Dealers Keep Bags Packed For October Group Meetings

October is the month of meetings for the E&S industry’s buying groups. Eight of the industry’s dozen or so dealer groups and associations are holding seminars and conferences this month. They include:

ABC                                             Oct. 7-9           Fall Conference-Chicago

Channel Dist. Partners                  Oct. 20-23       Dealer Exchange Conference-Dallas

Excell                                           Oct. 23-25       Vendor Ed. Training (VETS)-Miami

IFED                                            Oct. 9-11         Fall Conference-Chicago

NESA                                           Oct. 7-8           Purchasing Conference-Dallas

NexGen                                       Oct. 14-17       Fall Leadership Meeting-Chicago

PRIDE                                          Oct. 27-30       Fall Conference-Marco Island, Fla.

SEFA                                           Oct. 16-19       Nat’l. Sales Conf.-Palm Harbor, Fla.

NAFED will meet Nov. 13-16 in Denver for its Fall Vendor/Principal Meeting. Details on the Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association’s 2014 Convention, March 26-30, will be covered in the next FER Dealer Report.