Golbon 2015 Spring Member Conference Attracts 400 Distributor Members

The Golbon 2015 Spring Member Conference was held April 15-16 at the Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, MN.  This event brought together more than 400 Golbon distributor members and supplier partners for two days of business building, networking and sales education.

Golbon continues to go to great lengths to ensure that distributors and suppliers have every opportunity to connect at the show.  The opening event, Mill City Dish, was enjoyed by all attendees and highlighted eight Golbon suppliers with fun and innovative recipes.  The room was full of energy as guests reconnected and savored all the offerings. 

The following two days were abuzz with suppliers and distributors ready to talk business.  Scheduled appointments brought attendees together to discuss new opportunity for growth and mutual success.  Golbon Convenience Services kept the show floor humming with their Pit Stop area.  Here you could find all of your favorite c-store treats: hot coffee, refreshing iced teas and beverages, irresistible donuts, prepared sandwiches, roller grill favorites and assorted jerky, nuts and snacks.  A special treat was the f’real milkshakes.

Woven into the schedule was a two-part General Session focused on Success Selling by Bill Main.  Bill walked attendees through how to differentiate themselves from the competition by using consultative selling techniques.  The goal was to allow them to walk away with innovative ideas on how to increase sales volume and how to build or enhance loyalty with their customers.

Wednesday’s lunch honored the 2014 Golbon Premier Club National Winners in both the Sales and Merchandising categories.  These “best-of-the-best” were selected from the group on the January Premier Club trip in New Orleans.  This year’s winners are both valued members of their distributorship, and truly exemplify the commitment to hard work and results that come with such recognition.  Congratulations to:

National Sales Excellence Winner – Travis Murdock, Superior Foods Co., Grand Rapids, MI
National Merchandising Excellence Winner – Maureen Henderson, F & W Foodservice, N. Hollywood, CA

Golbon will host the 2015 Fall Member Conference and Awards October 22-23 in Tucson, Arizona.

Golbon is a national foodservice buying group headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Initially formed in 1963, Golbon is made up of 200 independent foodservice distributor members from Alaska to Jamaica. Golbon members enjoy access to Golbon’s family of brands, aggregated purchasing opportunities, marketing support, educational tracks, and relationship-building opportunities with other independent distributors. Golbon offers hundreds of Golbon-branded items in multiple categories to meet both broadline and specialty distributors’ needs. For more information on Golbon visit www.golbon.com.

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