September is We Card Awareness Month, and it’s a great time to train or re-train employees and raise awareness of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations and state law compliance.

CDA encourages all retailers to continue in their efforts to successfully identify and prevent age-restricted product sales to minors. We Card resources include:

•We Card’s 2018 materials will be available to order on Sept. 1 at www.wecard.org.
•We Card’s online training and its mystery shopping service — ID Check-Up, help equip your store employees with the knowledge while you can gauge their performance with mystery shops.
•Get an updated state law summary or a Federal Law Summary on FDA regulated products and requirements of retailers. See the Resource Center at www.wecard.org.
•We Card NOW, a smartphone mobile site with digital resources, an Age Calculator tool and a digital version of the We Card calendar along with training tips. Go to www.wecardnow.com.

Attendee registration is now open for the 2018 Convenience Distribution Marketplace. Highlights for 2018 include an extensive line up of distributor-focused education, the CDA Awards Luncheon, the CDA Golf Tournament and a Marketplace floor representing the top trading partners and suppliers to CDA member distributors. For all the details and to register now, visit CDA's website.

Marketplace Hotel Update: CDA encourages all Marketplace attendees to book your hotel rooms directly with Hilton Orlando, either online or over the phone. Complete details and a link to the special Marketplace rate are found at Marketplace Hotel Site.

Please note that many hotel brokers, or pirates as they are often called, operate in the Orlando area. These companies directly solicit likely attendees of our event in an attempt to sell attendees hotel room nights. CDA is not affiliated with any of these organizations and recommends that you avoid booking with them as they are often scams or, at best, selling hotel packages that carry onerous cancellation fees and other restrictions.