Distributors Cruising the 2006 Restaurant Show



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Kay Taylor (second right), director of training for Success Solutions, a division of Progressive Group Alliance, Richmond, VA., meets with well wishers from ID Top 50 firms and Progressive Group Alliance members, after her presentation to operators on "How Your Distributor Can Help Make You More Money." From left are: Gregg Shimabukuro of Y.Hata & Co. of Honolulu; Stacie Jorgensen, director of marketing, Harker's, Le Mars, Iowa; Kay Taylor; and Laurence Vogel, president and ceo, Y.Hata & Co.

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This jovial group of show goers consists of Laura Anzalone, sales and marketing, Reddy Raw & Affiliated Cos., Wood-Ridge, NJ; Gary Butler, Progressive Group Alliance; and the Waughs of Waugh Foods, Inc., East Peoria, IL: John Waugh, president; Joseph Waugh Sr., ceo; and Tim Waugh, vice president and director of purchasing.

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No solo players here, they're one big happy collective, from left: Donald D. Hindman, president and ceo, Clark National, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL, a UniPro-member and ID Top 50 firm; and Bill Rickert of Solo; David Ingersoll of the Network Services group; and Jeff Goldberg of Solo.

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