TopSource Summit a Success
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The TopSource Summit was a great success for participating members and suppliers. Forty-two members and 153 suppliers attended the event in Las Vegas, Feb. 1-3, 2010. The informative sessions featured category meetings on packaging and consumables, and presentations on members' experience participating in TopSource aggregated sourcing initiatives. The three-day summit focused on developing common specifications, reviewing the TopSource 2010 sourcing plan, and enhancing member-to-member communication within the cooperative.

Comments from participants:
• Members
I had an excellent experience with vendors and the sourcing team. Outstanding job done with the content of the presentations and Supplier Showcase. I believe there are synergies that will develop with the members and vendors as a result of the Summit and it was time well spent. I had an opportunity to discuss the TopSource program with a number of suppliers and with the process improvement and commonality developed over the last two years I see great success in the future."
- Eric Berg, Associate Merchant, Raley's Family of Fine Foods
 
"You and your team did a great job at the summit. It was extremely informative and opened our eyes to the wide range of savings possibilities."
- Peter McQuaid, Director of Distribution, Imperial
 
• Suppliers
"We thought the Summit was outstanding. The one on ones worked well for us. All the members were in a very cooperative/partnership frame of mind throughout the convention. Greg Magrisi's presentation was very informative and helpful in providing us with some new ideas that we can implement to grow our business. The format and content of the Summit was excellent."
- Lee Schmeer, Hilex

"I did have an enjoyable experience. I have been to many trade shows in 23 years in this business and yours was one of the best organized I have ever been to."
- Tim Jarnagin, Vice President of Sales, Diversified Maintenance Systems

The TopSource Summit is held every two years for it members and customers, and contracted suppliers. For more information, please contact Carol Mather, Senior Marketing Communications Manager-TopSource, at 781 926 6053, or toll free at 877 270 9648 or info@topsourcellc.com.