GOURMET
NEWS JULY 2014 www.gourmetnews.com
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American Vintage 34 www.americanvintage.com 718.361.1003
Ariston Specialties 18 www.aristonoliveoil.com 860.224.7184
Aroma Ridge 22 www.aromaridge.com 800.528.2123
Associated
Manufacturers Limited 20 www.bushabrowne.com 201.947.9009
Bakto
Flavors 34 www.baktoflavors.com 732.354.4492
Bannex
International Inc. 6 www.bannex.com 623.215.4288
Bemka
Corporation 9 www.houseofcaviarandfinefoods.com 877.462.0533
Brownie
Crunch 24 www.browniecrunch.com 212.878.6677
Buddy
Squirrel 18 www.buddysquirrel.com 800.972.2658
Chefs
Shelf 22, 34 www.chefsshelf.com 773.583.4850
eSutras
18, 34 www.esutras.com 773.583.4850
Frontier Soup 27 www.frontiersoups.com 800.300.7687
Hammond's Candies 20 www.hammondscandies.com 888.226.3999
Il Mulino New York 34 www.ilmulino.com 212.223.8848
The Invisible Chef 7 www.theinvisiblechef.com 800.456.7115
Java Frost 29 www.javafrost.com 800.676.3661
KBC Kane Food Group 29 www.kanecandy.com 800.875.5557
New Hope Natural Media 36 www.newhope360.com 303.939.8440
Pacific Resources International 28 www.shoppri.com 805.684.0624
Partners Crackers 26 www.partnerscrackers.com 800.632.7477
Pastificio Felicetti 16 www.felicetti.it/en/ 39.0462.501225
Po Valley Foods 27 www.povalleyfoods.com 516.801.4688
Rabbit Creek Products 30 www.rabbitcreekgourmet.com 800.837.3073
Robert Rothschild Farm 34 www.robertrothschild.com 800.356.8933
Rubschlager Baking Corporation 31, 34 www.rubschlagerbaking.com 777.826.1246
SaltWorks Inc. 17, 19, www.saltworks.us 800.353.7258
SaltWorks Inc. 21, 23 www.saltworks.us 800.353.7258
SaltWorks Inc. 25 www.saltworks.us 800.353.7258
Seattle Gourmet Foods 20 www.seattlegourmetfoods.com 800.800.9490
Sensational Sweets 31 www.sensationalsweets.com 570.524.4361
State Farm 5 www.statefarm.com 855.733.7333
Sticky Fingers 34 www.stickyfingersbakeries.com 800.458.5826
Stonewall Kitchen 2 www.stonewallkitchen.com 888.326.5678
Tortuga Imports 28 www.tortugarumcakes.com 877.486.7884
Uncle Bunk's 22 www.unclebunks.com 304.652.1920
Wild Forest Products LLC 30 www.truffleoilsandmore.com 855.645.7772
Wind & Willow 9 www.windandwillow.com 888.427.3235
Wixon 18 www.wixon.com 800.841.5303
CALENDAR
July
8-15
The Atlanta Gift &
Home Furnishings Market
Atlanta, Ga.
www.americasmart.com
July
9-13
Taste of Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
www.cityofchicago.org
July
15-17
Global Food &
Beverage Packaging Summit
Chicago, Ill.
www.fbpackaging.com
July
24
Fresno Food Expo
Fresno, Calif.
www.fresnofoodexpo.com
July
27-31
Summer Las Vegas Market
Las
Vegas, Nev.
www.lasvegasmarket.com
July
29-August 1
American Cheese Society
Conference & Competition
Sacramento, Calif.
www.cheesesociety.org
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Brownie Brittle Creator Sheila G. Mains
Receives Palm Beach Ultimate CEO Award
Creating a brownie empire is no easy feat, but Sheila
G. Mains, CEO and founder of Brownie Brittle, LLC,
has taken her celebrated brownie products from
door-to-door operation to a multimillion-dollar brand.
