Prospectus 

Be part of the first major moment at FMI Midwinter! The opening party is the exclusive event for all attendees to connect over dinner and drinks. Sponsors are invited to connect with attendees through fun or food-

centric activations* that support the theme and promote

attendee interactions and engagement. The headline sponsor receives prime recognition and branding opportunities throughout the event and its promotions.

Benefits include:

• Prime party activation* space for your interactive attendee experience

• Headline branding on-site during party

• Two (2) complimentary event registrations.

• Logo within the Midwinter website homepage, sponsor recognition page, Know Before You Go email and introductory screen.

• Highest level of branding within conference website, conference marketing collateral, and on-site.

• Includes one (1) invitee/participant at FMI’s Executive Awards Luncheon.

• Choice of push notification or banner ad** within the event’s mobile app. Limited opportunities available

• Complimentary individual golf registration for the Midwinter Golf Tournament.

• Receive brand visibility with logo on front of event badges.
• Logo on registration check-in kiosks.  Sample Image

Create Your Own sponsorships allow you to customize a package that best fits your organization’s engagement and branding needs. ($35,000+)

your organization’s engagement and branding needs.

Benefits include:

• Includes one (1) invitee/participant at FMI’s Executive Awards Luncheon and highest level of branding within conference website, conference marketing collateral, and on-site.
• Two (2) complimentary Midwinter Registrations
• Choice of push notification or banner ad within the event’s mobile app. Limited opportunities available*
• Complimentary individual golf registration for the Midwinter Golf Tournament.
• Sponsors are able to mix and match opportunities and enhancements into a custom sponsorship package

• Get your brand in front of first-time attendees in retail, wholesale, supplier, service provider and manufacturer organizations. Contact usfor more details.

Support Midwinter’s Thursday evening reception.

• Receive prominent branding within the conference website, conference marketing collateral and within the central evening reception.
• Opportunity to provide a branded giveaway to reception guests.

The Opening Party is an exclusive event where all attendees can connect over dinner and drinks. Co-sponsors are invited to connect with attendees through fun or food-centric activations* that support the theme and promote attendee interactions and engagement.

• Co-sponsoring companies provide attendee activations* and display their brand in front of hundreds of food retail leaders.
• On-site branding during the opening party.
• Receive prominent branding on conference website, conference marketing collateral.

• Accessing your hotel room just got easier and more branded! Receive optimal branding on hotel keycards during the entire event. Hotel keycard designs require pre-approval from FMI’s Event Logistics team* Sample Image

• Create your own premier sponsorship ($25,000-$34,999), which allows you to customize a package that best fits your organization’s engagement and branding needs.

• Sponsors are able to mix and match opportunities and enhancements into a custom sponsorship package. Contact us to craft your own, customized package today!

**Pocket guide and lanyard designs require pre-approval from FMI’s Event Logistics team.

• Receive optimal visibility for your organization by providing lanyards to event attendees.

**Pocket guide and lanyard designs require pre-approval from FMI’s Event Logistics team.

• Customize the mobile app’s loading splash page and main screen lower banner ad with your organization’s branding or marketing collateral

• All luncheon sponsors get the opportunity to provide company branding at the event’s food stations. Contact us to enhance your luncheon with a signature, company-branded dish.

• All luncheon sponsors get the opportunity to provide company branding at the event’s food stations. Contact us to enhance your luncheon with a signature, company-branded dish.

• Showcase your brand at breakfast time. Select your choice of breakfast to support (Thursday, January 21 or Friday, January 22). Contact us to add a signature, company-branded dish or product infusion to the event’s menu.

• Learn from many of the food industry’s leading subject matter experts in short-form presentations over lunch on Thursday, January 21.
• Logo included on introductory screen
• Opportunity to provide a one-minute, scripted session speaker introduction at the session.*
• Prominent branding within conference website, conference marketing collateral, and on-site signage.

Support Midwinter’s unique breakout education sessions. Sessions span a variety of topics key to the food industry. Contact us about key topic areas.

Benefits include:

• One (1)-minute scripted introduction of session speaker.**

• Logo within the Midwinter sponsor recognition page.

• Prominent branding within conference website, conference marketing collateral, and on-site.

