United Natural Foods Wraps Up Natural Winter Show in Las Vegas – Helps Retailers Prepare for Holiday Selling Season
28 Septembre 2023 - 11:30PM
Business Wire
Company concludes successful 2023 show season;
changes show schedule for 2024 season to showcase full assortment
of products and services and better align with customer buying
United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE: UNFI) (the “Company” or
“UNFI”) today completed its 2023 schedule of shows and events,
concluding it with a successful Natural Winter Show in Las Vegas,
NV, which wrapped up on Thursday, September 28. Throughout the
two-day event more than 2,000 attendees, representing hundreds of
UNFI customers from across North America, connected with UNFI’s
extensive community of suppliers offering a wide-ranging assortment
across grocery, fresh, organic and specialty departments. The show
also featured UNFI’s Professional Services offerings to retailers,
which drive traffic, save time and money, and enhance the shoppers’
experience.
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Customers hear how UNFI Professional
Services can help them enhance their shoppers' in-store experience
with award-winning grocery displays and innovative merchandising
layouts. (Photo: Business Wire)
“The UNFI shows physically connect our community of customers
and suppliers in a way that creates real value for everyone,” said
Steve Dietz, Chief Customer Officer at UNFI. “This natural show
really showcased the innovation and passion from our natural and
organic manufacturing partners and enabled retailers to discover
new items that deliver the differentiated value proposition
consumers expect from their local grocer, helping them remain
competitive in their marketplace.”
This year’s UNFI Natural Winter Show included:
- More than 2,000 attendees, including domestic and international
retailers and suppliers.
- Over 580 suppliers covering more than 75,000 square feet
showcasing more than 800 brands.
- Hundreds of new products, with more than 40 selected and
featured in UNFI’s New Product Showcase Area and more than 35
highlighted as UpNext emerging brands.
- The second appearance of the UNFI Food Safety and Quality
Assurance team to help retailers navigate the new FDA rules on food
traceability.
- UNFI Professional Services experts providing solutions in
Retail Technology, Store Operations, and Retail Marketing that help
retailers reduce expenses, drive revenue, and enhance their
customer’s shopping experience.
“UNFI is just a terrific partner in so many aspects of our
business,” said Saj Khan, VP of Grocery Operations & Purchasing
at Nugget Markets. “Through events like this week’s Las Vegas show,
they work alongside our team to help us identify new and trending
products, source great deals, and assist in supplier negotiations
that are impactful to our merchandising plans. They are
instrumental to our continued growth and success.”
One of the more unique aspects of UNFI shows is the Pitch Slam
competition, presented by UNFI UpNext. The UNFI UpNext team
discovers and mentors emerging brands, guiding their path to growth
while helping deliver UNFI customers a regionally sourced,
differentiated product mix. Pitch Slam pits UpNext suppliers
alongside each other in a friendly and fun elevator pitch style
competition. This year’s winner of the UNFI Natural Winter Show
Pitch Slam was Ruby Hibiscus Water, a sparkling organic soda.
Noah Wunsch, founder of Ruby Hibiscus, said, “I’m so
unbelievably grateful for such an exceptional group to acknowledge
our up and coming brand, organic sparkling hibiscus line! We
believe in clean and organic ingredients, with functional benefits,
and it means the world to us to see that you all do as well.”
UNFI changing its show schedule for 2024.
Beginning in January 2024, to further reinforce UNFI’s customer
and supplier-focused transformation, all UNFI selling shows will
support both the natural and conventional supplier and customer
channels, showcasing the Company’s unique and differentiated supply
chain. UNFI’s 2024 Spring and Summer shows will be held February
7-8 in San Diego (West), and February 20-21 in Orlando (Central and
East). As for the UNFI Holiday and Winter shows, they’ll be held
June 4-5 in Uncasville, CT (East), and August 6-7 in Minneapolis
(Central and West), respectively.
For more information on UNFI Shows, customers or suppliers can
visit: https://www.unfi.com/shows-events or email
events@unfi.com.
About UNFI
UNFI is North America's premier grocery wholesaler delivering
the widest variety of fresh, branded, and owned brand products to
more than 30,000 locations throughout North America, including
natural product superstores, independent retailers, conventional
supermarket chains, ecommerce providers, and food service
customers. UNFI also provides a broad range of value-added services
and segmented marketing expertise, including proprietary
technology, data, market insights, and shelf management to help
customers and suppliers build their businesses and brands. As the
largest full-service grocery partner in North America, UNFI is
committed to building a food system that is better for all and is
uniquely positioned to deliver great food, more choices, and fresh
thinking to customers. To learn more about how UNFI is delivering
value for its stakeholders, visit www.unfi.com.
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