And the entrepreneur's hard-won success has not
gone unnoticed. The South Florida Business Journal
has just announced that Mains will be honored at
their 2014 Palm Beach Ultimate CEO Awards. The
awards recognize the top 10 business leaders of
Palm Beach County for their achievements, vision
and dedication to excellence.
Sheila G. and other nominees will be honored
alongside top executives from Broward and Miami-
Dade counties on October 23 at an awards cere-
mony held at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in
Hollywood, Fla.
Brownie Brittle, LLC has been baking and selling in-
novative brownie products to restaurants, club stores
and world-class theme parks since 1992. Brownie
Brittle, the company's flagship product, is a 12-month
shelf-stable retail snack made in America and avail-
able in chocolate chip, toffee crunch, mint chocolate
chip and salted caramel varieties. Sheila G's Brownie
Brittle launched on store shelves in its current pack-
aging in April 2011 and is now available in tens of
thousands of stores in the United States, Canada, Mex-
ico, Australia, South Korea, the Caribbean and more.
For more information on Sheila G. Mains and Sheila
G.'s Brownie Brittle, visit www.browniebrittle.com,
email info@browniebrittle.com, or call 800.BROWNIE
(276.9643).
ITO EN Promotes Jim Hoagland
to Chief Operating Officer
ITO EN (North America) Inc., the award winning Brook-
lyn-based beverage company and subsidiary of
Japanese ITO EN Ltd. has announced the promotion
of Jim Hoagland to Chief Operating Officer.
Joining the North American subsidiary in August
2003, shortly after the company was established, Jim
Hoagland, seized the opportunity to help build a suc-
cessful better-for-you beverage company in the
United States, bringing more than 25 years of con-
sumer packaged goods experience and an entrepre-
neurial spirit. With an unwavering commitment to
high-quality products and innovation, Jim has played
an integral part in business expansion into the natural
and specialty markets, mainstream grocery retailers
and mass market channels.
Prior to joining ITO EN, Hoagland served as Vice
President of Sales and Marketing at Carmichael Train-
ing Systems, a privately held health and fitness com-
pany founded by Chris Carmichael. His experience also
includes key positions with OmegaTech, Inc., Rocco,
Inc. (Shady Brook Farms), Perdue Farms and Thomas
J. Lipton, Inc. Hoagland will continue to work from the
Boulder, Col. office.
ITO EN is an innovative beverage industry leader
dedicated to creating authentic products that embody
the company's five principles of natural, safe, healthy,
well-designed and delicious products. The company is
specifically known as a global leader in green tea with
award-winning brands, including TEAS' TEA®, Oi
Ocha, ITO EN Shots, Matcha LOVE® and Jay Street
Coffee®. For more information, visit www.itoen.com.
Ed Townley Named
Chief Operating Officer Of Agri-Mark
Ed Townley has recently been promoted to Chief Op-
erating Officer for Agri-Mark. Townley previously
served as Chief Financial Officer for Cabot Creamery
Cooperative for the past nine years. In his capacity
as COO, Townley assumes the role previously held
by Richard Stammer, who was promoted to the po-
sition of CEO for Agri-Mark in November 2012.
Townley's career includes prior stints with IBM and
Lane Press. As Agri-Mark's COO, Townley takes on
responsibility for operations, sales, marketing and
information technology for Cabot, McCadam, and
Agri-Mark whey proteins.
"I'm honored by the farmers' faith in me," said
Townley. "I've worked with all departments during my
tenure as CFO. It feels natural to take on a role that
Rich did so well for 20 years. I look forward to leading
a dynamic team of committed employees, who con-
tinue to make the world's best cheddar and win
awards for innovation in all areas of the company—
from exporting to food safety as well as marketing and
sustainability."
With $952 million in 2013 sales, Agri-Mark markets
more than 300 million gallons of farm fresh milk each
year for more than 1,200 dairy farm families in New
England and New York. The cooperative is headquar-
tered in Methuen, Mass. and has been marketing milk
for dairy farmers since 1913. It actively represents
farmers' legislative interests in the Northeast and in
Washington, D.C. For more information about Agri-
Mark, visit www.agrimark.coop.
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