Sam’s Club Meets with Hundreds of Small Businesses to Find New Products for Members
August 25 2014 - 1:27PM
Business Wire
Opportunity for regional, women- and
minority-owned small businesses to sell their products at Sam’s
Club
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:
- Organic and all-natural snacks and
beverages
- Health-conscious grocery
- Local beer, wine and tequila
brands
- 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.
Sam’s ClubCarrie Foster Moore,
800-331-0085SamsClub.com/newsroom
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