Sept. 20-26, 2009
Thousands of restaurants nationwide will join together to
raise money for Share Our
Strength’s Great American Dine
Out, which benefits Share Our
Strength, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization
that works to fight childhood
hunger. To learn more or register a restaurant, visit
www.greatamericandineout.org
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Oct. 6-7, 2009
The Center for Food Integrity
will partner with the National
Council of Chain Restaurants
for the 2009 Food System Summit, to be held at the Hilton
Kansas City Airport Hotel in
Kansas City, Mo. The theme for
the 2009 summit will be, “The
New Normal: Building Consumer Trust During Unprecedented Market Volatility.” The
event will include presentations
from Walmart’s Jack Sinclair
and Bon Appétit’s Fedele Bauc-cio. For more information, visit
www.food integrity.org.
Oct. 7-8, 2009
The Mid-Atlantic Food, Beverage
& Lodging Show joins forces with
the Nightclub & Bar Show East
and will be co-located at the Baltimore Convention Center. Operators of all sizes from all over the
Mid-Atlantic region are invited to
see the hundreds of new products
and dozens of educational sessions
being offered. For more information visit www.midatlantic
expo.com or call the Maryland
Restaurant Association at (410)
290-6800, ext. 1024.
Oct. 15, 2009
Exhibitors for Kosherfest 2009
are invited to enter their latest
creations in the New Products
Contest, which will take place in
New York City. The competition
awards prizes in 17 categories.
For more information contact
Vianna DiGristina at (207)
842-5583 or visit online at
www.kosherfest.com.
Oct. 16-18, 2009
The third annual Martha’s Vineyard Food & Wine Festival will
take place in the seaside town of
Edgartown, Mass. Chefs and
Oct. 6-7, 2009
Tomorrow’s Menu: What should
you be cooking up? The Menu
Trends & Directions conference,
presented by Nation’s
Restaurant News, The Kruse
Company and Technomic Inc.,
will be held at the Hilton
Anatole in Dallas. This is a
must-attend event for menu
development and marketing
executives in all industry
segments. Menu-focused and
research-driven, Menu Trends
& Directions delivers a vast
buffet of culinary insight,
education and networking.
For more information call
(813) 627-6988 or e-mail
mmonaco@nrn.com
vintners from the Northeast will
host wine dinners, tastings and
demonstrations at venues
throughout the area. For more
information or to purchase
tickets, visit www.mvfoodand
wine.com.
Oct. 18-21, 2009
The 29th UW-River Falls Food
Microbiology Symposium, “
Current Concepts in Foodborne
Pathogens and Rapid and Automated Methods in Food Microbiology,” will take place at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
For more information call
(715) 425-3704 or e-mail food
micro@uwrf.edu.
Oct. 19-21, 2009
The International Foodservice
Distributors Association will
host the Distribution Solutions
Conference at the Baltimore
Convention Center. The event
provides educational sessions
and peer insights on distribution
center operations, transportation, technology, human resources and supply chains. There
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also will be an exposition where
attendees can see the latest
products and service providers
supporting distributor operations. For more information visit
www.go-distribution.com.
Oct. 20-21, 2009
The Michigan Restaurant Show,
“Flavor 2009,” will be held at the
Rock Financial Showplace in Novi,
Mich. Hundreds of industry suppliers will showcase the latest
products, service and equipment,
and the show’s informative, hard-hitting seminars will cover every
aspect of the business. For more
information visit www.michigan
restaurant.org.
Oct. 27-28, 2009
Kosherfest, the country’s largest
kosher-food and -beverage trade
event serving the retail, foodservice, manufacturing and distribution sectors, comes to the Mead-owlands Exposition Center in
Secaucus, N.J. For more information contact Vianna DiGristina at
(207) 842-5583 or visit online at
www.kosherfest.com.
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