Bauer’s Brew was born out of the necessity for something better. We want to take you from the world of mediocre coffee and into the universe of the extraordinary. Our mission is to showcase the special within the specialty coffee industry. Coffee is a complex seed from a berry that commands respect, attention to detail, and extreme care. Driven by innovation and passion; Bauer’s Brew exists because we want to help you drink better coffee. Our main goal is to craft the highest quality coffee the world has to offer. The philosophy behind our products is based on transparency and sustainability. We strive to provide our customers with a healthy product they can trust. We never cut corners and are proud to stand behind every bag of coffee or bottle of cold brew that we create. We do the hard work so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy. So tell us, how ya brewin?
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Sellion
We are a US-based Distribution, Sales & Marketing company.
Since 2002 we have been helping our clients succeed in launching their new products and technologies into the US market. Our focus is on sales & distribution of FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) into major US retailers.
We are Business Development/Retail Commercialization, Specialists. We help companies succeed at retail; work with us and you will have our personal commitment to your project, plus the advantages of our 35 years of industry experience, knowledge & relationships.
Local Grown Salads
Zale Tabakman – President of Local Grown Salads. For Zale, Local Grown Salads is very personal quest. Zale goal is to feed the world delicious healthy food. He comes by this desire as a father of five and a grandfather of six and gets around by bicycle. (While he loves salads – his favorite foods are French fries and popcorn). Zale has designed the Local Grown Salads business model and the Patent Pending growing technology.
Banana Bread Baking Company
Hi! My name is Lenore. I’m a wife, mother, baker, and photographer. I have been baking since I got my first apartment oh so many years ago! The first thing I ever baked – that I wanted to try was banana bread. I loved (and still love) all things banana and so I would explore and experiment until I found something that I truly enjoyed. Over the years, I have made my banana bread for everyone and everything. Birthday parties for all ages, PTA meetings, bake sales, raffle baskets, hostess gifts, and the list goes on. Baking is a joy & a passion and the range of what I bake is far and wide…so when I wanted to pursue the idea of having a baking business naturally I asked myself well, where do I begin? What’s my story? The answer was simple. Banana Bread. That’s where my story begins.
Prestige Capital
Rachel Hersh is the Sales Director, North America for Prestige Capital. She has over 20 years of experience as a financial executive in the areas of commercial finance, factoring, and business development. Rachel has a successful track record of working with hundreds of companies, from start-ups to high-growth companies to turnarounds, to increase their working capital and growth capital as well as provide debtor-in-possession financing needs. Rachel is on the Advisory Board of Cosmetic Executive Women. She was selected as a Woman in Commercial Finance for The Secured Lender and recognized as a Top Woman in Business on Long Island by Long Island Business News. Rachel was also interviewed on 77 WABC Radio’s “Mind Your Business.” Some of her speaking engagements include the Daymond John Academy, LaunchPad Long Island, FoodTech FastTrack, New York New Jersey Minority Supplier Development, and various accounting and law firms for continuing professional education credits.
High & Miri
High&Miri is a family-owned and operated company located on Long Island in New York. As a health-conscious family, we always found it difficult to find snacks and desserts that were both delicious and low-carb. Out of necessity, we started making our own snacks. Friends and family loved our various roasted nuts and requested them for holiday dinners and parties. We want to share our delicious and healthy nuts with your family and friends. It’s nice to know that you can indulge in a decadent snack and stay true to your diet.
Mucci Family Foods
David Mucci is a foodservice veteran, with almost 40 years of experience as a chef, restaurant owner, and manager. He has worked for some of the top companies in the field (Starbucks, Panera, Darden, Compass), as well as with privately-owned establishments.
Inquiries, please email muccifamilyfoods@gmail.com
Lazy Point Farms
We created Lazy Point Farms to provide the structural, educational, and logistical support needed to advance the future of sugar kelp farming on Long Island. Whether you are an aspiring kelp farmer, an existing shellfish grower, or someone in the industry who is looking to use local kelp, we want to connect with you.
