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A processing-supplier floor rewards credibility — staff who can hold their own when a plant manager asks about throughput.

Trade show models, promotional models, brand ambassadors, and lead-retrieval talent for MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo 2026 — locally sourced in Wisconsin Dells, trained before the doors open, and managed on-site. (Almost) instant quotes.

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MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo staffing

The MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo is the Midwest food processing industry's flagship gathering, run by the Midwest Food Products Association at the Kalahari Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells (Dec 1–3, 2026). It brings together food and beverage processing professionals — plant and operations managers, quality and food-safety leaders, procurement and supply-chain decision-makers, and engineers — alongside the equipment, packaging, ingredient, and service suppliers who exhibit to reach them. On a technical, no-nonsense floor like this, a booth wins on credibility: staff who can open the right conversations, route spec questions correctly, and capture every qualified contact. MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo staffing is exactly that — credible, briefed booth talent — and TSM Agency, a woman-owned event staffing and talent agency founded in 2005, fields it for exhibitors at the Dells.

Event details

MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo 2026 at a glance

Dates
Dec 1–3, 2026
Days
Tuesday–Thursday
Venue
Kalahari Convention Center
Address
1305 Kalahari Drive, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 53965
Event type
Food processing convention & supplier expo
Official site
www.mwfpa.org
Why it matters

What MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo asks of an exhibitor

The MWFPA expo puts food processors face-to-face with the suppliers of the equipment, packaging, ingredients, and services that run their plants, with the show floor concentrated into a single intensive day at the Kalahari Convention Center. The people walking the aisles are plant managers, quality and sanitation leaders, procurement decision-makers, and engineers who came to evaluate solutions, not to be entertained, and who can tell quickly whether your staff understand the work. When your own technical and sales experts are deep in a spec conversation, every unread badge is a processor or procurement lead you paid the booth fee to meet. The four roles below each solve a different part of staffing a credible processing-supplier booth.

The scale of the floor

A MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo booth competes for the crowd on the floor.

The MWFPA expo puts food processors face-to-face with the suppliers of the equipment, packaging, ingredients, and services that run their plants, with the show floor concentrated into a single intensive day at the Kalahari Convention Center. The people walking the aisles are plant managers, quality and sanitation leaders, procurement decision-makers, and engineers who came to evaluate solutions, not to be entertained, and who can tell quickly whether your staff understand the work

Front of the booth

Trade show models for MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo

MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo trade show models give your booth an approachable, credible front so no plant manager, procurement lead, or food-safety decision-maker walks past unacknowledged on a busy expo day. Our trade show models work the front of the booth on the Kalahari Convention Center floor — opening conversations, qualifying processing and procurement visitors, and handing genuinely interested buyers to your specialists rather than guessing at technical answers. They're briefed on your product category and the terminology a processing audience expects, and because they're sourced in the region you skip the airfare, hotels, and per-diems convention week piles on. The outcome: a credibly staffed booth that engages a technical audience the way a processing supplier needs. See our trade show models service.

Traffic & attention

Promotional models for MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo

MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo promotional models drive plant and procurement professionals to your equipment demonstrations and product displays — the way you stand out on a technical floor where gimmicks fall flat. Our promotional models pull the right operations managers, engineers, and buyers toward your demos, distribute spec sheets and literature, and keep traffic steady through the show-floor hours so your stand never goes quiet. Each is briefed on your messaging and on the single action you want every qualified visitor to take — schedule a demo, take a spec sheet, scan in. The outcome: more of the processing audience actually engaging with your equipment and captured as leads, instead of drifting to the next exhibitor. See our promotional models service.

Brand & message

Brand ambassadors for MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo

MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo brand ambassadors represent your company on-message to a technical trade audience — the plant managers, quality leaders, and procurement decision-makers who choose the equipment, packaging, and ingredients their plants run on. Our brand ambassadors are trained on your positioning, product capabilities, and the spec details that matter to processors, so booth conversations stay credible and consistent while still sounding confident. For a launch in processing equipment, packaging, or ingredients, they carry your story consistently from the booth to the receptions and networking events around the convention. The outcome they serve: accurate brand representation and recall with the exact processing buyers MWFPA assembles. See our brand ambassadors service.

