United Fresh to host supplier and buyer matchmaking meetings
The United Fresh Produce Association is bringing back its retail-foodservice speed dating sessions as part of the offerings of United Fresh LIVE! 365.
The meetings will be timed with the Sept. 21-23 Washington Conference, according to a news release.
Vendors who participate, according to the release, will be guaranteed 10, 15-minute meetings with retail and foodservice companies looking for new partners and products.
More than 20 retailers and foodservice companies have committed to participate the sessions, including:
- Albertsons;
- Associated Wholesale Grocers;
- Big Y Foods;
- Costco;
- FreshPoint;
- Kroger;
- McDonalds;
- Meijer;
- Target Corp.;
- US Foods;
- Wegmans Food Markets; and
- Whole Foods Market.
A small number of openings are still available to suppliers, according to the release. The cost to participate for suppliers is $5,000 and guarantees 10 meetings over the three-day period.
In addition, supplier companies can invite buyers to visit their United Fresh LIVE! 365 booths online, where the Partner X-Change meetings will be hosted, according to the release.
For information and to book a spot in the Retail-Foodservice Partner X-Change, contact John Toner, vice president of convention and industry collaboration for United Fresh, at jtoner@unitedfresh.org, or 703-587-3924.
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