This was our Fifth Annual Meeting and we celebrated sweet success, sharing our accomplishments and highlighting our members who make it all happen. The cherry on top was our keynote speaker, Rick LaBerge, Chief Operating Officer of HARIBO of America, Inc., who shared how they’re innovating Sweet Success right here in Wisconsin.

We also featured a lineup of FaB members to share FaB’s Top Five Accomplishments to date and a look into what our next five years could look like.

And attendees didn’t expect dessert with their lunch — that was our sweet twist afterwards. We’re not telling beer, brats, and cheese to move over, but to make room for our sweets! The Fifth Annual Meeting experience was extended at our SWEET SUITES as we raised funds for our host, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin.

375 industry professionals joined us on November 7 and felt like a kid again. Mit freundlichen Grüßen (Best regards)!


A FaBulous Five-Year Snapshot	About FaB	FaB: Shaped by the Industry	The FaBsafe Certificate® is here!

FaB's Farm-Factory-Fork Career Discovery	FaBcap Accelerator: The Past Three Years	HARIBO is Family & Childlike Happiness	Feeding America: Rooted in Our Community

ABOUT HARIBO

Founded in 1920 and based in Bonn, Germany, HARIBO is the world market leader in the fruit gum and licorice segment, with 100 million Gold-Bears alone produced daily worldwide. With its America’s HQ in Chicago, the family-owned, third-generation company employs nearly 7,000 people globally.

In March 2017, HARIBO announced its plans to build their first North American manufacturing facility in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Their iconic Gummies will be made in the U.S.A in what will be one of the largest, most sophisticated facilities in the confectionery industry and is expected to create 400 new jobs.

AGENDA

10:45 – 11:30 AM
Attendees arrived and networked.

11:30 – 11:45 AM
Seating opened.

11:45 am – NOON
Welcome. Attendees enjoyed their fall harvest lunch salads.

NOON – 12:30 PM
FaB accomplishments and recognition, featuring:

Ted Balistreri, Sendik's Food Markets
Patti Habeck, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin
Peter Gottsacker, Wixon
Paul Benson, Michael Best
Anne Troka, Sargento Foods
Frank Jimenez, EVOLVE Brands

12:30 – 1:15 PM
Keynote presentation by Rick LaBerge, COO of HARIBO
with introduction by Jim Paetsch, Vice President of the Milwaukee 7

1:15 – 1:30 PM
FaB 2019 strategies and closing remarks

1:30 – 1:45 PM
Transition

1:45 – 3:00 PM
SWEET SUITES – Raising Funds for Feeding America – ($20 ticket purchase required)

Raising funds and food for Feeding America. Get sweet satisfaction!

SWEET SUITES. If you donated $20, you got twice the sweet satisfaction. Attendees bought tickets to our SWEET SUITES TASTING to indulge in sweet bites and sips offered by Wisconsin's sweet makers. To sweeten the pot, if you registered for Sweet Suites in advance, your name was among those that our keynote presenter, Rick LaBerge of HARIBO, drew from to select one lucky individual who received a year’s supply of HARIBO gummies!


Scooping handcrafted ice cream featuring their own ingredients - Moose Tracks® Fudge, caramel, brownie bits, and more!	Offering bakery bites and sips of punch featuring their handcrafted jams	Sharing bites of organic and gluten-free bakery products

Offering tastings of their historic caramel and fudge with recipes dating back to the 1800s	Sharing tastings of their popular frozen creameries	Sharing bites of their authentic Danish Kringles (the state pastry)

Offering pieces of handcrafted Holiday Bark and Chocolate Mendiant	Pouring sips of their iconic Root Beer, other gourmet soda flavors, and bites of beer inspired treats	Offering bites of their scratch bakery

Offering sips of their fine roasted coffee	Sharing bites of their mindful organic Gorilly Goods and Supernola snacks