Opening cocktail reception kicks off NEPC expo

: August 23, 2018

BOSTON — The New England Produce Council kicked off its 19th annual Produce, Floral & Foodservice Expo Wednesday evening, Aug. 22, with the opening cocktail reception, held aboard "The Odyssey" in Boston Harbor, sponsored by 4M Fruit Distributors.

The reception was part of the NEPC annual event, themed again this year "Sailing Up to Boston," with the keynote breakfast, workshops and expo taking place Thursday, Aug. 23, at the Hynes Convention Center.

Bonnie Lundblad and Alex Uerkvitz of Sunny Valley International.

Jon Storm of C&S Wholesale Grocers with Bob Koehler of USA Pears.

Tim Nadeau of Hannaford Supermarkets with Jamie Divola of 4M Fruit Distributors.

Katherine Lanagan of Bridgewater State University, Corrine Barry of Hampton Farms and Becky Roberts of Produce Marketing Association.

Adam Porter, Samantha Wilbur and Shawn Wilbur of Remedy Organics.

Juliemar Rosado and Stephanie Barlow of the National Watermelon Promotion Board with Raquel Mello of Fresh from the Start/Hapco Farms.

Jon Reardon of C&S Wholesale Grocers, Matt Boulanger of Whole Foods Market and Jodie Reardon of Shaw's Supermarkets.

Tom Murray and Scott Maher of Roche Bros. Supermarkets with David Gangi and C.J. Gangi of Fresh Valley Foods Corp.

Joe Nava and Leighanne Thomsen of Calavo Growers with Marc Goldman of Morton Williams Supermarkets and Anna Kirsch of Avocados from Mexico.

Brandon Parker of Shuman Produce with John Caragliano of Limoneira.

Brano Popovac and Howard Nager of Sun Pacific.

Bob McGowan of Northeast Produce Sales, Ed Klein and Matt Royer of Litehouse, and Bob DeCosta of Northeast Produce Sales.

Bruce Klein from Maurice A. Auerbach, Marc Goldman of Morton Williams Supermarkets and NEPC President Anthony Sattler of C&S Wholesale Grocers.

Peter Resteghini of 4M Fruit with Tom Murray , Scott Meher, Janet Markwoicz and Deb Roche from Roche Bros. and Kevin Berry of Big Y.

Disha Bhavsar from Bridgewater State University.

Shannon Largey and Shannon Mulkern from University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Jim and Ellen Allen from New York Apple Sales Inc.

Phil Harlov and Camilo Penalosa from Infinite Herbs & Specialties.

Steve Zaccardi of Mucci Farms, Meg Buchsbaum of C&S Wholesale Grocers and Danny Elias of Mucci Farms.

Tim Nadeau of Hannaford Supermarkets, Mark DeFrancesco of 4M Fruit Distributors and Kevin Barry of Big Y.

Jamie Divola of 4M Fruit Distributors, Tim Nadeau of Hannaford Supermarkets, Mark and Maria DeFrancesco of 4M Fruit Distributors, Kevin Barry of Big Y and Mike DeFrancesco of 4M Fruit Distributors.

Nolan Quinn of Summit Produce, Michael Harwood of New York Apple Sales Inc. and Joe Atchison of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.

Mike and Mark DeFrancesco 4M Fruit Distributors .

Jamie Divola, Mike DeFrancesco, Maria DeFrancesco, Mark DeFrancesco and Peter Resteghini from 4M Fruit Distributors with Laura Sullivan of New England Produce Council.

Anthony Savino, Mark Glanville and Tim Nadeau of Hannaford Supermarkets with Mark DeFrancesco of 4M Fruit Distributors.

A beautiful ice sculpture of 4M Fruit Distributors, which sponsored the opening cocktail reception Wednesday evening, Aug. 22.