Attendees

Board of Directors

  • Adele Kostura / Delbert Kostura (Federated Co-Op)
  • Ben Harrack / Danielle Harrack, Daisy Harrack & Sophia Harrack (Pattison Food Group)
  • Brad Fletcher (The Village Grocer)
  • Brian Bradley / Tanys Bradley, Carson Bradley, Graydon Bradley, Johanna Bradley & Piper Bradley (Stong’s Market)
  • Craig Cavin / Sidney Cavin & Harper Cavin (Country Grocer)
  • Debbie Unick / Dwight Unick (Federated Co-Op)
  • Erin Higdon / Adam Higdon, Georgia Higdon & Olivia Higdon (Powell’s Supermarket)
  • Jason Vesely / Kiana Vesely, Tom Vesely & Susan Vesely (Sobeys Westlock)
  • Jim Hamilton / Deb Hamilton & Peggy Hamilton (Hammy’s AG Foods)
  • Joey Bernaudo / Michelle Bernaudo & Emma Bernaudo (Longo’s)
  • John Pritchett / Michelle Pritchett & Maisy Pritchett (Powell’s Supermarket)
  • Mike Sharpe / Sarah Sharpe, Flynn Sharpe & Riley Sharpe (Sharpe’s Food Market)
  • Nathalie Coutayar (Denninger’s Foods of the World)
  • Neil Kennedy / Sarah Kennedy, Hannah Kennedy & Hayden Cromwell (Sobeys Strathmore)
  • Rick Rabba / Lindsay Rabba, Jack Rabba & Isaac Rabba (Rabba’s Fine Food)
  • Ron Welke / Tara Welke, Ethan Welke, Dakota Gerbrandt-Srigley, Karsyn Welke, Lucas Langlois & Rylan Welke (CFIG)

Past Chairs

  • François Bouchard / Sonia Bouchard (GS1 Canada)
  • Jamie Nelson / Becky Nelson (Pattison Food Group)
  • Peter Cavin / Laura Cavin (The Country Grocer)

AMC

  • Colin Mann / Joni Mann (General Mills)
  • John Kotsopoulos / Roula Kotsopoulos (Smucker Foods of Canada Corp.)
  • Joshua Kuehnbaum / Jill Kuehnbaum (Maple Leaf Foods)
  • Martin Payant / Josée Rochon (Unilever Canada)
  • Michael Batke / Alyssa Batke (Procter & Gamble)
  • Peter Bowman / Donna Bowman (Saputo Dairy Products Canada)
  • Rob Clarke / Deanna Clarke (McCain Foods)
  • Robert Wilson / Anna Wilson & John Wilson (Nestlé Canada Inc.)
  • Sam Magnacca / Jenny Magnacca (Acosta Canada)
  • Steeve Lamontagne / Lucie Côté (Kruger Products Inc.)
  • Tim Lute / Susan Lute (Conagra Brands Canada)
  • Tom Szostok (Lactalis Canada)
  • Traci Wildish / Jazz Higuera & Jayden Higuera (McCormick & Company)

Special Guests

  • Dominic Arsenault / Geneviève Brodeur (Arneg Canada)
  • Jeff Starnaman / Tara Starnaman (The Georgian Main)
  • Michel Dépatie (Metro Plus Dépatie)
  • Pierre-Alexandre Blouin (ADA)

CFIG Staff

  • Diana Stevenson (CFIG)
  • Gary Sands (CFIG)
  • Jared Rosenberg (CFIG)
  • Laura Collaton / Matt Collaton, William Collaton & Elizabeth Collaton (CFIG)
  • Nancy Kwon / Eun-Ho Lee, Elijah Lee & Charlotte Lee (CFIG)
  • Rolster Taylor / Maame Sereboe-Taylor, Mia Taylor & Tristan Taylor (CFIG)

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