Opportunity for regional, women- and minority-owned small businesses
to sell their products at Sam’s Club
Company Website:
http://www3.samsclub.com/newsroom
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- (Business Wire)
Sam’s
Club, a leading membership warehouse club, announces its
participation in a San Diego-based supplier event, welcoming more than
100 regional small businesses to present their food and beverage
products to be featured in Sam’s Clubs across the country. The supplier
participants, including several women- and minority-owned businesses,
were narrowed down from an application pool of more than 13,000
suppliers.
Sam’s Club is participating in the event to engage new suppliers,
strengthen relationships with local suppliers, and identify new food and
beverage products relevant to Sam’s Club members in the Southwest and
Western regions. Predominant themes among participating suppliers
include:
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Organic and all-natural snacks and beverages
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Health-conscious grocery
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Local beer, wine and tequila brands
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Specialty sauces, cheeses and meats
“Sam’s Club is focused on providing our members with savings, new and
surprising products, and regionally-relevant items,” said Shawn Baldwin,
senior vice president for grocery merchandise at Sam’s Club. “We’re a
retailer with a highly focused offering of products, so while we know we
can’t make every participant in the event a supplier, our merchants are
ready to find the best products for our members and help the
participating small businesses learn by increasing their knowledge of
how to work with a big retailer.”
The event supports Sam’s Club Supplier Diversity program which aims to
expand and advance the current pool of diverse suppliers with emphasis
on small regional businesses and women-, veteran- and minority-owned
businesses. Through education and mentoring new and existing suppliers,
Sam’s Club supports capacity building for diverse businesses.
“Sam’s Club is proud to be more than a shopping destination – we are a
club for our communities,” said Sean Mehranbod, regional general manager
for southwest operations. “When Sam’s Club invests in new suppliers
locally and regionally, those suppliers hire people to make products,
and that creates jobs for small business owners and growth opportunities
for their businesses, their families and their communities.”
The San Diego supplier event takes place at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel
and Marina, August 26-27, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is sponsored and managed
by ECRM, a retail marketing firm providing business solutions by
integrating process, vision and technology, uniting buyers and suppliers
of the consumer packaged goods industry at Efficient Program Planning
Sessions, or EPPS® events. For more information, visit ECRM
Marketgate Online.
About Sam’s Club
Sam’s Club®, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT),
is a leading membership warehouse club offering superior products,
savings and services to millions of members in 640 clubs in the U.S. and
Puerto Rico. To learn more about Sam’s Club, visit the Sam’s
Club Newsroom, shop at SamsClub.com,
and interact with Sam’s Club on Twitter and Facebook.
Contacts:
Sam’s Club
Carrie Foster Moore, 800-331-0085
SamsClub.com/newsroom
Source: Sam’s Club
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