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Fall Conference for Hospitality Supply Management

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Fall Conference for Hospitality Supply Management

October 9-11, 2007
Atlanta Hilton
Atlanta, Georgia

ISM's own food network delivers a smorgasbord of educational sessions. Everything from supplier development to contract management to the latest on equipment and supplies. This program offers face-to-face time with your colleagues and leaders in the industry. Take this opportunity to find out what’s new and what's on the horizon. This is a chance to ensure you have a fresh, safe, efficient supply chain that delivers quality at the right price.

All sessions focus on supply management in the hospitality industry.

Powerful take-away tools
Lively networking opportunities
Economic and commodity outlook as we approach 2008
Hot trends
Best practices in contract management
Food equipment and supplies — what's next?
Food safety
Achieving excellence in project management
Negotiations: Mars versus Venus
Behind-the-scenes tour of an Angus beef ranch

If you work in the hospitality industry and would like more information about the Hospitality Supply Management Forum, visit www.ism.ws/sites/hospitalitysupplymgmt.

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SPONSORS

	The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company. Along with Coca-Cola, recognized as the world's most valuable brand, the Company markets four of the world's top five soft drink brands, including Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite, and a wide range of other beverages, including diet and light soft drinks, waters, juices and juice drinks, teas, coffees and sports drinks. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy the Company's beverages at a rate exceeding 1 billion servings each day. For more information about The Coca-Cola Company, please visit our website at www.coca-cola.com.
	ConAgra Foods is one of America's largest foodservice suppliers and offers a broad array of products for the menu. ConAgra Foodservice products include popular consumer brands — Hunt's Ketchup, Healthy Choice Frozen Entrees, Egg Beaters, Reddi-wip and Orville Redenbacher's Popcorn. As well as proven Operator favorites such as J. Hungerford Smith and Angela Mia Tomatoes. Also available from ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston is a wide variety of potato products, handhelds and appetizers.
	Desert Glory, grower of NatureSweet™ Tomatoes is the largest independently owned and operated greenhouse grower in North America. We supply our vine-ripened cherry and roma tomatoes to leading operators through out the United States and Canada. Our food safety program is truly "seed to serving" including the ability to trace back each case.
	DMA is a national foodservice distribution system whose shareholders are prominent regional foodservice distributors. We joined forces to provide foodservice operators with the pricing, distribution and technological advantages of a national organization, and the service priority of a local business.
	Edward Don & Company, the leading distributor of foodservice equipment and supplies, is celebrating 86 years of supplying everything but the food. We carry the largest variety of tabletop, smallwares, paper products, janitorials, equipment and furnishings with more than 12,000 items in stock and ready for shipment. Don received the Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics. Find out more about Don at www.don.com or call 800-777-4DON.
	Ecolab is the world's leading provider of cleaning, food safety, and health protection products and services. With more than 12,000 sales-and-service experts, Ecolab is committed to assisting its customers with their unique needs by providing them with value-added solutions and personal service. For more information, visit www.ecolab.com or call 1-800-35-CLEAN.
	Jennie-O Turkey Store understands the value of trust and confidence. That's why we go to great lengths to carefully control every aspect of our turkey processing. We make sure you and your customers are getting the industry's best. Your reputation depends on it. And so does ours.
	Pacific Supreme Company of California is one of the most reputable and well-recognized seafood importers in the nation. We import and distribute the highest-quality seafood from around the world and specialize in securing the finest frozen shrimp, including custom breaded and/or seasoned products for foodservice and retail customers. Additionally, we are a member of the minority business development council and a founding member of the Aquaculture Certification Council dedicated to ensuring supplier compliance with Best Aquaculture Practices.
	Sargento Food Service provides custom cheese solutions to chain restaurants. Sargento capabilities include natural sliced, shredded and Italian style cheese, breaded appetizers and cheese sauces.
	Since Jerome Smucker signed the label on his first crock of apple butter over 100 years ago, The J. M. Smucker Company has upheld a commitment to offering quality lodging products. This shared heritage with generations of your guests lends a measure of trust and comfort to their dining occasions. The icon brands Smucker's®, Dickinson's®, Jif®, and Crisco® help bring value to your foodservice operation. Serving our quality products shows your guests that you care. For over 100 years, the Company has been headquartered in Orrville, Ohio and has been family run for four generations. ©/® The J. M. Smucker Company
	STIR is uniquely qualified to produce exactly what you want, when you need it, with the quality controls in place to ensure that it is dependably delicious. Our team can help you ensure the product consistency of existing signature recipes or work with you to develop innovative new products that add excitement and appeal to your menu. Best of all we can package your products to accommodate your specific operational needs and ship it how and when you want it.
	Introducing Team Four, a foodservice group purchasing company formed to meet the growing needs of forward thinking foodservice operators. Our established and customized contract pricing and incentive programs, unmatched customer service, innovative marketing portfolio and century of industry experience give you a valuable partner for sales and profit growth. Team Four. 888/891-3103.
	At TODDS, there are three simple ideas — a deep collaboration with customers, an eye-to-eye culinary approach, and a passion for getting the job done. Combining these ideas with skilled manufacturing creates better products, which sets TODDS distinctly apart from the competition. TODDS manufactures superior proprietary products featuring sensational soups, sublime sauces, and superb salad dressings. USDA inspected, Superior AIB rated and HAACP certified, TODDS assures the highest quality standards. TODDS, A Division of H.J. Heinz Company, L.P.