BeverageUnderground's video: Cheney Brothers International Florida Food Show 2012 Wows Record Crowds

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (June 19, 2012) BeverageUnderground.com was on-location, as was a record crowd of food and beverage professionals for the 2012 Cheney Brothers International Food Show held at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Larry "Smokey" Genta returned to see some old friends and plenty of new products at the over 350 vendor booths that showed the expanding portfolio of items from one of the nation's largest and most comprehensive independent purveyors in the food and beverage industry. " It's a family owned business and Cheney Brothers can get you what you need", said Brett Baston a Cheney Brothers District Manager in Collier County. "As a customer you couldn't ask for anything more...we have 18,000 items at our warehouse in Riviera Beach and another 15-16,000 at our facility in Ocala," added Baston. Besides the chef's competitions and bonus pricing available at the Cheney Show, retailers and industry pros were treated to a multitude of new items from the latest equipment to representation of the biggest brand names as well as 'boutique' and gourmet food and beverage items. http://BeverageUnderground.com stopped by to be introduced to outstanding new Ripe Bar Juices, saw the latest flavors and products from Monin USA and even sampled Holy Mackerel Beer from one of Florida's first craft beer brewers. Cheney Brother's is growing and has broke ground on a new facility to be built in Port Charlotte on Florida's West Coast. "We are absolutely thrilled to be putting a new facility in Port Charlotte that should be operational in a year a half to two years and we'll cover the entire west coast of Florida" said Baston, who sees the Cheney growth on Florida's West Coast as a key opportunity for retailers from Marco Island to north of Tampa to stay competitive. Beverage Underground salutes the independent effort and the family-run business of Cheney Brothers rather than nationwide conglomerate and chain suppliers of food service products and supplies. Cheney Brothers International provides full and personal service and we see the presence and growth of this and other family-owned businesses as a key to the survival of our free market system.