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Millbrook Show to Highlight Food, Nonfood and Ethnic

May 14, 2007 8:00 AM

LEICESTER, Mass. — Millbrook Distribution will hold its annual Market Place product show June 26-27 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, the company said last week. This year’s Market Place event, entitled “Category Management: Expertise That Delivers,” will showcase Millbrook’s food and nonfood merchandising opportunities while highlighting the latest industry trends. The show will include 20 exhibits of frozen foods, dairy products and over 640 feet of shelf stable products in venues that range from a full wellness store and Hispanic bodega, to a health and beauty care and holiday gourmet boutique, to target marketing arenas in Pan-Asian, kosher and British/Irish foods. Market Place registration is open through June 16.

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