Category: Events

2014 NCIFT Holiday Dinner

The whole SPI Group sales team was in town for the 2014 NCIFT Holiday dinner!  We joined 75 NCIFT members for dinner at the Crow Canyon Country Club, followed by the speaker, Mr. Marc Haperin, Founder, Principal, and COO, CCD Innovation, discussing “The Anatomy of a Trend.” He started off by asking us to try…
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Thanksgiving event at Del Monte Foods

The NCIFT New Professionals found the perfect place to host our Thanksgiving event: Del Monte Foods!  Del Monte hosted our most recent New Professionals meeting, featuring Del Monte fruits and vegetables in holiday- themed dishes. After Michelle Moy told us all about Del Monte foods, we were honored to hear Jaime Reeves, PhD teach us…
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Supply Side West 2013

The SPI Group crew just got back from Las Vegas, where we were thrilled to see a bigger Supply Side West show- more people, more booths!   We love this show that brings together the suppliers and buyers from across the dietary supplement, food, beverage, and animal nutrition markets. Walking through the aisles, we saw…
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SCIFTS Dinner Meeting – October 2013

The monthly SCIFTs dinner was held on October 16, which coincided with World Food Day. We heard from two keynote speakers, E.N.  Anderson, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology,  Emeritus at University of California, Riverside and Mark A. Lowry, Director, Orange County Food Bank.  Dr. Anderson spoke about global hunger issues and his work with families in…
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Central Valley IFT meeting at Hilmar

We had a tremendous turnout for the joint NCIFT and CVIFT event at the new Hilmar Innovation Center! We were honored to be one of the first groups to tour the brand new Hilmar Innovation Center. The tour was well received and showed the local food industry’s interest and appreciation for Hilmar’s contributions. The new…
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Delicious Disasters: A "Dish" session with Mattson / Dine

The New Professionals turned out in record numbers to attend  DELICIOUS DISASTERS: A “DISH” SESSION WITH MATTSON in September!   Mattson generously hosted the group, and put out new and innovative snacks, food, and beverage  products that they had worked on for us to taste. After a tour of the Mattson facility, we had so much…
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Solec F- soy lecithin

SPI Group’s roving report Kathy hits the street to ask: What’s your favorite thing about Solec F?” Tim:   Handling – have you ever scooped a powder then tried to scoop molasses?  Or mess around with a drum cradle and bung? Claudio:  Ease of use – Measuring and incorporating is so much easier Russ: Versatility –…
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Great times on SPI Group's first trip to the SMA Annual Convention!

SMA is a trade organization called the Southwest Meat Association – what a great organization!  I particularly appreciate the sense of community for the meat industry in Texas and surrounding states.  SMA and their industry members work hard to continue to add value to their businesses and the industry through this informative conference. All the…
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New Professionals – June 2013 summer mixer

Well, I just can’t stop talking about the New Professionals event in June hosted by Annie’s! I don’t know about you, but I have never been to an IFT event that included a make-your-own s’mores bar (featuring Annie’s graham crackers) and a Mac and cheese bar with toppings (bacon, peas, nuts, onions, and more –…
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Food Tech Talks: Raising the "Bar"

SPI Group proudly announces our new seminar series, “Food Tech Talks,” a mini seminar series of technical topics for busy food professionals! Our first topic was “Raise the Bar.” This targeted presentation was designed specifically for people who are developing and marketing bars. The presentation included new research by DuPont Nutrition and Health on syrup…
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