Lite Hearted Hummus
As a Dietitian for over 25 years, I noticed that people eat a lot of hummus thinking it’s a low calorie snack option. But many times hummus is overly processed, high in sodium, fat-laden (and not always with just “good fats”) and high in calories. I felt the need to develop a delicious, lower calorie, lower fat, better for you option that tastes great!
~Andrea Baron Yurkew RD, CDE
Flavors:
Original, Spicy, Dill, Beet, Extra Garlic
Contact:
Andrea Baron
516-817-2000
Facebook: Lite Hearted Hummus
Instagram: Lite Hearted Hummus
Where to Find:
Many Long Island Farmers Market
North Fork Keto Kitchen
Our mission is to create delicious, sugar-free, low-carb baked goods, and prepackaged mixes to support a healthy lifestyle for you and your family.
We saw a specific need and decided to mix in our love of baking, sprinkled in with our desire to be healthy, and started a business providing delicious food that also helps make you look and feel great.
Based in Southold, NY we strive to use only the best ingredients available.
Farmingdale Meat Market
Farmingdale Meat Market has been family-owned and operated for three generations since 1946. Founded by Julius Seelig, the company is now run by Kent and Lee Seelig (son and grandson of Julius). Julius would be proud to know that Farmingdale Meat Market is still thriving and has since expanded into wholesale (for 30+ years now) with Main Street Wholesale Meats.
Withum
Withum is a forward-thinking, technology-driven advisory and accounting firm committed to helping clients be more profitable, efficient and productive in today’s complex business environment. With office locations in major cities and financial centers across the country, and as an independent member of HLB, the global advisory and accounting network, Withum serves businesses and individuals on a local-to-global scale. We provide the expert advice and innovative solutions you need to Be in a Position of StrengthSM in today’s fast-paced, tech-driven world. Get to know us at www.withum.com.
South Fork Bakery
I am the Founder and Executive Director of South Fork Bakery for the Special Needs, Corp. My background as a speech/language therapist and family coach made me aware of the lack of opportunities for adults with disabilities in the workforce. So, in 2016 I founded this wholesale bakery to provide meaningfully, paid employment for adults with disabilities in my local communities on the east end of Long Island.
North Fork Chocolate Company
Tia Cannon, LLC
Tia Cannon is a chef residing in New York City. She has earned both a Culinary Arts and a Baking and Pastry Arts Diplomas from The Institute of Culinary Education and certificates in Food Therapy and Culinary Nutrition from The Natural Gourmet Institute. She is an educator and recipe developer. Her break into food styling began on the Rachael Ray show. since 2010, Tia has dedicated her cooking skills and knowledge to teaching private clients how to transition into a plant-based lifestyle through her unique style of cooking SoulFuel.
PeriWrap
PeriWrap, a division of AllBoxes Direct has for over 25 years been supplying interior/exterior packaging, insulation and shipping products to manufacturers and small businesses nationwide. With our expanded perishable packaging division we are able to offer personalized, cost effective packaging solutions for perishable shipping.
We carry a complete line of insulated packaging and refrigerants, with many environmentally friendly options as well, to help with shipping fresh and frozen products. Our cost competitive thermal insulated box liners, inflatable liners and foil liners are designed to replace traditional styrofoam coolers and take up less space in your warehouse or storage room. As a safer and easier to use alternative to dry ice we carry reusable ice bricks which will outperform traditional gel packs and help extend shipping times.
Increase your exposure with branded tape, labels, printed stock boxes and custom designed boxes. We will work within your budget to help you find the best packaging solutions to meet your needs.
All American Wontons
JavaMelts, Inc.
Having been in sales in the family business for over 15 years, Carolyn Barbarite was accustomed to selling and marketing products and services. But it wasn’t until the birth of Javamelts that she realized the natural and automatic sales and marketing instinct that kicks in when the product is your own and the passion is real.
In 2016 the Javamelts product, an individually-wrapped cane sugar-based melt for sweetening and flavoring coffee and teas, was created. It was the beginning of a journey that Barbarite could only imagine. Through trial and error, researching and developing, knocking on doors, and networking with the finest in the business, Barbarite grew Javamelts from her initial idea at her home to the current facility where it is made today.
