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A dairy-deli-bakery floor runs on tasting and on someone who keeps the sample tray full and the buyer's name written down.

Trade show models, promotional models, brand ambassadors, and lead-retrieval talent for IDDBA Show 2027 — locally sourced in Atlanta, trained before the doors open, and managed on-site. (Almost) instant quotes.

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IDDBA Show staffing

The IDDBA Show is the dairy, deli, and bakery industry's flagship trade event, run by the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association and moving to the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta for its next edition (Jun 6–8, 2027). It draws supermarket and grocery executives, category and department managers, buyers, merchandisers, distributors, and brokers from the top retail and wholesale chains who come to taste cheese, prepared foods, and bakery products and decide what earns a case or a shelf. On a product-rich sampling floor like this, a booth lives or dies on whether someone keeps the demo station full, the line moving, and every buyer captured. IDDBA Show staffing is exactly that — warm, food-safe demo and host talent — and TSM Agency, a woman-owned event staffing and talent agency founded in 2005, fields it locally in Atlanta.

“A major show is a short window with a lot riding on it, and your booth staff decides how much of that crowd you actually reach. I have watched two exhibitors with the same booth get completely different results because one team engaged people and the other waited to be approached. The right staff turns foot traffic into conversations and conversations into leads. That is the whole game on a show floor, and it is what we train our talent to do.” Caryn Hanna, Owner of TSM Agency
Event details

IDDBA Show 2027 at a glance

Dates
Jun 6–8, 2027
Days
Sunday–Tuesday
Show hours
Sun–Mon 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Tue 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Venue
Georgia World Congress Center
Address
285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, 30313
Event type
Dairy, deli & bakery foodservice trade show
Official site
www.iddba.org
Why it matters

What IDDBA Show asks of an exhibitor

IDDBA centers on refrigerated dairy, deli, cheese, bakery, and prepared-food categories inside grocery and wholesale channels. Sampling staff follow temperature, allergen, utensil, glove, replenishment, and waste instructions while buyer-intake staff capture banner, store count, category responsibility, distributor, current set, reset window, packaging format, and volume potential. A national-chain category manager is routed differently from an independent operator or broker. This combination keeps the tasting station compliant and turns product interest into a retail-placement conversation with the exact merchandising facts the account team needs.

The scale of the floor

A IDDBA Show booth competes for the crowd on the floor.

IDDBA centers on refrigerated dairy, deli, cheese, bakery, and prepared-food categories inside grocery and wholesale channels. Sampling staff follow temperature, allergen, utensil, glove, replenishment, and waste instructions while buyer-intake staff capture banner, store count, category responsibility, distributor, current set, reset window, packaging format, and volume potential

Front of the booth

Trade show models for IDDBA Show

IDDBA Show trade show models keep your sampling booth warm and moving so no supermarket buyer, category manager, or distributor drifts past an unattended demo station. Our trade show models work the front of the booth on the Georgia World Congress Center floor — greeting buyers, handing over samples, keeping the tasting line flowing, and qualifying who's a serious chain account versus a browser before passing the real prospects to your team. They're briefed on your product, its category, and your ideal buyer, and because they're sourced in Atlanta you skip the airfare, hotels, and per-diems IDDBA week piles on. The outcome: a booth that feels hosted rather than chaotic, and more of those buyers actually tasting your line. See our trade show models service.

Traffic & attention

Promotional models for IDDBA Show

IDDBA Show promotional models pull buyers in and turn a busy aisle into a full sampling station — the way you stand out when the whole hall is offering a taste. Our promotional models gather the right supermarket buyers, merchandisers, and distributors to your booth, run sample rounds and giveaways, hand out literature and category sheets, and hold the energy through long show days so the demo table never looks empty. Each is briefed on your product and the one action you want every buyer to take — book a follow-up, take a sell sheet, scan in. The outcome: higher booth traffic pulled from the surrounding aisles, captured as qualified dairy, deli, and bakery leads instead of walking to the next exhibitor. See our promotional models service.

Brand & message

Brand ambassadors for IDDBA Show

IDDBA Show brand ambassadors embody your dairy, deli, or bakery brand to the buyers, category managers, and brokers who decide whether it earns a case or a shelf. Our brand ambassadors are trained on your product story, ingredients, and talking points so they represent the brand consistently — telling the maker's story the way a founder would, guiding buyers through a tasting, and keeping the message on point across all three days. For a launch or a category push, they carry the brand from the booth to the demo stage and the networking events around the show. The outcome they serve: recall and warmth with the supermarket and wholesale buyers who can place an order. See our brand ambassadors service.

The operational team

Full booth staffing for IDDBA Show

IDDBA Show event staffing is built around refrigerated-category execution. A sampling captain documents cold holding, allergens, utensils, portions, waste, replenishment, and cleaning; demo staff manage slicing or preparation only within the approved procedure; retail-intake specialists capture banner, stores, dairy-deli-bakery responsibility, distributor, current set, package and case format, reset date, and projected volume; and an account host protects scheduled chain-buyer meetings. Brokers and distributors are tagged separately from grocery category managers. Sales receives placement-ready context tied to the exact item tasted, not a generic food-event scan. 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
92%
come to see new products
Why TSM

Why exhibitors book TSM for IDDBA Show

Local talent. Crews sourced in Atlanta — 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 IDDBA Show — 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.

2,000+

Events Staffed

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

2,000+

Talent Network

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

5.0

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.

25+

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 IDDBA Show 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

IDDBA Show staffing FAQs

Yes. We provide vetted IDDBA Show trade show models who work the front of your booth at the Georgia World Congress Center — greeting buyers, handing over samples, keeping the tasting line moving, and qualifying serious supermarket and wholesale accounts before passing them to your team. They're sourced locally in Atlanta and briefed on your product and ideal buyer before the show.

Yes. IDDBA Show brand ambassadors embody your dairy, deli, or bakery brand on-message to buyers, merchandisers, and brokers; IDDBA Show promotional models pull aisle traffic to your booth, run sample rounds and giveaways, and turn passers-by into scanned leads. Both are trained on your product story and your goal for every buyer interaction.

Yes. All IDDBA staffing is fielded from the Atlanta market, so you avoid the airfare, hotels, and per-diems IDDBA week adds, and your team already knows the Georgia World Congress Center's halls, freight, and load-in. Local staff also arrive without the travel fatigue that hits fly-in crews mid-show.

Yes. Our product demonstrators run clean, food-safe in-booth sampling, slicing, and demos, and our lead-retrieval specialists are trained on Cvent, Compusystems, Validar, Klik, and Bartizan to scan and qualify buyers, distributors, and brokers accurately in real time so your follow-up list is complete when the show closes.

Yes. IDDBA draws retail professionals from dozens of countries, and we can provide Spanish-bilingual and other bilingual hosts and demonstrators to engage international buyers and distributors in their primary language. Request bilingual staffing during your consultation so we can match talent to your category.

IDDBA Show 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.

No — TSM Agency is a trade-show and event-marketing staffing agency, not a catering, hospitality or exhibit-labor company. For IDDBA Show we provide the booth talent that draws traffic and captures leads at Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta — trade show models, brand ambassadors, promotional models, product demonstrators, lead-retrieval specialists and registration staff. We don't supply catering, bartenders, wait staff, ushers or booth installation and labor; for those, a hospitality or exhibitor-services company is the right fit.

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