The conference each year attracts 800 members of the retail food and meat industries. It is considered the leading educational event focusing on meat and poultry marketing innovations, merchandising issues and consumer purchasing trends.
Associate sponsors include the American Lamb Board, Beef Checkoff, National Chicken Council, National Pork Board and National Turkey Federation.
Scheduled general session topics include the impact of the economy on business, optimizing business intelligence, results from the annual Power of Meat survey, sustainability and how to prepare for the future. Workshops will focus on business decision-making, food safety, responding to animal welfare concerns, regulatory updates, crisis communication, strategies for adding value for consumers, using new technologies and future trends.
The 2010 conference will feature the popular Product Tasting Reception on March 8. Nearly 50 meat and poultry companies are expected to showcase new products and brand line extensions to retail buyers.
AMC 2010 also will feature the annual Technology Fair on March 8 starting at 10:45 a.m. At this one hour networking session, suppliers to the meat, poultry and retail supermarket industries display new technology, ranging from irradiation systems to labeling machinery to in-store processing and packaging equipment. Following the exhibit will be a luncheon.
The advance registration fee for the conference is $595 per person, or $545 for three or more members of the sponsoring associations. On-site registration is $695 per person, or $645 for three or more members registering together, or $515 when five or more retailers/wholesalers register together. The nonmember registration rate is $1,290 per person.
Visit www.MeatConference.com to view the complete conference program and register online.
Note: This event is open to the news media.
Media Contacts:Tonya Allen, AMI, 202.587.4221 / Bill Greer, FMI, 202.220.0667
Food Marketing Institute proudly advocates on behalf of the food retail industry. FMI’s U.S. members operate nearly 40,000 retail food stores and 25,000 pharmacies, representing a combined annual sales volume of almost $770 billion. Through programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations, FMI offers resources and provides valuable benefits to more than 1,225 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI membership covers the spectrum of diverse venues where food is sold, including single owner grocery stores, large multi-store supermarket chains and mixed retail stores. For more information, visit www.fmi.org and for information regarding the FMI foundation, visit www.fmifoundation.org.
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