Our next RPIA Annual Meeting (Members Only)
will be held
in January, 2009 in Dallas at the Dallas Marketplace Center.
Details will follow in October of 2008.
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Our last annual meeting was held on
February 24 to February 26, 2008, in Cincinnati, OH
The RPIA annual meeting topics included
- Buying Opportunities
- Health and Business Insurance
- Credit Card program
- Retail Merchandising
- Going Green
- A “show and tell” session – bring an interesting product or idea
- A breakout Wholesalers session
- Rebate program discussion
- New programs and beta programs
Best of all, we had Bakery Tours in Cincinnati on Sunday and Monday from 12Noon to 5PM and an optional tour on Tuesday from 12:30 to 4:00 of manufacturing plants.
Tours - Theme - Merchandising
Graeter's Bakery Retail Store
Busken’s Bakery Retail Store
Servatii's Bakery Retail Store
RPIA’s “Special Products” Bakery
Taste of Elegance - Store & New Plant