AWMA was represented at the Foodservice at Retail Exchange (FARE) conference in Chicago this week by Jane Berzan, AWMA’s VP of Strategic Initiatives & Supplier Relations, and Bob Gatty, contributing editor to Convenience Distribution™ magazine. The conference provided insights into ways that convenience store retailers can capitalize on foodservice opportunities, and covered new trends and developments.  A complete report on the conference will appear in the September/October edition of AWMA’s magazine.  AWMA will continue to provide assistance to distributors who seek to take advantage of growing opportunities in the foodservice arena.

Jane Berzan, AWMA's V.P. of strategic initiatives & supplier relations, discusses foodservice opportunities for distributors with Ron Coppel, senior vice president, business development at Eby-Brown Co., during the Foodservice at Retail Exchange (FARE) conference in Chicago, on Tuesday.

AWMA member Eby-Brown Co. was an exhibitor at the Foodservice at Retail Exchange (FARE) conference in Chicago this week.  From left are Ron Coppel, senior vice president, business development at Eby-Brown Co., Krystal Jenkins, food safety manager at Wakefield Sandwich Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eby-Brown, and Scott Woodruff, senior commissary manager, Wakefield Sandwich Co.