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March Frozen Food Month
is Warming Up the Aisles
 March Frozen Food Month is right around the corner! We’ll be kicking things off with a national FSI dropping February 24, the $10,000 Easy Home Meals Sweepstakes, newly-designed POS materials adding excitement to the aisles, and much more. Make sure you are part of the action!
Make sure to document your promotion all month long, and enter to win the prestigious Golden Penguin Award. Download the Golden Penguin Rules and Entry Form.
Retail Executive Conference is
a Must-Attend Event
 NFRA’s Annual Retail Executive Conference is being held April 14–16, 2008, at the Tempe Mission Palms in Tempe, AZ. The Conference will feature many top industry speakers, including the Hartman Group, Iconoculture, and Wal-Mart, discussing health and wellness, generational marketing and sustainability. Registration is limited to just 150 people, so reserve your spot today!
Promote June Dairy Month
to Kick Up Sales!
 June Dairy Month 2008 is partnering with DreamWorks to leverage the new movie Kung Fu Panda, being released in theaters this June. Exciting POS material and an all-star line up of movie characters promoting “Dairy Smart, Dairy Strong” are sure to drive consumers to the dairy aisles in June. Plan to promote June Dairy Month and look for more information in the coming months!
Hot Sales are in Store again this Summer for the June/July Summer Favorites Ice Cream & Novelties Contest
 Featuring the Summer Favorites Online Instant Win Game, very cool POS material, and consumer media initiatives by NFRA, the Ice Cream & Novelties Contest helps create consumer excitement and boost sales as temperatures soar. Make sure the Ice Cream & Novelties Contest is in your promotional plans this summer!
 Plan to attend the Best “Working” Convention in the Industry!
NFRA is planning the annual National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Convention being held October 11-14 at the San Diego Marriott Marina, San Diego, CA. Over 1,200 attendees, including 150 retailers, attended the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Convention last year, and scheduled one-on-one business appointments with the companies of their choice. You won’t believe the business you can accomplish in just a few days! Look for more details on the Convention in the coming months.
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NFRA
Welcomes Our Newest Members
Please welcome the companies listed below who have met the
qualifications of membership and have joined the National
Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association.
RETAILER/WHOLESALER
Clements’ Marketplace
P.O. Box 268
Portsmouth, RI 02871
SUPPLIER
Innovative Creative Packaging Solutions
www.innovativecps.com
Soltage, Inc.
www.soltage.com
Recent Certificate of
Excellence Recipients
U.S. Cold Storage
1400 N. McArthur Drive, Tracy, CA 93736
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Turtle Mountain, makers of dairy-free ice creams and frozen desserts, has brought its quality and reputation for delicious flavor concoctions to a brand new line, So Delicious® Dairy Free Yogurt. 100 percent all natural, certified vegan and made from cultured organic soy milk, the new line features five enticing flavors including fruity favorites Blueberry, Raspberry, and Peach, with chunks of real fruit; divinely decadent Cinnamon Bun; and smooth and creamy Vanilla. So Delicious® Dairy Free Yogurt is completely lactose and cholesterol free and packed with 5 grams of cultured soy protein and 6 live active cultures for enhanced intestinal health, and also offers a more healthful alternative for mainstream yogurt consumers and has been carefully formulated for maximum calcium absorption. For more information, visit: www.TurtleMountain.com
Hanson Logistics has added more muscle to the company’s growing transportation service with the recent addition of four 2008 Kenworth 800 linehaul tractors. The new trucks, featuring Aerocab sleepers, give Hanson Logistics the ability to respond quickly to customer requests for regional moves using company equipment. Hanson Logistics is a leading logistics provider of supply chain management services, ranking among the largest national and international refrigerated warehouse networks, with eight facilities totaling 34.5 million cubic feet of deep frozen, refrigerated, and dry warehousing space. For more information, visit www.hansonlogisticsgroup.com
The newest and most up-to-date 400-page 2008 edition of Quick Frozen Foods Annual Processors Directory and Buyers Guide can now be ordered in advance. The 2008 edition boasts 11,152 listings. The original and only source reference work of its kind in the world is often referred to as “The Bible of the Frozen Food Industry.” It is fact-filled with listings of every frozen food processor, personnel, cross-references by product, brand name, geographical listing etc. Copies can be obtained for $166.00 each in the U.S.A. by sending payment with order to: Quick Frozen Foods Directory, 271 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016, (212) 557-8600, fax (212) 986-9868
Keep the industry updated about news and staff promotions at your company. NFRA will publish your company highlights monthly in the NFRA Update. Send your company news to us at info@nfraweb.org; via fax to 717-657-9862; or via mail to NFRA, 4755 Linglestown Rd., Suite 300, Harrisburg, PA 17112. |
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