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United Fresh Helps Independents

WASHINGTON — The United Fresh Produce Association has announced plans to join forces with the Food Marketing Institute’s Independent Operators Committee to offer special content targeted at independent supermarkets during this year’s co-located FMI and United Fresh trade shows in Dallas, April 30-May 3.

Independent supermarket owners and executives will be offered access to an exclusive “hard-hat” tour of the shows on Monday, prior to the public opening, as well as specially tailored education programs. “One of the key new features we’re offering this year is ‘Independents Power Hour’ on all three show days, allowing independent operators to sign up for specific appointments with exhibitors of their choice,” FMI President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie G. Sarasin explained in a release.

Bristol Farms CEO and Chair of the FMI Independent Operators Committee Kevin Davis added that, “the key for independent operators is a one-stop shop, where executives can find all of the resources and make the contacts needed to grow their business. Now, I’ll be working with our company’s produce director Raul Gallegos, who also serves on the United Fresh Retail-Foodservice board, to enhance the overall value to our company.”

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