Javamelts are unique, and because of all their benefits offered to the consumer, everyday traveler and professional, they were easily introduced and taken in by local gourmet groceries and businesses, thus appealing to the daily shopper or neighbor next door. But Barbarite knew that was just the beginning of something much larger and soon made her product available to corporate customers, where production would need to increase significantly. The presence at many trade shows throughout the country was key to getting to the next level in marketing Javamelts. Through those connections and networking, Barbarite has brought Javamelts to the attention of national brokers, distributors and corporations and intends to take Javamelts to the highest level with no signs of stopping.
Barbarite holds her Paralegal Degree from Becker College and married her high-school sweetheart soon after their college graduations. She credits her substantial legal background in helping establish herself as a well-rounded businesswoman who has worked and negotiated with Fortune 500 companies throughout the world. Barbarite was raised in Smithtown, New York, and has remained there with her husband and three daughters.
In 2016 the Javamelts product, an individually-wrapped cane sugar-based melt for sweetening and flavoring coffee and teas, was created. It was the beginning of a journey that Barbarite could only imagine. Through trial and error, researching and developing, knocking on doors, and networking with the finest in the business, Barbarite grew Javamelts from her initial idea at her home to the current facility where it is made today.
Javamelts are unique, and because of all their benefits offered to the consumer, everyday traveler and professional, they were easily introduced and taken in by local gourmet groceries and businesses, thus appealing to the daily shopper or neighbor next door. But Barbarite knew that was just the beginning of something much larger and soon made her product available to corporate customers, where production would need to increase significantly. The presence at many trade shows throughout the country was key to getting to the next level in marketing Javamelts. Through those connections and networking, Barbarite has brought Javamelts to the attention of national brokers, distributors and corporations and intends to take Javamelts to the highest level with no signs of stopping.
Barbarite holds her Paralegal Degree from Becker College and married her high-school sweetheart soon after their college graduations. She credits her substantial legal background in helping establish herself as a well-rounded businesswoman who has worked and negotiated with Fortune 500 companies throughout the world. Barbarite was raised in Smithtown, New York, and has remained there with her husband and three daughters.
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HSBC Bank USA, NA
Since graduating with a Masters Degree in German and French from the University of Edinburgh in 1997, Gareth Roberts has undertaken numerous roles within the Commercial and Corporate Banking arms of HSBC globally, with experience of living and working in key international markets including London, Berlin, Paris and New York. Gareth obtained a Bachelor of Science in Financial Services at the University of Manchester and prior to relocating to the US, Gareth held many commercial banking relationship management and credit approval positions in the London Region. Most recently he served as the Area Director for Commercial Banking in West and North West London, overseeing a 20-person team and over 500 clients with revenues between $50m and $200m.
Today Gareth is an accomplished licensed Senior Corporate Banking Manager operating out of Long Island, NY. In this role he services the lending and operational needs of global and domestic Corporates with revenue sizes between $200m and $2bn. Additionally, Gareth has developed a strong focus on Corporates operating within the Food and Beverage space. He regularly collaborates with Heads of Agribusiness across HSBC’s global network to ensure that HSBC meets the needs of multinationals, importers and exporters, as well as manufacturing and distribution businesses worldwide. As Head of Food and Beverage at HSBC USA, Gareth is the architect of HSBC’s Food and Beverage proposition in the US. He oversees the activities of Food and Beverage Relationship Managers across all key US markets.
Nixon Peabody
Allan Cohen is the Office Managing Partner in Long Island. He represents a variety of companies, ranging from large public entities engaging in mergers and acquisitions, to mid-sized closely held and family-owned business, to technology-based startups organizing new business ventures and raising capital.
What do you focus on?
I focus on maintaining a general business law practice, adept at handling my clients’ varied business needs and providing the type of outside counsel that businesses would expect from an in-house general counsel. My clients view me as the “quarterback,” ensuring that not only their business law, but also their employment, litigation, intellectual property, regulatory and other legal needs are met.
