New Jersey Food Council
30 West Lafayette St., Trenton, NJ 08608
Phone: 609/392-8899
Fax: 609/396-6571
Email: mailto:njfc@njfoodcouncil.com

2008 EVENT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM UNDERWAY – ADD YOUR NAME TO THE GROWING LIST!
NJFC introduced the Event Sponsorship program in 2005 with outstanding success and the association is now accepting commitments for 2008.

The program will continue to include four levels of sponsorship that will entitle companies to a pre-determined number of tickets to NJFC events, including the Annual Meeting, Night of Distinction, Trade Relations Conference and the Golf Outing. In addition, event sponsors will receive recognition in NJFC publications such as the News & Views and the quarterly newsletter ExpressLine, on our web-site as well as acknowledgement in promotional materials and placement on banners at NJFC events. Sponsors are considered premium supporters of NJFC.

We just kicked off the 2008 sponsor campaign this week and already NJFC members are demonstrating their strong support for this program. Let’s add your company name to the list of NJFC premium sponsors! Contact us today for details.

Gold Sponsors:
George Weston Bakeries

Silver Sponsors:
Saker ShopRites
Village Super Markets

Bronze Sponsors:
Kings Super Markets
Quick Chek Food Stores
Wiss & Company, LLP

Brass Sponsors:
Brown’s Super Stores
Murphy’s Markets of South Jersey

US ATTORNEY CHRIS CHRISTIE TO HOLD TOWN HALL MEETING AT NJFC LOSS PREVENTION CONFERENCE
This year’s NJFC Loss Prevention Conference and Exhibition will feature “A Town Hall Meeting” with United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey Christopher Christie. Members will address organized retail theft, gangs and white collar corruption issues with NJ’s top prosecutor. The event is just two weeks away and will be held on October 30, 2007 at the Forge Inn in Woodbridge.

Conference highlights include a vendor fair that will showcase the latest in Loss Prevention security systems, services and products. In addition, the Loss Prevention Leadership Awards will be presented to Barry Elliott, Food Circus Supermarkets and Mark Morro, Staples, Inc.

For registration details call the NJFC Office at 609-392-8899.

MORE PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO LEAVE NEW JERSEY THAN MOVE HERE
In the Lobby, an internet newsletter highlighting NJ politics, reported this week that according to a new Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll, New Jersey residents are fed-up with the state of affairs in the Garden State. Forty-nine percent of those polled said they wanted to leave New Jersey, with the majority citing property taxes and costs as the chief reason to do so. And of that group, 51% said they were very likely to leave, with 36% saying they were somewhat likely.

This disturbing trend only makes it harder for business to compete and grow in New Jersey. As the November Election gets closer and all 120 seats in the Legislature are up for election, it will be interesting to see if voters use the power of the polls to get this message across to lawmakers in Trenton.

FCCFGG ANNOUNCES ENDORSEMENTS FOR 2007 LEGISLATIVE ELECTION
The Food Council Committee for Good Government (FCCfGG), the political action arm of the New Jersey Food Council, this week announced its endorsements of candidates seeking election to the New Jersey Legislature.

The Food Council Committee for Good Government selected 35 Republican candidates and 18 Democratic candidates for endorsement for election to the General Assembly and State Senate in the November election. The Committee used a variety of criteria in its selection process including voting records, leadership positions, committee memberships, accessibility, responsiveness to concerns of the food industry and positions on key legislation. Endorsed candidates are:

District 1
Assembly - D Nelson Albano

District 4
Senate – D Fred Madden

District 5
Assembly – D Nilsa Cruz-Perez
Assembly – D Joe Roberts

District 6
Assembly – D Louis Greenwald

District 7
Senate – R Diane Allen
Assembly – D Herb Conaway

District 9
Senate – R Christopher J. Connors*
Assembly – R Brian Rumpf

District 10
Senate – R Andrew Ciesla
Assembly – R James Holzapfel

District 12
Senate – R Jennifer Beck*
Assembly – R Caroline Casagrande*
Assembly – R Declan O’Scanlon, Jr*.

District 13
Senate – R Joseph Kyrillos, Jr.
Assembly – R Amy Handlin
Assembly – R Samuel Thompson

District 14
Senate – R Bill Baroni*

District 15
Senate – D Shirley Turner
Assembly – D Bonnie Watson-Coleman

District 16
Senate – R Christoper “Kip” Bateman*
Assembly – R Peter Biondi

District 19
Assembly – D John Wisniewski

District 20
Senate – D Raymond Lesniak
Assembly – D Joseph Cryan

District 21
Senate – R Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
Assembly – R Jon Bramnick
Assembly – R Eric Munoz

District 23
Senate – R Leonard Lance
Assembly – R Michael Doherty
Assembly – R Marcia Karrow

District 24
Senate – R Steven Oroho*
Assembly – R Allison Littell

District 25
Senate – R Anthony Bucco
Assembly – R Michael P. Carroll
Assembly – R Richard Merkt

District 26
Senate – R Joseph Pennacchio*
Assembly – R Alex DeCroce

District 27
Senate – D Richard Codey
Assembly – D John McKeon

District 30
Senate – R Robert Singer
Assembly – R Ronald Dancer
Assembly – R Joseph Malone

District 34
Senate – D Nia Gill
Assembly – D Thomas Giblin

District 35
Senate – D John Girgenti
Assembly – D Nellie Pou

District 36
Senate – D Paul Sarlo

District 39
Senate – R Gerald Cardinale
Assembly – R John Rooney
Assembly – R Charlotte Vandervalk

District 40
Senate – R Kevin O’Toole*
Assembly – R David Russo

All candidates are incumbents unless designated with an *

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