Year In Review Book 2015REV

2015 AGA YEAR IN REVIEW

Member Companies - Manufacturers Continued

Smucker's Snyder's-Lance, Inc. Southern Belle Dairy Sunset Farm Foods, Inc. Supreme Beverage Tampico The Hershey Company Trend Sales Turkey Creek Snacks Tyson Foods

United Johnson Brothers Ventura Foods Vietti Foods Inc. Walter P. Rawl & Sons, Inc. Wells Blue Bunny Dairy

White Oak Vineyards Whitfield Foods, Inc.

Member Companies - Wholesalers

Allison Wholesale Inc. Associated Grocers of the South Associated Wholesale Grocers BTC Wholesale Distributors General Produce

Mitchell Grocery Corporation Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company Sherwood Food Distributors SuperValu, Inc.

2016 Industry Calendar of Events

January 12th-13th – Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Food Show – BJCC, Birmingham, Alabama

June 20th - 23rd - Food Marketing Institute Convention, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL July 25th – 27th- Alabama Grocers Association Convention, Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Point Clear, AL August 2nd-3rd - Associated Grocers of the South Food Show – BJCC, Bir- mingham, Alabama

January 26th-27th - Associated Grocers of the South Food Show – BJCC, Birmingham, Alabama

January 20th – Buy Alabama’s Best Retailer Luncheon, The Club, Birming- ham, Alabama

January 28th - Associated Wholesale Grocers Memphis Food Show

August 16th - Associated Wholesale Grocers Gulf Coast Food Show

February 24th - Buy Alabama’s Best Legislative Press Conference, The Capital City Club, Montgomery, Alabama

August 18th- Associated Wholesale Grocers Nashville Food Show

February 28th - March 2nd - National Grocers Association Convention, Las Vegas, NV

August 25th - Associated Wholesale Grocers Memphis Food Show

August 31st - Buy Alabama’s Best Press Conference, Children’s of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

March 1st-31st - Buy Alabama’s Best Promotional Month

September 1st – September 30th – Buy Alabama’s Best Month

April 7th – Alabama Grocers Education Foundation Spring Golf Outing, Inverness Country Club, Birmingham, Alabama

September 13th – 14th – Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Show, BJCC, Birmingham, Alabama September 19th - 20th – Alabama Wholesale Distributors Association Con- vention – Beau Rivage, Biloxi, Mississippi October 20th – Alabama Grocers Education Foundation Fall Golf Classic, Inverness Country Club, Birmingham, Alabama October 26th – Alabama’s Food Industry Finest Luncheon, The Club, Bir- mingham, Alabama

April 19th-21st - Washington Fly-In, Washington, DC

April 15th - Associated Wholesale Grocers Nashville Food Show

April 19th - Associated Wholesale Grocers Gulf Coast Food Show

April 28th - Associated Wholesale Grocers Memphis Food Show

May 10th – 11th – Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Food Show – BJCC, Birmingham, Alabama

June 7th - Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Golf Outing, Bent Brook Golf Course, Bessemer, AL