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Carolina on My Mind

2019 Annual Convention

15 Years of Southern Hospitality

July 21-24, 2019

Carolina on My Mind

2019 Annual Convention

15 Years of Southern Hospitality

July 21-24, 2019

The Carolinas Food Industry Council (CFIC) Convention

The Convention is a highly-productive three-day event that brings together grocers, wholesalers, brokers, and vendors to learn, network, and grow business in the Carolinas’ ever-evolving food industry.

While the convention is not a trade-show (no booths to man or high-pressure sales!), it provides a variety of opportunities for vendors to showcase their products and services as well as for grocery retailers to sample products, learn about services, and build rapport with vendors and other food industry associates.

The beach venue presents the perfect opportunity to build professional and personal relationships in a relaxed, family-friendly setting, as together we the navigate the future of the grocery industry in the Carolinas.

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

ajinomoto
kelloggs
sovos
hersheys

Crystal Sponsors

  • Braswell Family Farms
  • Eggland’s Best Eggs
  • Frito-Lay
  • InnovAsian Cuisine
  • Kahiki Foods
  • Kodiak Cakes
  • Palermo’s Pizza
  • Pete & Gerry’s Organic Eggs
  • Pinnacle Foods
  • Riboli Family Wine Estates / Stella Rose
  • Stonyfield
  • The J.M. Smucker Company
  • The Pictsweet Company
  • Tyson Foods
  • Unilever
  • Vital Farms

Silver Sponsors

  • Altria Group Distribution Company
  • Amplify Snack Brands
  • Bell’s Brewery, Inc.
  • Bernatello’s Foods
  • Beyond Better Foods
  • Biltmore Estate Wine
  • Bimbo Bakeries USA
  • Blue Bell Creameries
  • Bunzl Distribution
  • Campbell’s Snack Company
  • Cedarlane Foods
  • Challenge Dairy
  • Chobani
  • Chosen Foods
  • Coolhaus Ice Cream
  • Dairy Farmers of America
  • Daisy Brand
  • Dean Foods/Mayfield Ice Cream/PET Dairy
  • Diageo Beer Company
  • Dole Packaged Foods
  • Dr. Oetker Pizza
  • ECRS
  • Fetzer Vineyards
  • Firestone Walker Brewing Company
  • Florida’s Natural Growers
  • Foley Family Wines
  • General Mills
  • Great Lakes Cheese Company
  • GT’s Living Foods
  • Heineken USA
  • Hidden Villa Ranch
  • Hormel Foods
  • HP Hood
  • Icelandic Provisions
  • Joshen Paper & Packaging
  • Kraft Heinz Company
  • Lamb Weston
  • Milo’s Tea Company
  • Minerva Dairy
  • Organic Valley
  • Paleteria La Michoacana
  • Prestage Foods
  • Reddy Ice Corporation
  • Ripple Foods
  • Rosina Food Products
  • RXBAR
  • Saputo Cheese USA
  • Sazerac Company Inc.
  • Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
  • Siggi’s Dairy
  • Store Services Group
  • Sugar Bowl Bakery
  • T. Marzetti Co.
  • The InStore Group
  • The Wine Group
  • Tillamook Dairy
  • TNG Retail Services
  • Treasury Wine Estates
  • Tru Fru
  • TW Garner Food Company
  • TWT Distributing
  • Utz Quality Foods
  • Wells Enterprises Inc./Blue Bunny
  • Wild Mike’s Ultimate Pizza
  • Wise Foods
  • Yasso

Bronze Sponsors

  • 4C Foods
  • Amy’s Kitchen
  • AppCard Inc.
  • Bel Brands
  • Boomerang’s Pies
  • Bubba Burgers
  • Carl Buddig & Co.
  • Carolina Ice
  • Carolina Pride
  • Carolina Retail Experts
  • Craft Brew Alliance
  • Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits
  • Earth Friendly Products
  • Enovation Brands
  • Flowers Foods
  • Francis Ford Coppola Winery
  • Fresh Express
  • Hahn Family Wines
  • Hanover Foods
  • Huhtamaki
  • Imperial Frozen Foods
  • Jennco Foods
  • Keurig Dr Pepper
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Land O’Frost
  • Lindy’s Homemade Italian Ice
  • Mission Foods
  • Mt. Olive Pickles
  • Niagara Bottling, LLC
  • NC Department of Agriculture
  • Perdue Farms
  • Premier Sales and Marketing
  • Prestige Beverage Group
  • RDD Associates
  • Red Bull North America
  • Redemption Processing Representatives
  • Sanderson Farms, Inc.
  • Smart Market for Business
  • Solaris Paper
  • Spectrum Brands
  • Sunshine Beverages, LLC
  • The Jel Sert Company
  • The Silver Palate
  • Trinchero Family Estates
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