The operational team

Full booth staffing for MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo

As your MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo event staffing partner, TSM Agency fields the full booth team for a processing-supplier floor: product demonstrators briefed to support equipment and product demos and speak credibly to spec; lead-retrieval specialists trained on Cvent, Compusystems, Validar, Klik, and Bartizan so every plant, procurement, and quality contact is scanned and qualified correctly in real time; presenters and hosts for in-booth demonstrations; registration support; bilingual talent where your audience needs it; and a team lead to run coverage and breaks across the convention. One account executive scopes the mix to your booth size and technical audience and manages the team on-site — talent works through show close, never an early walk-off. The outcome: a credibly staffed booth and a clean, complete lead list of processing decision-makers. See our event staffing service.

A buying audience

They came to see new products.

92% of trade show attendees come specifically to see new products — primed to engage at your booth, if someone engages them first.

Source — CEIR
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Why TSM

Why exhibitors book TSM for MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo

Local talent. Crews sourced in Wisconsin Dells — no airfare, hotels, or per-diems on your invoice.
Trained before the doors open. Every booking is briefed on your products, message, and the one action you want from each visitor.
One account executive. A single point of contact scopes the team, manages on-site, and owns the outcome.
Vetted & reliable. Woman-owned since 2005, rated 5.0 on Google, with talent that shows up and performs.

A booth that's professionally staffed open-to-close at MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo — and a clean lead list when the show ends.

Why brands trust us

Why brands trust TSM Agency

Woman-Owned

A woman-owned talent agency co-founded by Caryn Hanna, a former professional model.

Founded 2005

More than 20 years of trade show and event staffing experience.

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Events Staffed

More than 2,000 trade shows, conventions, and promotional events staffed across the United States.

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Talent Network

Over 2,000 experienced trade show models, brand ambassadors, and promotional staff across 25+ U.S. cities.

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Rated on Google

Rated 5.0 stars on Google Reviews based on verified client feedback.

MPI Member

A member of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the largest global community of meeting and event professionals.

$1 Million Insurance Coverage

Fully insured with $1M per occurrence and $2M aggregate general liability. Certificates of insurance available on request.

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City Markets

Local talent in every major U.S. convention city, eliminating travel expenses, with staff who know the venue.

How it works

How it works

Three steps to a fully staffed MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo booth.

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Step 01

Send your show & booth

Tell us your booth size, dates, and the roles you need. Most quotes come back fast.

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Step 02

Choose your team

Select your talent from our curated recommendations — we recommend, you choose — and we brief them on your brand.

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Step 03

We manage on-site

Your talent arrives show-ready and is managed on the floor, every day, through the close of the show.

FAQ

MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo staffing FAQs

Yes. We provide vetted MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo trade show models who work the front of your booth at the Kalahari Convention Center — greeting and qualifying plant managers, procurement leads, and food-safety decision-makers, opening conversations, and routing technical questions to your specialists. They're sourced regionally and briefed on your product category and the terminology a processing audience expects.

Yes. MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo brand ambassadors represent your brand on-message to a technical processing audience; MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo promotional models drive plant and procurement professionals to your equipment demos and capture them as leads. Both are briefed on your product and the spec details that matter to processors.

Yes. We field staff into the Wisconsin Dells market, so you reduce the airfare, hotels, and per-diems convention week adds, and your team arrives familiar with the Kalahari Convention Center's layout, freight, and load-in — without the travel fatigue that hits fly-in crews mid-show.

Yes. Our lead-retrieval specialists are trained on Cvent, Compusystems, Validar, Klik, and Bartizan for accurate, real-time scanning, and our demonstrators are briefed to support your equipment and product demonstrations — managing booth flow and first-line questions while your technical staff lead the detailed spec conversations.

Yes. Where your audience calls for it, we can provide Spanish-bilingual and other bilingual booth staff and demonstrators to engage processing and procurement professionals in their primary language. Request bilingual staffing during your consultation so we can match talent by product category.

MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo staffing typically runs $50–$85/hr depending on role, language, and show length. Send your booth size, dates, and the roles you need; during business hours most quotes come back within a couple of hours — often minutes once details are complete and approved.

Yes. We're a woman-owned national event staffing and talent agency founded in 2005, an MPI member rated 5.0 on Google, with 2,000+ events staffed and $1M per-occurrence / $2M aggregate general liability coverage, and we can provide a certificate of insurance for Kalahari Convention Center exhibitors on request.

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The MWFPA Annual Convention & Expo is the Midwest food processing industry's flagship gathering, run by the Midwest Food Products Association at the Kalahari Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells (Dec 1–3, 2026).

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