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Join us in Houston in 2007! The RFA's 27th Annual
Conference will be held February 25-28, 2007, at the Woodlands
Marriott in Houston, Texas. Click here for
more details!
26th
ANNUAL RFA CONFERENCE & TABLETOP DISPLAY An
exceptional line-up of speakers filled this year's Conference schedule.
Keynote Speaker Harry Balzer of the NPD Group gave an insightful
presentation on the latest research on Eating Patterns in
America.
Thursday's
Panel addressed the Changing Needs for Refrigerated Foods
within Distribution Channel Segments. From left:
Moderator Steve Lichtenstein of Refrigerated & Frozen
Foods Retailer, Steve Schimoler of Nestle, Steve Dragoo
of Service Solutions Consulting, and Peter Redmond of Wal-Mart.
Joe Albonetti
of LatinoLandia USA explained the keys to marketing to the
Hispanic population.
Steve
Dragoo of Service Solutions Consulting spoke on supermarkets'
battle for the consumer.
RFA Technical
Director Martin Mitchell addressed the latest food safety
and regulatory issues affecting the refrigerated foods industry.
From
left: The R&D Panel featured Moderator Gary Freeman
of American Saucery and Chefs Andrew Hunter of Recipe Dev.
& Merchandising Solutions, Bret Lynch of Charlie Baggs,
and Jay Nartowicz of Nartowicz International Consulting.
Media
Consultant Anne Jaeger explained how to handle crisis situations
and deal with the media.
Anne
Hunt of Management Consultants Inc. gave an overview of
the U.S. retail landscape.
