News & Events

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!

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.

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!

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!

Shamrock Foods Company’s Growth in Western U.S. continues with acquisition of Valley Distributing of Montana

For the full story, view Shamrock's press release.

We were all smiles during our successful volunteer day at Kid's Meals, Inc.! We were honored to give back to our community by helping feed the 12,500+ kids they service. These free, nutritious meals are delivered directly to the doorsteps of children living at or under the poverty line.

Family behind Harbor Foods keeps it fresh after 100 years

March 16, 2023, 10:00 p.m., PDT

As Harbor Foods enters its 100th year under the leadership of Justin Erickson (left) and Scott Erickson, the company’s revenue is expected to exceed $1.7 billion in 2023.

In the mid-1970s, Mike Erickson and his brother Steve Erickson made a bold decision that ultimately changed the course of their family-owned business and put it on the trajectory to become a billion-dollar company.