Greater DC ** CPG Holiday Party & Product Exchange 2024 **
It's the "The Hap, Hap, Happiest" Holiday Party
Channel your inner Clark Griswold and join us with the Jolliest Bunch of ....CPG friends this side of the Nuthouse! It's a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency!
For all CPG founders, team members, industry professionals, enthusiasts, and service providers (+ family & friends are welcome)! It’s time to swap spreadsheets & kitchens for drinks & camaraderie. Let's celebrate the season with the DC region’s best and brightest in consumer goods. And it's FREE!
Come for the festive vibes, stay for:
✨ Good Cheer – Connect with your fellow CPG comrades.
🎁 Product Exchange – Details below, please participate if you can.
🍹 Festive Drinks & Bites – Sip, snack, and toast to the successes of 2024 with Salazar's Food & Drink Specials.
This isn’t just a party—it’s a moment to unwind, reflect, and recharge for the exciting year ahead. RSVP now and make this holiday season the best one yet!
PRODUCT EXCHANGE DETAILS
Bring 50+ Units: Each brand should bring a minimum of 50 units of their product to exchange with others.
Each brand will be given an approx 18" x 18" space on a big table to set up a little display w/ product and signage.
Swap & Share: Exchange your products with fellow brands—walk away with a variety of new goodies to try.
Gift Bags: We will provide the gift bags for you all to use to pack and take home (or if you have cool branded ones you want to donate - let us know).
Coupons Welcome: If your product isn’t available to share (or you are low on inventory), bring coupons or vouchers as a substitute.
Not in Market Yet? No problem! Come share your brand’s story and good cheer with the community.
**No On-Site Consumption**: Please save the sampling for later—no consumption of products at the exchange. This is the restaurant's health code rule.
Network & Connect: Use this opportunity to build relationships and learn about exciting new brands!
AND, LASTLY - 🎁 WHITE ELEPHANT / YANKEE SWAP 🎁 :
Local brands and CPG industry attendees are thoroughly encouraged to bring one or multiple WRAPPED gifts. IF YOU DO - you can participate in our gift swap competition shenanigans - more details TBA.
Note: Can be your brand's swag, something funny, a distributor chargeback credit, a grocery store rack, a free data package - whatever is clever - ie no product samples.
FOOD & DRINKS SPECIALS
$5 Tacos
$9 Queso Blanco
$9.5 Chipotle Chicken Rollup
$9.5 Cheese Quesadilla
$6 Corona and Pacifico
$9 SALAZAR Margarita
$6.5 Sauza Slammer Shot
$6.5 Mexican Tea Shot
🎅 P.S. Ugly holiday sweaters, elf costumes, and/or branded gear optional but highly encouraged. Prizes may or may not be involved.
LAST FEW THINGS....
We may have spots in a fridge/freezer for samples if you can't leave on the passive table, to give out at the end. Let us know if you need that.
We are working on a few sponsorships, so ideally we can have some free drinks and appetizers.
If your brand (or you know a cool company) wants to be a sponsor and pitch in to cover those costs - please let us know ASAP!