Draws more than 200 exhibitors.
The final curtain has closed and the award for “Best in Show” goes to S. Abraham & Sons for their 29th Annual Vendor Exhibit and Trade Show—“SAS Celebrates the Stars of Convenience Retailing.”
More than 200 manufacturers exhibited their products to convenience store chains and single-store owners during the show, held in Grand Rapids, Mich. at the DeVos Place Convention Center on Feb. 26-27, 2015.
The spotlight was on the new items and programs featured in the 21st Century SAS Convenience Store. New programs showcased included Calico Fudge, Naughty Chile, Revolution Tea, InnovAsian Foods and a Protein & Energy Bar Multi-Vendor End Cap. Some of the new items that made their debut were Up North Meats, Oreo Churros, and Day N Night Bites Slim Bagel Breakfast Sandwich. Also featured in the C-Store were the main attractions, which included Champs Chicken, Hot Off The Grill, Show Time Popcorn, Alligator Ice, Piccadilly Circus Pizza and Breakfast Sandwiches, Beantown Coffee, F’Real Shakes, Joe Coffee, and Fruit Ridge Farms sandwiches, salads and meals.
After a full day on the show floor, attendees enjoyed the Tinseltown Murder Mystery Dinner where each table worked together to “solve the crime.”
Grand Rapids based S. Abraham & Sons is a distributor serving convenience, grocery, drug and campus retail stores in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.