WASHINGTON, DC — March 25, 2003 — Recognizing the grocery industry’s newest food, beverage and consumer products, the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) will feature a first-ever FMI New Products Showcase at the 2003 FMI Show, May 4-6 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in downtown Chicago.

“The exceptionally high profile of The FMI Show in Chicago provides an ideal opportunity to showcase the outstanding product innovations that drive our business,” notes Brian Tully, FMI senior vice president, conventions. “The FMI New Products Showcase will provide well-deserved recognition to those companies that bring exceptional value and quality to the nation’s consumers.”

To qualify for the showcase, products must be introduced between on or after January 1, 2003. They must be completely new or a category or line extension, or in exceptional cases, relaunched or repackaged.

The FMI New Products Showcase will be located at the show entrance in the North Hall of McCormick Place. Participating companies include:

   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   
   


   

A.P. Deauville, LLC	Energy Brands, Inc.
Anheuser-Busch	Grace Foods International
Assembled Products - Mart Cart	Hand-L-Pleez
Bedford Industries, Inc	Health Plus, Inc
Carlson AirFlow	IFCO Systems
Campbell Soup Company	In Zone Brands, Inc.
Designing Health Inc.	Ishida
Dole Packaged Foods Company	Jack Link's Beef Jerkey
Eat Your Heart Out Snacks	Khong Guan
Eden Foods, Inc.	LifeMax, LLC
Loretta Foods Limited	Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
Lt. Blender Frozen Concoctions	Sara Lee Bakery Group
Malt-o-Meal	Scott Pet Products
McCormick & Company Inc.	Shooster Marketing Corporation
Miller Brewing Company	Signature Brands LLC - Betty    Crocker
Mr. Coffee c/o Boyer Product     Solutions	J.M. Smucker Company
Musco Family Olive Company	Snyder's of Hannover, Inc.
Naturally Fresh	SunRidge Farms
Nestle Purina Pet Care Company	SunGold Foods
Oregon Chai	TEC America, Inc.
Waggers by Pet Central	The Organic Coffee Company
Plaisir Selection USA	WP Signs Systems
Racing Champions Ertl	Wm. Wriggly Jr. Company
S&M NuTec, LLC

For more information about the FMI New Product Showcase, contact Daniel McInnis at
202-220-0803 or dmcinnis@fmi.org.

The FMI Show — The Place to Be in 2003

The 2003 FMI Show will be an event like no other, offering unprecedented service and customized benefits. Participants of all sizes will find value, efficiency and productivity in this once-a-year gathering of industry leaders from all over the globe.

For more information, contact FMI convention services at 202-452-8444; call FMI’s Fax-on-Demand Show Infoline at 1-800-890-SHOW (7469); or visit the 2003 FMI Show Web site (www.fmishow.org) for details about exhibitors and workshops, and to register online.