Chicago, IL (December 20, 2014)

Hanson Faso Sales & Marketing, Inc. (Hanson Faso) is pleased to announce that it has joined the IX-ONE product data exchange as a founding member, and will encourage suppliers and retailers to become members, too. IX-ONE is the industry’s new membership-based product data and image solution. Launched in collaboration with leading partners, it couples rich packaging data and images with a robust member base model to revolutionize the exchange of information within the industry.

“We, as an industry, have been content with incomplete product data and limited images,” said Hanson Faso’s President, Stewart Reich. “Thanks to IX-ONE, those days will soon be behind us. Hanson Faso enthusiastically supports the IX-ONE solution and encourages our suppliers and retailers to join us.”

“With their long history of industry leadership, having Hanson Faso as a founding member of the IX-ONE product data exchange is very gratifying,” said IX-ONE’s CEO Troy Benscoter. “We’re thrilled to have them onboard.”

Contact: Hanson Faso – Stephanie Seper, Senior Vice President

[email protected] (314) 965-7241

ABOUT HANSON FASO SALES & MARKETING, INC.

Hanson Faso Sales and Marketing, Inc., is a leading Chicago-based food brokerage specializing in natural, premium foods and confections. The organization serves customers in 22 states providing sales and marketing expertise on both dry and perishable products for the retail and food service trade classes. Hanson Faso Sales & Marketing, Inc. has been serving the food industry for nearly 50 years.

ABOUT IX-ONE

IX-ONE is the Natural, Organic and Specialty Product Industry’s product data and image exchange, developed by The Data Council, Inc. IX-ONE is a membership-based solution that provides independently verified and standardized product information to industry vendors, brokers, distributors, retailers and key partners. The IX-ONE exchange allows its members royalty-free use of all applicable data and images to run their businesses including internal systems, marketing, billing and more. They physically handle and image every product annually including capturing all available data.