Our 2024 Food Expo was held on Tuesday October 29 at the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona, PA and it was an exciting day! We had 377 customer accounts, represented by over 900 people, that attended the expo this year and over 105 vendors! The vendor booths were set up in the spacious downstairs of the convention center, giving everyone ample room to move around and visit with each supplier to learn more about their products, make deals and save an incredible amount of money! Customers were able to book products out for 10 weeks, covering all of the upcoming major holidays. The first 4 weeks of shipping, the Immediate Ship period, started on Saturday November 2, 2024 and will end on Friday November 29, 2024. The last 6 weeks of shipping, the Regular Ship period, will start on Saturday November 30, 2024, and conclude on Friday January 10, 2025.

This event would not have been possible without the continued and loyal support from our vendor and supplier partners. We had a record number of booths at our expo this year and are so very appreciative of all of the support we receive from our vendor community and their enthusiasm during our food expo to make each year better than the last. We held our annual vendor reception on Monday night, October 28, to honor our vendor partners and thank them for their support not only during the food expo, but throughout the whole year. We were so honored to present awards to the following recipients:

Business Services Supplier of the Year: Lumen Creative

Fresh Beef Supplier of the Year: JBS

Deli Supplier of the Year: Spring Glen Fresh Foods

Frozen Beef Supplier of the Year: Holten Meats

Cheese Supplier of the Year: Lamagna Cheese

Frozen Protein Supplier of the Year: Force of Nature

Turkey Supplier of the Year: Michigan Turkey

Refrigerated Grocery Supplier of the Year: Reser’s Fine Foods

Frozen Chicken Supplier of the Year: Tom Mitchell – Eastern Quality Foods

Seafood Supplier of the Year: Direct Source Seafood

Grocery Supplier of the Year: Eastern Food Management

Small Bird Poultry Supplier of the Year: Claxton Poultry Farms

Poultry Supplier Largest Volume Increase: The Best Dressed Chicken

Fred N. Imler, Sr. Vendor of the Year: Amick Farms, LLC 

In addition to our vendor community, the success of our food expo, year after year, would not be possible without the support and friendship of all our amazing customers. We had a record number of customers attend our expo this year and we could not be more excited to have spent the day with so many folks – meeting our new customers, catching up with our old ones and helping everyone save money and discover new items! At the conclusion of the food expo, we held our customer and vendor appreciation dinner where we gave away four prizes to some very lucky customers! The prizes included an 85” TV, a 65” TV, 2 Tickets to a Pittsburgh Steelers game and our Grand Prize – a 5 night stay for two at an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic! We love being able to reward our customers and thank them for their business and loyalty. We truly view our customers as part of our extended Imler family and we were so thankful to spend the day with them, helping them save money and continue building their businesses.

Imler’s Poultry is so appreciative of all the support and loyalty from both our customers and suppliers, and we are looking forward to another successful food expo next year on October 28, 2025!