2016 SPRING CONFERENCE SUNDAY MAY 1ST

The 17th annual MLBA Spring Conference was held on Sunday, May 1st on a sunny and beautiful spring day in central Minnesota.

Attendees started the day with the choice of 2 seminars and then an industry trade show featuring beer, wine and spirits vendors plus many related industries like ice, insurance and food vendors. Please see below for a complete list of vendors and their contact information.

After the trade show, a fine sit down meal was served in the dining room overlooking beautiful Gull Lake. After dinner, comedians from the Scott Hansen Comedy Gallery entertained the group before they moved back over to the pool area for the live music of Cherry Gun Band.

2016 Trade Show Exhibitors

3 Diamond Corp. Glen Kuhlman, Tim Schuller 651-486-0055 www.3diamond.com	Anheuser-Busch Jeff Quale 763-688-3192 [email protected]
Arctic Glacier Ice Jerry Kern 651-455-0410 [email protected]	August Schell Brewing Ed Schumacher, Mike Lewis 612-817-6969 [email protected]
ATM Source – Future Funds ATM Kevin Starcevich, Mick Sletten 763-786-2800 kevin@atm-source.com [email protected]	Aviv 613 Vodka Joe Snippes, Carrie Nicklow 612-210-6099 [email protected] [email protected]
Blackeye Roasting Co. Kevin Begazo [email protected] (612) 568-6758	Breakthru Beverage MN Darin McMullen, Tara Nesser 651-646-7821 www.wirtzbev.com/minnesota
Brew Pub Pizza Denny Terrance, Steve May 920-883-7851 [email protected]	Brown-Forman Aaron Vreeland (320) 290-2766 [email protected]
Chankaska Creek Winery Nick Paterson, Andrew Lien 507-931-0089 www.chankaskawines.com	ClockNine Digital Signage Travis Kragh 612-718-8878 [email protected]
Crow River Winery Lucas Gilhousen 320-587-2922 [email protected]	Compliant Gaming Colin Minehart 651-983-7071 [email protected]
Cornell Insurance Services David Cornell 651-556-0456 [email protected]	Diageo Paige Gibbons 214-783-8583 [email protected]
Dynamic Products Midwest – DPM Vern Swedin, Darcy Swedin Kellie Bacon, Joseph VanHorn 612-861-5277 [email protected]	Electronic Game Solutions Dean Falvo, Shelly Borowicz 314-692-2600 [email protected]
Heartland Payment Karen Lamb 763-607-0286 [email protected]	HSC Brokers Jerry Vlaminck, Scott Swenson 763-972-9077 [email protected]
Hospitality Rocks! Stuart Gray 952-226-3878 [email protected]	Illinois Casualty Company Howard Beck, Tyler McNeely, Keith Krueger 309-793-1700 www.ilcasco.com
KLB Insurance Kim Brown, Jackie Brown, Stephanie Beckman 651-730-9803 [email protected]	Mike’s Hard Lemonade Brady Blaska 651-280-7160 [email protected]
MillerCoors John Glenn, Kendall Ralph, Sarah Jean 651-398-8055 [email protected]	Pabst Brewing Co. Alex Merrick 612-303-3072 [email protected]
Pilot Games Jon Weaver 248-885-3025 [email protected]	Prestige Wine & Spirits Group Dave Grotta, Chad Pobuda 651-659-2822, 651-637-3354 [email protected]
Quality Refrigeration Ken Fricke, Scott Weissinger 612-861-7350 [email protected]	Retail Information Technology Enterprises Rick Feuling, Gary Nobel 320.230.2282 [email protected]
Round Lake Winery Scott & Jenny Ellenbecker 507-945-0100 [email protected]	Shamrock Group Wayne Reinert, Troy Battig 612.824.9600 [email protected]
Shown R Murphy Business Broker Shawn Murphy (651) 246-6383 [email protected]	Southern Wine & Spirits Chris Morton 612-217-5197 [email protected]
Summit Brewing Co. Tyler Bruner 651.265.7800 [email protected]	Third Street Brewhouse Mike Feldhege 320-685-3690 [email protected]
Triple Crown Gaming John Grell 320-251-5373 [email protected]	Vinocopia Marion Dauner, Jason Ospina 612.455.4005 [email protected]
Werrell Agency Mike Werrell 763-277-8780 [email protected]

Seminar: Help Wanted – Hiring the Best Talent 3:30pm – 4:15pm, Lakeside Conference Room

The costs related to staffing a business in the hospitality industry are getting higher and higher. The challenges of attracting top talent are getting more and more difficult.

The five Key success components are Attraction, Selection, Orientation, Engagement and Retention of top talent.

• Attraction – Fill the candidate pool and you will build a better Team!
• Selection – Discover a structured interview process, “Three and Convene“.
• Orientation – What you do with a new hire on day one will impact their tenure.
• Engagement – All in or Go Home is the battle cry of today, YES! coddling helps.
• Retention – Strategies that increase retention equal more profits for the business.

All participants will receive 10 digital messages to lock in the learning and call them to action.

Stuart Gray of Hospitality Rocks will share his success marked techniques to enhance an existing hospitality Team or develop and connect a new Team for an emerging business. The resources provided will allow the employer to see these new resources and apply them to their business.

Live Music “Cherry Gun” 8pm – Midnight, Poolside

CherryGun is one of the most fun, energetic, make you dance/party cover bands touring! They bring the party to fairs, festivals, night clubs, casinos, weddings and any other place that wants to have fun all over the Midwest and beyond! Every show is packed with non-stop, high energy pop, rock & country music that keeps the dance floor rockin the whole show through!

CherryGun band members, Amy, Dan, Cody and Cory deliver one of the fullest sounds you will ever hear, greeting the crowd with the most familiar & current radio pop hits. They bring audiences back to their fondest memories of 80’s rock, and warm their hearts and boots with the best modern country as well!

CherryGun began as an original rock band called, “The Amy M Band” in 2006. Their love for keeping crowds having fun and partying all night to familiar songs, lead them to becoming CherryGun in 2010.

Lead singer, Amy M and guitarist, Dan met while competing against each other in a band tournament. They joined forces and were joined by the perfect musicians to compliment their talents, drummer Cody, and bassist, Cory Carlson, which complete their look & sound to what we now have the pleasure of knowing as CherryGun!

Soaring female & male lead vocals, tight harmonies, and incredible guitar solos set CherryGun apart from the rest of the pack! Represented exclusively by ACTS-TREME TALENT AGENCY, CherryGun is playing every week. Don’t miss your next chance to enjoy a CherryGun show,you’ll be glad you did!!

www.cherrygunband.com

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave