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We’ll be covering all things food service at this meeting, including government services and agency procedures for product decisions.  Additionally, identifying the process to assess products which appeal to the 18-30-year-old customers on nutritional guidelines. Buyers’ Guide product specifications provide for product consideration/decisions meeting readiness and resilience of the Warfighter. Industry provides the Government with how the Supply Line functions, cause and effect of distribution, both to industry and producers, as well as how these products are delivered. The areas that affect these processes are raw ingredient availability, container availability, trucking, labor, and inflation driving costs higher, based on availability and demand.

The Food Expo provides the 1st Vendor demonstration of products, in person, in many years. These vendors are demonstrating new and innovative products based on the latest dining trends. New plant-based products, Omega-3 products and other industry innovations which appeal to the 18-30-year-old diner.

Please explore the agenda below and make plans to attend along with your foodservice counterparts. If military is an area of importance to them, they’ll want to be a part of the program that we’ve assembled for March 17, 2022, at Virginia State University in Petersburg (10 minutes from Ft. Lee). The issues and concerns that we will address are currently going unanswered, which is why ALA is stepping up to be the organization that will get answers.