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IMA Hosts Bar & Grill Summit Focused on Lunch, Dinner, Desserts

What an incredible experience at the Bar & Grill Summit! This event brought together our distributor members, including sales teams, marketing professionals, and corporate chefs, to dive deep into strategies for successfully selling into the bar & grill category. 🍔🍺

The training sessions were packed with insightful tips and hands-on knowledge to help take business to the next level. From exploring trending ingredients to innovative marketing tactics, our attendees left feeling inspired and better prepared in selling our Exclusive Brand products.

Thank you to everyone, both member and supplier partners, who joined us—your energy and expertise made this event unforgettable!

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IMAGINE Event Brings in Members, Supplier Partners Together For Growth Discussions

Thank you to all our 2024 IMAGINE Conference attendees for joining us in California and embracing a week of insightful discussions focused on growth strategies and future initiatives for our members and platinum suppliers. Each year, this event strengthens our partnerships and deepens the connections within our community. We sincerely appreciate the enthusiastic participation and support from everyone involved. Here's to continued success and another remarkable year ahead!

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IMA Team Volunteers for Kid's Meals Following Hurricane Beryl

Yesterday, we took a break from our office work to volunteer at Kids' Meals, Houston. Last week, our Houston community experienced a severe storm that caused power outages and significant damage in many areas. Kid’s Meals was also affected by these power outages and is still recovering from the loss of refrigerated items. The organization provides over 8,000 meals daily during the school year and over 15,000 meals daily during the summer to children in our communities. We are proud to support and volunteer for such a wonderful organization.

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Deli Summit Brings Members and Suppliers Together For Hands-On Training

Our Deli Summit was a tremendous success! 🥪

We hosted a variety of supplier partners who provided our members with in-depth training across various deli categories. Attendees gained hands-on experience, learned expert cutting techniques, and received valuable insights on features, benefits, and innovative menu ideas. These takeaways will empower our members to boost sales of our Exclusive Brand products.

We are excited about the continued sales growth and success resulting from our collective efforts!

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Accelerate Growth 2024

What an incredible week the Accelerate conference was! Last week was filled with valuable business updates, essential meetings, networking opportunities, a ceremony to recognize our suppliers, and the exciting debut of some newer Exclusive Brand offerings.

A heartfelt thank you to all our esteemed member and supplier partners for joining us in Houston to Accelerate Growth!

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IMA Hosts Exclusive Brand Seafood Training Summit for Member Partners

We are thrilled to share the success of our recent Seafood Summit! Our dedicated suppliers and esteemed member partners came together for comprehensive training sessions to elevate their expertise in seafood from our Pierport and Hidden Bay brands. The agenda emphasized interactive learning, highlighted by a shrimp cook-off and squid cleaning demonstration. Excited for the continued sales growth and success of our collective efforts!

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ALL IN on Top to Top 2023

Thank you to all our 2023 Top to Top attendees for coming out to Nashville, TN and going ‘ALL IN’ on a week of in-depth conversations regarding our growth strategies and future plans for both our members and platinum suppliers. Each year, we forge deeper connections with our valued supplier partners and members, and we deeply appreciate the support and active engagement of everyone involved. Here is to another incredible year.

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