Conference/Show Week; Expo East & Canaccord Adams' Healthy Living

This is a great week for the Natural Products/Healthy Living industry in Boston this week, and I'm excited to be there. This Wednesday, Canaccord Adams is hosting their annual "Healthy Living Conference," which consists of public and private company presentations. Putney Pasta President Rick McKelvey and I will be giving a presentation on The Natural Pasta Co. d/b/a/ Putney Pasta. We'll be talking about our market-leading all-natural skillet meals. The new Chicken Pomodoro item makes its debut at Expo East this week -- if you are there, try it at the booth. Last year, Putney won "Best New Product" from New England with their Chicken Alfredo Skillet (which is now the #1 all-natural skillet meal in the entire category!).

Thursday through Saturday is the Natural Products Expo East (Boston Convention Center). I'll be there with multiple hats on: representing CEI Community Ventures' companies The Rustic Crust & Putney Pasta and working on some current investment banking deals (sell side and private placement) with Silverwood Partners. The two Expo shows (East in the Fall and West in the Spring) are terrific shows - companies display their products for buyers, and every year, more and more industry consultants, bankers and investors also walk the show, looking for clients and the next big thing....

Here are some of the companies presenting at Canaccord Adams conference:

• Calavo Growers
• Diedrich Coffee
• Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
• Hain Celestial Group
• Health Fitness Corp.
• Herbalife
• Inventure Group
• Jamba Juice (I lived off of these when I lived in the Bay Area)
• REED's Microbrew
• Schiff Nutrition
• Smart Balance
• United Natural Foods (UNFI)
• Whole foods Market
• Attune Foods
• Charter Baking Company, Inc.
• Colorscience
• Corazonas Foods, Inc.
• FoodShouldTasteGood, Inc.
• Late July Snacks, LLC
• MonaVie
• Putney Pasta
• Sunflower Farmers Markets
• The Natural Dentist
• Van's Natural Foods, Inc.

I'll write about what I see at the show and conference in then next few weeks....

If you're going to be at Expo or the conference and you'd like to connect, drop me an email at "mike" followed by "@royalriverassociates.com" ....