Refresh, unwind and network in this popular networking area throughout the conference. Sample Image

• Opportunity to provide a single-serve snack throughout the refresh lounge.

• Prominent branding within conference website, conference marketing collateral, and on-site signage.

• Provide up to one product/gift per company with two companies (per night) at the conference. Dimensions are limited. Contact us for more product-related details. Retailer/Wholesalers only*

• Provide a product or welcome gift* to be received by all registered event attendees at Midwinter’s registration area. Contact us for more details.

Prominent branding within conference website, conference marketing collateral, and on-site signage. Sample Image

• Be the exclusive Midwinter pen and notepad sponsor. Contact us for more product-related details.

• Opportunity to provide a tech-related gift, digital gift, or coupon code for product to event attendees.

• Inclusion within sponsorship signage.

Continue the conversation beyond the conference floor

The FMItech Supper Club is an invitation-only dinner on Thursday, January 21, 2027, bringing food industry and technology leaders together for conversation beyond the conference floor.

The Supper Club creates a different setting for relationship building, giving technology companies and food industry leaders time to connect outside the pace of the conference day.

Sponsorship and participation opportunities are available for companies interested in being part of the 2027 experience.

Continue the conversation beyond the conference floor

The FMItech Supper Club is an invitation-only dinner on Thursday, January 21, 2027, bringing food industry and technology leaders together for conversation beyond the conference floor.

The Supper Club creates a different setting for relationship building, giving technology companies and food industry leaders time to connect outside the pace of the conference day.

Sponsorship and participation opportunities are available for companies interested in being part of the 2027 experience.

FMItech Pop-ups are customizable 10x10' spaces within the FMItech Hub designed for live technology demonstrations, meetings, and conversation throughout Midwinter.

Companies can create their own small-format pop-up space where attendees can see technology in action, ask questions, and connect throughout the conference.

A Pop-up may be a strong fit if you want to:

• Demonstrate your technology in action.
• Create a recognizable home base for your team.
• Meet with attendees throughout the conference.
• Give customers and prospective partners a place to find you between scheduled meetings.
• Establish a physical presence without using a private executive suite.

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FMItech Exchanges are 20-minute, pre-scheduled meetings held in the FMItech Hub, providing an efficient way to meet multiple prospective partners across the conference.

FMI provides a tool to facilitate the scheduling process. Companies are responsible for securing their own appointments and setting agendas. Confirmed appointments are not guaranteed.

Technology solution providers complete an application and approval process through FMI’s Technology Executive Committee before participating in FMItech Exchanges.

For companies using an FMItech Pop-up, Exchanges can add a more structured meeting component to a visible presence inside the Hub. Eligible companies may participate in more than one program based on how they want to engage at Midwinter.

Option 1:

Round table including 4 chairs

17 available

$2,495

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FMItech Exchanges are 20-minute, pre-scheduled meetings held in the FMItech Hub, providing an efficient way to meet multiple prospective partners across the conference.

FMI provides a tool to facilitate the scheduling process. Companies are responsible for securing their own appointments and setting agendas. Confirmed appointments are not guaranteed.

Technology solution providers complete an application and approval process through FMI’s Technology Executive Committee before participating in FMItech Exchanges.

For companies using an FMItech Pop-up, Exchanges can add a more structured meeting component to a visible presence inside the Hub. Eligible companies may participate in more than one program based on how they want to engage at Midwinter.

Option 2:

Farmhouse table, including 6 chairs

8 available

$2,795

Extend your Midwinter engagement by supporting the FMI Technology Community Winter Summit and breakfast.

Held adjacent to the FMI Midwinter Executive Conference, the Winter Summit brings together senior leaders from FMI’s Technology Executive Committee, Retailer/Wholesaler Digital Commerce Committee, Information Security Council, and Technology Leadership Council for focused discussion, planning, and connection around the technology priorities affecting the food industry. The gathering is separate from FMItech Hub programming and creates an additional opportunity to support FMI’s year-round technology community while gaining visibility with senior technology and business leaders attending Midwinter.

Benefits include:

• A thirty-second professional video that airs before the session.*

• One (1)-minute scripted company and session introduction.**

• Receive prominent branding within the conference website, conference marketing collateral and within the central evening reception.