Apr 4, 2002
WASHINGTON, DC — April 4, 2002 — The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) announced today that a record number of minority- and women-owned businesses are participating in the fifth annual Supplier Diversity Program at the 2002 FMI Show. The show will be held May 5-7 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.

Show attendees are encouraged to visit these exhibiting companies — many of whom are exhibiting for the first time -to view an extensive array of new products and services at the following booth locations:

Food Products and Booth Numbers   


  • Alicita-Salsa
    S1761

  • Aurora Products
    S560

  • B3R Country Meats LP
    S370

  • Day-Lee Foods (U.S. Nippon Meat Packer)
    S2726

  • El Dorado Seafood
    S2937

  • Glory Foods Inc.
    S358

  • Happy & Healthy Products, Inc.
    S361

  • Interex Corporation
    S3137

  • Jammin' Juices
    S2826

  • Latina Media Ventures
    S265

  • Magnolia Spice Teas, Inc.
    S3048

  • Maui Breeze Tropical Sparklers
    S2221

  • Michele Foods, Inc.
    S356

  • Pan American Grain
    S2822

  • Pure Farms
    S1556

  • Reggio's Pizza Inc.
    S1755

  • SMASH Beverage Company
    S3138

  • Southern Popcorn
    S3047

  • Sylvia's c/o Panoply
    S2738

  • TFFC, Inc.
    S357

  • Twin Marquis
    S2737

  • Edward Washington & Associates, Inc.
    S3329


Nonfood Products

  • Exhart, Inc.
    S2964

  • Kirk's Natural Products Corporation
    S2928

  • Neat Bag Corp.
    S561

  • Paradise Greetings
    S1070

  • Sarah Michaels, Inc.
    S2929

  • Soft Sheen-Carson
    S2128


Services

  • Prodew Misting & Humidification
    N5837

  • OMEGA Advertising Specialties
    N5535

  • Weitron, Inc.
    N5557

FMI introduced the Supplier Diversity Program in 1998 to expand opportunities for minority business enterprises (MBEs) and women-owned business enterprises (WBEs) throughout the food distribution industry.   Participants receive a substantial discount on the exhibitor fee for the convention, recognized as one of the largest food trade events in the world, and other special benefits.

For more information about the Supplier Diversity Program, contact Melanie Hutt(202-220-0833 or mhutt@fmi.org) or Jackson Davis, (202-220-0663 or jdavis@fmi.org). For additional information about the convention, please contact FMI’s automated show Infoline at 1-800-890-SHOW (7469), or visit FMI’s Web site at (www.fmi.org).