Speaking Engagements
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FMS Conference, Baltimore , MD, October 2003
Topic: Mergers & Acquisitions Using Today's Lower Multiples/How to Finance Deals Today

Food Marketing Institute Annual Show Chicago, IL, May 2003
Topic: Growth through Single and Multi-Unit Acquisitions: The Opportunity
and Process for Independent Retailers

Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates Conference, Charlotte, NC, May 2003
Topic: Concentrated Wholesale and Retail Power - What it Means To You, the Operator, and Your Business Model

Financial Executive Conference, Washington, DC, May 2003
Topic: Mergers & Acquisitions Using Today's Lower Multiples/How to Finance
Deals Today

PMA Fresh Summit, New Orleans, LA, October 2002
Topic: The New World Order: Concentrated Retail Power & What It Means to the Competition & Its Supply Chain Partners

Food Marketing Institute Annual Show, Chicago, IL, May 2002
Topic: What Makes a Credible Financing Package and How to Build It

Food Marketing Institute Annual Show, Chicago, IL, May 2001
Topic: Sourcing Growth Capital for Independent Operators

UNIPRO Foodservice 2000 Executive Conference, Lake Tahoe, NV, June 2000
Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions

UNIPRO Foodservice 2000 Executive Conference, Lake Tahoe, NV, June 2000
Topic: Sourcing Financing for Foodservice Companies

Food Marketing Institute Annual Show, Chicago, IL, May 2000
Topic: Good News for Independent Operators

S.C. Johnson C.A.T.S. Summit, Orlando, FL, February 2000
Topic: The Changing Face of Food, Drug, and Mass Retailing

FMI/FDI Retail Store Development Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 1999
Topic: Acquisition Due Diligence

Associated Grocers, Inc. Retailers Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA, October 1999
Topic: Competition in the Era of Wal-Mart and the Mega-Chains

Affiliated Foods Southwest, Inc. Annual Meeting, Little Rock, AR, September 1999
Topic: Big and Getting Bigger: Creation of the Mega-Chains

Shurfine International Annual Meeting, Lake Tahoe, NV, August 1999
Topic: Competition in the Era of Wal-Mart and the Mega-Chains

FMI/FDI Retail Store Development Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 1998
Topic: Pitfalls of Supermarket Acquisitions

FMI Financial Executives Conference, Quebec City, Canada, May 1998
Topic: Tools for Buying and Selling a Business

Food Marketing Institute Annual Show, Chicago, IL, May 1998
Topic: Family Succession: Legal and Financial Issues

Executive Resource Forum, San Francisco, CA, February 1998
Topic: Consolidation in the Supermarket Industry