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VOLUME EIGHT, ISSUE FOUR SFA STAFF Thomas Dempsey President & CEO tdempsey@sfa.org (703) 836-4500, ext. 209 Abby Valentino Manager, Meetings & Events avalentino@sfa.org ext. 201 Liz Wells Vice President of Meetings lwells@sfa.org ext. 202 David Walsh Director, Government Affairs dwalsh@sfa.org ext. 213 Meegan Smith Director, Communications & Marketing msmith@sfa.org ext. 210 Paul Downey Director, Finance & Administration pdowney@sfa.org ext. 208 08 SFA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman Dan Morgan BFY Holdings, LLC Vice Chairman Mark Winkelman Better Made Snack Foods, Inc. Directors at Large Jeff Higgins AEC Vice President Savor Seasonings, Inc. David Cantrell AEC Past President DairiConcepts, L.P. 2nd Vice Chairman Dan Sifer Herr Foods, Inc. Brad Boothe Evans Food Group Treasurer Mike Harper Rudolph Foods Co., Inc. Jeff Almond Heat and Control, Inc. President & CEO Thomas Dempsey Snack Food Association Cindy Kuester Snak King Corp. Jeff Martin Utz Quality Foods, Inc. Past Chairman (2013-14) William "Chip" Mann II Pretzels, Inc. Trace Benson Old Dutch Foods, Inc. Dave Jones Golden Flake Snack Foods Andres Pozuelo Alimentos Jack's de C.A.S.A. SFA General Counsel Martin Hahn Hogan Lovells US LLP Steve Sklar Inventure Foods, Inc. 14 Legislative Outlook Action expected on key issues before focus turns to 2016. 12 Emerging Leaders Program a Success The inaugural Emerging Leaders Program shared leadership skills and industry insights. Jolie Weber Wise Foods Chris Wyse PepsiCo North America SNACK WORLD STAFF Editorial Sarah Hubbart shubbart@torreydc.com 08 Robert "Bob" Cantwell B&G Foods, Inc. AEC President Dan Cooper Fuchs North America, Inc. Canadian Snack Food Association Rep. Kent Hawkins W.T. Hawkins Ltd. 12 51 A. Raj Joshi Kellogg Company Past Chairman (2014-15) Mark Singleton Rudolph Foods Co., Inc. Secretary David Flavell PepsiCo 11 14 ELF Builds Momentum SFA continues to strengthen Executive Leadership Forum with insightful speakers and retailers. Design Nick Martens Kerry Lynch klynch@torreydc.com Advertising Sales Paul Lattan plattan@sosland.com David Walsh dwalsh@sfa.org Steve Berne sberne@sosland.com Dan Malovany dmalovany@sosland.com Subscription Coordinator Meegan Smith msmith@sfa.org Joanie Spencer jspencer@sosland.com Charlotte Atchley catchley@sosland.com SNACK FOOD ASSOCIATION 1600 Wilson Blvd. Suite 650 Arlington, VA 22209 Phone: (703) 836-4500 or (800) 628-1334 Fax: (703) 836-8262 Web: www.sfa.org E-mail: sfa@sfa.org CONVENIENCE FOODS ASSOCIATION CFA Snack World is the official magazine of the Snack Food Association and is produced in conjunction with Sosland Publishing. Snack World is distributed free-of-charge to members of the organization. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Contact Meegan Smith, msmith@sfa.org. SFA and Sosland Publishing assume no responsibility for the validity of claims in items reported. ©2015 Snack Food Association. All rights reserved. Reproduction of the whole or any part of the contents without written permission is prohibited. Printed in U.S.A. 06 Letter from SFA 22 SNAXPO Preview 18 Business Member Profile 24 Products & Services 20 Associate Member Profile 27 Advertisers' Index www.sfa.org November 2015 Snack World 5 http://www.sfa.org http://www.sfa.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Snack World - November 2015

Snack World - November 2015
Table of Contents
Letter from SFA - Engaged and Energized
Government Affairs - Legislative Outlook
Emerging Leaders - Emerging Leaders Program a Success
ELF Recap - ELF Builds Momentum
Business Member Profile - Putting People First
Associate Member Profile - Ideas and Solutions
SNAXPO Preview - Saddle Up for Success
Products & Services
Ad Index

Snack World - November 2015