September 2017 Board Book

IDDBA Show Follow Up

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The International Dairy Deli Bakery Show (IDDBA) was a particularly good show this year for our partner processors. The fact that it was located in our backyard not only increased the number of exhibitors in our booth by over 25%, but brought additional products that normally would not be present, including multiple ice cream processors. Here are some follow-ups from various processors (marketing companies and processors – large and small) that illustrate a general consensus of the CMAB processors’ IDDBA comments and successes: Coolhaus Ice Cream (Marketing Company co-packed by Villa Dolce) Coolhaus commented that they mostly benefited from the CMAB International Reps attendance. The personal interaction with each CMAB Rep went a long way towards potentially establishing business with each country. As a result, they are now working on leads from Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico, and China. CDI – Cream Cheese and Butter The CDI team were amazed at how many international customers were in attendance (besides our reps) that visited our booth. This appears to be a trend with the customers visiting their booth over the last 2-3 years. CDI Follow Ups from the IDDBA 1. Bulk butter – large NJ based cookie company 2. Bulk Cream Cheese – Asia based distributor 3. Foodservice Cream Cheese – US based distributor 4. PL Retail butter – Large US based e-commerce distributor Point Reyes Cheese Point Reyes communicated that they had a great IDDBA show and thanked us for the opportunity to exhibit with the CMAB. Their top leads included chains, distributors, CMAB international Reps and networking with other CMAB exhibitors to help one another: 1. Top Chain in Texas – discussed bringing in Toma