Present are representatives of 193 distributor-members. Today there are 147 supplier booths and tomorrow there will be 99, according to the group.
"This is the largest group of independent distributors that we've ever assembled at a Business Summit," observed Steve Push, executive vice president of sales and marketing of the Richmond, VA-based group.
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Among the participants is this happy trio. From left: Laura Anzalone and Mike Reyko of Reddy Raw & Affiliated Cos., Woodridge, NJ, flanking Gary Butler of Progressive Group Alliance.
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Serious activity at Simplot's booth. From left are: Ralph Lantz, Paul Bosso and Howard Steed of the manufacturer with Edward T. Gould Sr., executive vice president of Latina Food Service, Tonawanda, NY.
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Hamming it up for the camera are Mark Dodgson and Stan Lukowski of Schiff's Food Service, Inc., Taylor, PA, with Ashley Peeples of Sara Lee Coffee & Tea North America.
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Nino Del Mauro, right, of PFG-AFI, gets filled in about the latest in cheese from Scott Eithun, president of IPAP.
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Progressive Group Alliance's Deb Winter, left, explains the group's benefits to member Catherine Correa of Costco Wholesale, Issaquah, WA.
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