800.353.7258
Sarabeth's Kitchen
3
www.sarabeth.com
800.773.7378
Seattle Gourmet Foods
42
www.seattlegourmetfoods.com
800.800.9706
Sierra Nut House
41
www.sierrasoups.com
800.397.6887
Specialty Food
5
www.specialtyfood.com
State Farm
9
www.statefarm.com
Stonewall Kitchen
2, 42
www.stonewallkitchen.com
888.326.5678
Vanilla Bean Unique Cookies
20
www.vanillabeanchefs.com
260.415.4652
Viola Imports
14
www.violaimports.com
847.690.0790
Wonderfully Raw
44
www.mycocoroons.com
831.786.8773
Lima, Peru
www.expoalimentariaperu.com
SEASONINGS AND SPICES
Arizona Rub
28
www.arizonarub.com
800.489.1925
Bakto Flavors
28
www.baktoflavors.com
732.354.4492
Busha Browne
25
www.bushabrowne.com
201.947.1000
eSutras
24
www.eswholesale.com
773.583.4850
Purely American
25
www.purelyamerican.com
800.359.7873
Rabbit Creek
27
www.rabbitcreekgourmet.com
800.837.3073
Salty Wahine
26
www.saltywahine.com
Vanns Spices
27
www.vannsspices.com
800.583.1893
SUMMER FANCY FOOD WRAP UP
Boyajian
34
www.boyajianinc.com
800.965.0665
Buddy Squirrel
37
www.buddysquirrel.com
800.972.2658
Frontier Soups
32
www.frontiersoups.com
800.253.0550
KBC Kane Candy
33
www.kanecandy.com
800.875.5557
Le Gruyère AOP
31
www.gruyere.com
Sensational Sweets
33
www.sensationalsweets.com
570.524.4361
Sticky Fingers Bakeries
35
www.stickyfingersbakeries.com
800.458.5826
The Invisible Chef
37
www.theinvisiblechef.com
800.456.7115
PEOPLE WATCH
Chobani Founder and CEO Named Ernst & Young
World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013
Hamdi Ulukaya, founder and CEO of Greek Yogurt
brand Chobani, was named the Ernst & Young World
Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013. Ulukaya was selected from a group of more than 50 country-winners
from across the globe for this award.
Ulukaya founded Chobani in 2005, and it took
two years to perfect the recipe, with the first order
shipping in 2007. Since then, Chobani has experienced a meteoric rise with annual sales rocketing
to $1 billion in 2012.
"I am deeply honored to receive this award from
Ernst & Young and in the company of such amazing
fellow business leaders from around the world,"
Ulukaya said. "What began as just my personal
commitment to make delicious and nutritious
Greek Yogurt accessible to everyone has turned
into a 3,000-person-strong company serving three
markets around the world. I look forward to our
next 3,000 employees and to sharing our food philosophy with even more consumers as we expand
into new markets."
Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year is the
world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. Ernst & Young started the Entrepreneur Of The
Year® Award program 27 years ago to recognize the
world's most successful and innovative entrepreneurs.
By identifying and recognizing the achievements of
outstanding entrepreneurs within successful growing,
dynamic businesses, Ernst & Young aims to encourage
entrepreneurial activity around the world.
John Compton Named to
CROSSMARK Board of Directors
CROSSMARK, a leading sales and marketing services
company in the consumer goods industry, has named
John Compton to its board of directors. Compton will
serve along with principals of Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm.
Compton spent most of his career as a senior
executive at PepsiCo, most recently serving as
President of PepsiCo. Previously, he served as CEO
of PepsiCo Americas Foods, the largest division
within PepsiCo. In addition, Mr. Compton has also
served as CEO of all PepsiCo operations in the
United States and Canada. He began his career at
PepsiCo in 1983 as a Frito-Lay production supervisor in the Pulaski, Tenn. manufacturing plant. In
all, Mr. Compton spent 30 years at PepsiCo in various sales, marketing, operations and general management assignments.
Mr. Compton graduated from the University of Tennessee and remains an active supporter of the school's
College of Business Administration. He is a lifetime
member of the Advisory Council to the Dean.
"John brings extensive experience in the consumer goods industry to the CROSSMARK board,"
said CROSSMARK CEO Joe Crafton. "His exceptional
leadership and insight will be important as CROSSMARK continues to grow and develop more solutions
for our clients."
Compton said, "I have admired the capabilities of
CROSSMARK and look forward to working with the
teams to increase shareholder value."
Nature's Best Hires Amy Kirtland
as Vice President of Sales
Nature's Best hired Amy Kirtland as Vice President of
Sales. In this role, Kirtland will be responsible for leading the company's sales team and executing the company's strategic growth plans.
"I am excited to start a new challenge and look forward to being part of a unique organization with a
longstanding history of excellence and commitment to
the natural products industry," Kirtland said. "I am fortunate to be joining such a respected company that
prides itself on top quality service, and look forward
to working with independent retailers."
Amy comes to Nature's Best with more than six
years of experience as Executive Director of Unified
Grocers Naturally Division. She has a long history of
working with natural and specialty foods.
Tom Echolds, President of Nature's Best, said,
"Amy's wealth of experience and industry knowledge, along with her passion and commitment to natural and organic products, makes her a perfect fit
with the Nature's Best team. Amy will play a key role
in the future of our customer-centric organization.
Her appointment is a sign of our continuing commitment to service excellence."
Nature's Best, The Natural Products Distributor, is
the largest privately owned wholesaler-distributor of
health and natural food products in the natural products Industry. They deliver a full line of certified organic, natural and specialty products to retail stores
throughout the South, Central and Western United
States, Alaska, Hawaii and Asia.
