





ASSOCIATION NEWS
Monthly Newsletter (more)
2010 Press Releases (more)
January 2010 Welcome New Members (more)
2010 Best Bagger Grocery List and Placement (more)
2009 Retailer of the Year
Shaw's Supermarkets
2009 RIFDA Best Bagger
Hamzat Onikoyi
Shaw's Supermarkets (more)
2009 Convention Photos (more)
2009 Charity Golf Tournament Photos (more)
2009 Annual Meeting & Holiday Gala Photos (more)
MEMBERSHIP
2010 Membership List (more)
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
FMI National Legislative News (more)


Thank you for visiting the Rhode Island Food Dealers Association website. The Association was established in 1909 and today it continues to foster the same mission. The Rhode Island Food Dealers Association is committed to serving the food industry through education, member services and by providing a unified voice for the industry before state and national government, thereby benefiting the industry with knowledge, strength and fellowship.




Thank You February Retailer & Supplier of the Month
David DiLorenzo Guest Speaker at the RIFDA 2010 Trade Dinner.

David DiLorenzo is a natural speaker and entertainer. He has been making people laugh since childhood and professionally for over 25 years. He truly enjoys speaking to live groups. David uses material from his own life experiences including his heritage, growing up and living in RI and his family’s restaurant businesses.
As part of Dave's experience he has had on-air positions as Jazz show host, Sport Talk show host and has provided narration on over 500 radio and television commercials. In addition David has been doing stand-up comedy for over 20 years. He even had the chance to work with NFL Films, from 1997-2000, as a narrator, doing the voice-over work for more than 25 sports tribute films based on Hall of Fame inductees. In July of 2007, he did some acting on a local (RI) YouTube TV show called "Bread, Butter and Bullets.
David has appeared in New York City, The Stardust Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas, Foxwoods Casino and Mohegan Sun Casino. He has also worked at comedy clubs in New York, Las Vegas, Boston, Ft. Myers, Orlando, Miami, San Diego, Oklahoma City and Canton, Ohio.
David should supply both relevant commentary of the food industry and the political environment in RI as well as provide an entertaining and humorous presentation.
WASHINGTON PUBLIC POLICY CONFERENCE
"A DAY IN WASHINGTON" brings senior level retailers and wholesaler executives together with Members of Congress and Administration officials to address public policy issues affecting our industry.
MARCH 17-18, 2010 ~ HYATT REGENCY WASHINGTON ON CAPITOL HILL ~ 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW ~ Washington, DC

Link to WPPC Registration Form and Events
http://www.fmi.org/forms/meeting/MeetingFormPublic/view?id=51CDB00000638


This year The New England state associations along with the state associations in New York and New Jersey have formed a Group (The Northeast Region State Associations) to provide members of the associations a discounted rate at the FMI 2010 Show in Las Vegas (May 10-13, 2010). The Group Advantage Rate is $200 per registrant if the registration form is received before March 1; $250 per registrant if the form is received between March 2 and May 8th; and, onsite registration is $350. To be included in the Group and receive the discount, the Group Advantage Registration form with the Group Number - S300 - must be submitted to Suzanne George at FMI before the cut-off dates indicated above. The Group Advantage Registration Form is available on the FMI website www.fmi.org. Each registrant is responsible for making his/her room reservation and submitting the registration including the Group Number S300 on the form to FMI.
RI TAXABLE FOOD PRODUCTS
RI Division of Taxation (more)
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US FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATIONS RECALLS & SAFETY ALERTS http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html
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RI RETAIL FOOD DOCUMENTS
REGULATIONS, POSTERS, LICENSES LOGS AND RECORDS
http://www.health.ri.gov/environment/food/retail_food.php
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COUNTERFEIT COUPON WEB SITE
http://www.cents-off.com/body_coupon_counterfeiters.cfm
Tuesday February 23, 2010
Cost $80 per person
Food Safety Re-Certification Class
RIFDA Office
1 to 5 PM
March 11, 2010
2010 RIFDA Trade Dinner & Best Bagger Contest
Providence Marriott Hotel (more)
Keynote Speaker
To be Announced
Food Industry Person of the Year
To be Announced
June 17, 18 & 19, 2010
RIFDA Annual Convention
White Mountain Hotel & Resort
North Conway, NH
August 2, 2010
RIFDA Charity Golf Tournament
Kirbrae Country Club
Chair-Brian Pacheco
Eastside Marketplace
December 4, 2010
RIFDA Annual Meeting & Holiday Gala
Hyatt Regency, Goat Island, Newport, RI