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

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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

About FMI

As the food industry association, FMI works with and on behalf of the entire industry to advance a safer, healthier and more efficient consumer food supply chain. FMI brings together a wide range of members across the value chain — from retailers that sell to consumers, to producers that supply food and other products, as well as the wide variety of companies providing critical services — to amplify the collective work of the industry. www.FMI.org