Local Organic Kosher Tortilla Chip Company Invited to Participate at Japan’s Premier International Food Show March 2008
International Food Show Invites Local Tortilla Chip Company
SAN DIEGO, CA - A California organic tortilla chip company, Whale Tails Tortilla Chips, with a big heart for ocean conservation has just received an coveted invitation to participate in the FOODEX in Tokyo Japan this March. Organized by the Japan Management Association (JMA), FOODEX Japan is the premier annual international food and beverage expositions, staged always in Chiba, a suburb of Tokyo, the World’s third largest trade shows for the food and beverage industry, is the number one annual professional trade event in the Asia Pacific.
The FOODEX Show typically attracts 2,262 exhibitors from more than 70 countries who exhibit their products and services to over of 97,000 trade professionals who visit the show during the four days of the exhibition period. The Show draws senior representatives from a wide variety of industry sectors including retails, wholesalers, distributors, food services, importers/exporters, and food and beverage manufacturers.
The 33st Edition of the International Food and Beverage Exhibition of FOODEX Japan will be held from March 11 to 14, 2008 at Makuhari Messe, Nippon Convention Centre, Chiba, Japan.
It is expected that thirty-nine percent of the participants will be first-time exhibitors at the Show, and another 30% have exhibited five or more times. Roughly 70% of the participants are usually from small- and medium sized enterprises, and more than 56% are food processors. Overall, exhibitors feel that the FOODEX represents good value and that it is well organized and managed.
Participants at FOODEX 2007 last year, reported making on-site sales and identifying an average of 14.3 sales leads each, worth an estimated $4.35 million in additional export sales in the twelve months following the Show.
Of these leads, 98% were reported in the Asia-Pacific region. Exhibitors at last year’s show also reported successfully introducing new products, maintaining their market presence, finding and supporting local agents and distributors.
Whale Tails Tortilla Chips first introduction into this international arena came last year when Michele McGowan of Overseas Operations Inc of Redondo Beach introduced Ric Kraszewski , COO of Whale Tails Tortilla Chips to Shunichi and Yukiko of H. Yamamoto & Co in Kobe Japan. H. Yamamoto Co Ltd.
is one of Japan’s largest and most respected specialty and gourmet food importers representing such brands as Galantino Vineyards, Caffarel Italian Chocolate, Pellini Gourmet Expresso Coffee, herbal tea from Gusti Vegeta, and De Champagne Cookies from Switzerland. The unique shape of Whale Tails Tortilla Chips along with attractive packaging, gourmet seasoning from the Hawaiian Islands, and a mission to provide funding for ocean conservation could make these delicious organic tortilla chips the next sensation on the international scene. Ric said “we put a lot of time, money and passion into creating every bag of Whale Tails Tortilla Chips. We thank our loyal customers, distributors and retailers for supporting us and giving us this incredible opportunity. These same individuals allowed us to help fund water quality surveys in Magdalena Bay last year and now they have pushed us onto the international stage. We are very grateful for their support.”
Whale Tails Tortilla Chips just signed recent distribution deals in Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Northern and Southern California. Whale Tails Tortilla Chips just received approval from Wolfgang Puck and placement at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta Georgia. Ric added that “visitors to the Aquarium have been ‘chipping in’ and spreading the word along the East Coast about our delicious no trans fat, non gmo tortilla chips and our mission to provide funding for ocean conservation.” Congratulations and “Whale” Done to these local eco-entrepreneurs.
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