Food & Beverage

Dina Opici President Opici Family Distributing Inc. Opici, the president, and Don Opici, the managing director, represent the fourth generation of leadership of what is now one of the biggest wine distributors on the East Coast. Chandrakant Patel Co-founder Chowpatty Owns...

From grocery stores to restaurants, processors to distributors, entrepreneurs to  conglomerates, the food business impacts the state in numerous ways. Of course, in the past year — as a global pandemic has made everyone...

1 Marcus Samuelsson Owner/Co-creator Marcus Samuelsson Group/Newark Working Kitchens Samuelsson, a celebrity chef and famed restaurateur, made our inaugural list in 2019 for his willingness to bring his world-class cuisine and concepts to Newark. Samuelsson, who has restaurants...

Jeff Braverman CEO Nuts.com A visionary, Braverman helped transform a family-owned business into an e-commerce giant — and did so long before e-commerce was the way of the future. Anthony Calandra Owner and president Calandra Enterprises  The current head of the...

Kevin Gallagher Executive vice president Food Trade News The veteran journalist is well-respected by both manufacturers and retailers for his institutional knowledge of the industry — and always-sharp take on future trends. He is a must-read. Pete Genovese Journalist N.J....

ROI-NJ reveals its inaugural list of Food & Beverage influencers and sets the table with the state’s top names in the sector. To find out the Top 10 most important people in the sector, read...

ROI-NJ reveals its inaugural list of Food & Beverage influencers and sets the table with the state’s top names in the sector: To read the Top 10 influencers, click here. For the other top names in...

You know what the biggest benefit is to having the most ethnically diverse — and the most population-dense — residents in the country? Food. An incredible variety. And plenty of it. For all New Jersey...