2025 ABF Meeting Program

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2025 Program

Sunday, October 5 

6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.   

Welcome Reception & Awards Dinner 

Winners of the 2025 awards for Dressing, Sauce, Package and Supplier Partner of the Year will be announced during the Awards Dinner. Cheer on your colleagues at this special event to honor and recognize our 2025 award entrants and recipients.

2024 Award Winners:   

  • Dressing of the Year: Hidden Valley Food Products Company – Parmesan Ranch Dressing 
  • Sauce of the Year: T. Marzetti Company – Sweet Chili Sauce 
  • Supplier Partner of the Year (Packaging): Parker Plastics, Inc. 
  • Supplier Partner of the Year (Equipment & Service):  Amcor Flexibles North America 
  • Supplier Partner of the Year (Ingredients): Chesapeake Spice Company  
  • Technical Achievement :  Christopher Zhang, Ingredion, Inc. 
  • Technical Service: George Arbocus, Tomato Paradise Kitchens  

Monday, October 6 

8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

State of the Association 

Dough Hawkins

Doug Hawkins, Litehouse, Inc., Chair of the Board of Directors 

All for All: Practical Strategies to Embrace Artificial Intelligence 

Steve Lerch

Steve Lerch, Story Arc Consulting 

Packaging Panel 

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Moderator: Laurie Welborn, Hidden Valley Food Products Company

Representative of MRP Solutions  

Representative of Ring Container Technologies

Representative of TOPPAN Packaging Americas

Tuesday, October 7 

8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 

Economic, Geopolitical, and Labor Market Update 

Alex Chausovsky

Alex Chausovsky, Bundy Group  

Commodities 

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Dave Reeble, Moving Parts 

Clean Labeling: Consumer Perspective 

Representative of Kerry