Rocky Mountain IFT Suppliers Night – Mile High Station, Denver,CO

Rocky Mountain IFT Suppliers Night – Mile High Station, Denver,CO

Over 50 exhibitors including a SPI Group team led by Mr. Hank Dres of SPI Group participated in the annual Rocky Mountain IFT Suppliers Nite, held at Mile High Station, in Denver,CO. The Mile High Station convention center is nestled under the highway interchange next to Denver Broncos football stadium, convenient for all the food companies in the Denver Metropolitan area. The Station is a converted train station with a large oval bar on one side of the lower level and two massive walls of windows stretching over its four story height. The second story mezzanine held about 20 exhibitors including SPI Group and the RMIFT team did a good job of having free food and drinks located on the mezzanine level to bring attention to the exhibitors upstairs.

RMIFT 2014As shown by the attached photo of Hank working the booth, action was pretty brisk at times and steady overall.

Due to the regional nature of the Denver show,the variety of attendees ranged from students for Johnston and Wales Culinary School;spice companies like All American Seasonings and Rocky Mountain Spice along with food manufacturers like Safeway, Fresca Foods and Udi’s Gluten Free(now Boulder Brands), and chefs and formulators for restaurant chains like Red Robin and others.  It was great to see so many of Hank’s customers in attendance!!

SPI Group demonstrated Saltwell, a natural sea salt with 35% less sodium with the assistance of Elin Rennerfelt, National Sales Manager of Salinity,Inc. Elin provided freshly baked baguette bread and commercial chips using Saltwell with great taste and functionality. In addition, Mr. Dave Hull of Wenda Ingredients was available to work with our culinary and meat processing customers to discuss Wenda meat solutions.

Combining the show with the RMIFT’s annual golf outing the day prior, the RMIFT Suppliers’ Nite helped to re-affirm SPI Group’s visibility and opened our eyes to new opportunities with new companies like Ready Foods , Total Foods(hummus) and Boulder Ice Cream.