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2008 FMI Show Plus MARKETECHNICS® to Begin a Day Earlier Event Will Now Run From May 4-7 in Las Vegas

2008 FMI Show Plus MARKETECHNICS® to Begin a Day Earlier
Event Will Now Run From May 4-7 in Las Vegas
July 3, 2007

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The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) is starting its 2008 convention a day earlier to add a keynote education session from 4-5 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. This addition is to benefit the many attendees who arrive during the weekend at the Las Vegas, NV, site of the FMI Show plus MARKETECHNICS®.

FMI is also planning to hold several workshops before the event from 2-4 p.m. on May 4. The topics and speakers for all these sessions have not yet been set.

The convention is co-located with the FMI Supermarket Pharmacy Conference and with the United Fresh Marketplace, the annual expo of the United Fresh Produce Association. For more information, visit www.fmishow.com.

Contact: Stephanie Strauss

(202) 220-0657

sstrauss@fmi.org

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) conducts programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations on behalf of its nearly 1,250 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI’s U.S. members operate more than 25,000 retail food stores and almost 22,000 pharmacies with a combined annual sales volume of nearly $650 billion.  FMI’s retail membership is composed of large multi-store chains, regional firms and independent operators. Its international membership includes 126 companies from more than 65 countries. FMI’s nearly 330 associate members include the supplier partners of its retail and wholesale members. 

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