I dedicate much of my practice to mergers and acquisitions, including buy-side work for public and private companies, and sell-side work for closely held and family-owned businesses. My M&A transactions involve a wide range of industries, including health care, medical device, life sciences, consumer products and insurance. Over my career, I have closed well over 200 M&A transactions.
I also represent many technology-based startups, including biotech and medical device companies, in the formation and organization of their businesses and seed, angel, VC and private equity financings. Much of my work is for “serial entrepreneurs” who have exited prior businesses and are starting up their next ones.
What do you see on the horizon?
Technology-based companies are going to lead us into the next decade. We partner with our clients in order to help them become market leaders of the future.
Brown & Altman, LLP
David is a founding partner of Brown & Altman, LLP and has extensive experience in real estate law, commercial litigation and environmental law. He handles a broad range of matters involving land use and zoning, municipal law, commercial and residential transactional real estate, environmental law, commercial and civil litigation, corporate practice and commercial transactions.
He represents commercial and residential real estate developers, commercial and residential lenders, national and local retailers, and is involved in all phases of site development, with particular experience in the development of sites for the retail petroleum industry and for wireless telecommunications. He has worked with major national corporations, including Fortune 500 businesses, as well as local businesses in various aspects of the retail, commercial and industrial sectors. As a land use attorney, he practices before municipalities throughout Long Island, as well as New York City. Additionally, David serves as transactional counsel to a number of commercial and residential lenders.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE
Commercial Real Estate
Financial Institutions and Capital Markets
Real Estate Developers
Federal & State Court Litigation
PROFESSIONAL + COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
New York State Bar Association, member
Suffolk County Bar Association, member
The Townwide Fund of Huntington, Inc., President
Hofstra University School of Law Real Estate Practicum, developer of Real Estate Practicum for second and third year law students at Hofstra Law School
Suffolk County Village Officials Association, Associate Member; Instructor of biannual continuing education seminars for Suffolk County’s Village Officials
David is committed to the continued exploration of clean, sustainable energy sources that benefit Long Island and the sustainability of its population.
HP-PR
Helen Patrikis has decades of senior level experience helping clients in just about every industry. She launched HP-PR in 2014 to focus on culinary, hospitality and lifestyle brands.
A dynamic, creative and strategic thinker with a talent for story and brand development and a commitment to excellence, Helen has earned a reputation as a trusted partner for clients and a valued resource for the media.
HP-PR’s client list includes Small Batch by Tom Colicchio, The North Fork Table & Inn, Greece National Tourism Organization, The Fearrington House, Wickaninnish Inn, Amy’s Bread, Manoir Hovey, The Charlotte Inn, Langdon Hall, Swallow Restaurant, The Tillary Hotel and Osteria Leana, among others.
Her clients have been featured in top media such as Today, The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Conde Nast Traveler, Newsday, Dan’s Papers, Edible, Eater, Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Esquire and more.
Prior to launching her business, Helen was a director at Robert Marston And Associates, a boutique agency in NYC, where she spearheaded both corporate and consumer campaigns for iconic brands such as Relais & Chateaux, Montblanc, BioGaia Probiotics, LifeScan, Major League Baseball and the Juilliard School, among others. She’s worked with business leaders, arranged sponsorships, designed social media strategies, handled product launches, done crisis communications and conducted media training for chefs, athletes, authors, CEOs and other industry experts.
She’s a runner, hiker, yogi, traveler and accomplished cook who’s been honing her skills since she was old enough to stand on a stool and make Greek coffee for her Pappou.
BShapiro Financial
Barry Shapiro is the President of Bshapiro Financial, an independent firm that provides a highly personalized financial planning experience for professionals, entrepreneurs and business owners in the industries of food and beverage, and media and entertainment. The firm’s services include comprehensive written financial plans; investment management; business owner planning; succession planning; and estate planning. The firm also specializes in helping executives in transition.
As part of his charitable giving, Barry has been a longtime supporter of Island Harvest.
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Barry Shapiro
President, Financial Planner
Bshapiro Financial
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Empire State Development
Empire State Development is New York State’s economic development agency. The Long Island Regional Office works with businesses to help them grow in the region.
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