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2024 WFIA Connect: Vendor-2-Retailer

May 16, 2024, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
1500 Commerce St.
Tacoma WA, 98402
Speed Networking begins at 1:00 p.m.

Let's CELEBRATE & ELEVATE your products and solutions to top-level grocery & convenience retailers and wholesalers!

Links to register for a Sponsorship/Booth and donations for
the Silent & Live Auctions below.

WFIA 2024 Connect Sponsorship/Registration FormWFIA 2024 Connect Silent & Live Auction DonationsWFIA 2024 Connect Speed Networking ONLY Registration

Reserve a Room:

Book your room for the event at the Marriott Tacoma Downtown, 1538 Commerce Street, Tacoma  
*Last day to book: May 1, 2024
Room rate is $179 per night
Call (253) 294-9200 and use the group rate WFIA 2024 or Book your group rate for WFIA 2024

Our dinner entertainment and auctioneers this year are longtime friends and hosts of the KING 5 Evening show, Saint Bryan and Jim Dever.

Join Us May 16, 2024 to CELEBRATE & ELEVATE Vendors & Retailers!

Connect: Vendor-2-Retailer is the only event of its kind for the independent grocery and convenience store industry in Washington State. Gather to learn and celebrate what makes our industry unique. Check out the video below to learn more about the event!

Schedule of Events:
6:00 AM to 12:30 PM - Vendor Set-Up
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM - Retailer to Retailer Networking and appetizers  
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM - Vendor to Retailer Speed Networking
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM - BREAK
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Cocktail hour, Networking, and Silent Auction
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Dinner, Awards, Live Auction and Entertainment
8:30 PM to 10:00 PM - VIP Reception in Presidential Suite at Marriott Hotel

The Washington Food Industry Association

The Washington Food Industry Association (WFIA) is dedicated to advocating, educating, and elevating the interests of the Washington State independent grocers, convenience stores, and their suppliers.