Next month in Las Vegas, United Fresh will launch a new online media website, www.UnitedFresh.TV, with the first live, interactive webcast targeted to produce marketers and retailers from the floor of United Fresh 2010.

The one-hour, live internet broadcast will feature a discussion with winners of the United Fresh Retail Produce Manager Awards Program, sponsored for the past six years by Ready Pac Foods, Inc. The streaming video session will air live at 1:00 p.m. PDT in Las Vegas (4:00 p.m. EDT), Thursday, April 22. The broadcast will allow for questions from internet viewers worldwide, in addition to United Fresh convention attendees on the trade show floor.

"The streaming broadcast is a great opportunity to bring sales tips and customer service strategies from these outstanding produce managers to retailers and marketers around the country and around the world," said Ray Gilmer, United Fresh vice president of communications. "This year's winners represent top store managers from 20 different supermarket chains. Their stories and their strategies can be both inspirational and educational, so we’re inviting all retailers throughout the industry to have their in-store managers participate in this unique event."

UnitedFresh.TV will also feature daily news coverage of other educational programs and events from the convention, including reports from the Traceability and Food Safety Demo Centers on the show floor, interviews with major speakers, hot topics covering each sector of the supply chain and new products, services and solutions on display at the show. The association gratefully acknowledges the support of Chiquita Fresh in sponsoring UnitedFresh.TV at this year’s convention.

"UnitedFresh.TV provides an opportunity to extend the value of the convention to industry members around the globe," said United Fresh President and CEO Tom Stenzel.  "United is committed to using our annual convention to provide useful information to the entire industry, not just to our attendees onsite. You can expect to see continuing innovation to advance our public policy issues through key speakers and programming, increase global education and networking through new media such as UnitedFresh.TV."

Following the convention, the association will continue to use UnitedFresh.TV to post video reports, public policy updates and educational material of interest to the industry.  Video reports will be highlighted on the United Fresh website and Inside United Fresh, the association’s weekly newsletter, as well as posted on the United Fresh YouTube channel and Facebook page.