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ECRM and NACS Announce 2009’s Leading Foodservice Event

CLEVELAND, OHIO (Thursday, July 24, 2008)---ECRM and NACS have joined forces to offer the convenience retailing industry’s most comprehensive foodservice event for 2009, the NACS-ECRM Foodservice Efficient Program Planning Session (EPPS®), scheduled to take place February 8-11, 2009, in Houston, Texas.

This event will bring ECRM’s proven format to the foodservice industry, enabling foodservice manufacturers to conduct one-on-one planning sessions with convenience and petroleum retailers. These pre-scheduled meetings will focus on the presentation of products/services and the review of programs. Additionally, meetings will be supported by ECRM’s advanced technology, MarketGate Mobile™, enabling attendees to prepare and follow-up with their meetings more quickly and efficiently. Featured categories of the event include foodservice products (food and beverage), franchises, equipment and supplies and other foodservice-related products.

The NACS-ECRM Foodservice EPPS will bring unique process to the foodservice industry, giving all attendees a simplified way to meet their objectives. Retailers will have the ability to evaluate several products while suppliers will be able to introduce their new products and lines to key industry decision makers.

“We are very excited to present the ECRM business model in conjunction with NACS and look forward to this collaboration to help promote industry growth and efficiency. We feel our format and technology will provide attendees with a more improved, sophisticated way of conducting business,” said Thom Randle, vice president of partnerships, ECRM.

“Our market research specifically told us foodservice professionals wanted this type of event,” added Michael Davis, NACS vice president of member services. “Attendees trust NACS for the most comprehensive educational and networking events and ECRM for their ability to truly support B2B relationships.”

To register for this event or for more information, please visit http://www.ecrm-online.com/gps/NACS-Event/general-info.asp

About ECRM® ECRM provides business solutions by integrating process, vision and technology. Buyers and suppliers are linked together through ECRM’s Efficient Program Planning Sessions, or EPPS® events. These private, category specific meetings provide a more cost-effective and time saving alternative to the traditional trade show format. ECRM’s model has proven to be successful with more than 400 EPPS/ESR’s held worldwide since 1994. Additionally, ECRM offers a wealth of technology within the MarketGate™ Application Suite. For additional information on ECRM, please visit www.ECRM.MarketGate.com.

About NACS Founded in 1961 as the National Association of Convenience Stores, NACS is the international association for convenience and petroleum retailing, representing more than 2,200 retail and 1,800 supplier member companies. The U.S. convenience store industry, with over 146,000 stores across the country, posted $577 billion in total sales in 2007, with $408 billion in motor fuels sales.