Open House 2025 Schedule

Thursday May 1

Customer Check-in/Registration Opens

7:30AM

Doors Open

8:00AM

John Hudson (KG Tropicals) - Social Media and Your Store

10:00 - 10:30

Jay Wilson (Sicce) - The Importance of Choosing the Right Brands

10:40 - 11:10

Food Trucks Open for Lunch - Sponsored by Seachem:

 11:00AM - 1:00PM

Twin City Minis Gourmet Sliders
CrazyDog Authentic Mexican Food and More
Mike Tuccinardi (Carolina Aquatics) - Fish Health Made Easier

12:30 - 1:00 PM

Paul Curtis (Minn Finn) - Minn Finn Treatment in the Retail Setting

1:00 - 1:30 PM

Chad Clayton (Reef Nutrition) - Solutions for Finicky Eaters

1:40 - 2:10 PM

Julian Sprung (Two Little Fishies) - TBD

2:20 - 2:50 PM

Scott Crowe & Jacob Blankenship (Fritz) - Fueling Healthy Aquariums with Fritz and Vitalis 

3:00 - 3:30 PM

Open House Day 1 Ends

4:00pm


Friday May 2


Doors Open

8:00AM

Livestock Order Pickup Begins

9:00AM - 2:00PM

Retailer Roundtable Discussion - All Attendees Welcomed to Participate

9:00AM - 11:00AM

BBQ Lunch by Simpley Moore Catering - Sponsored by Aquatop & Sicce

11:00AM - 12:30PM

Ice Cream Truck - Sponsored by San Francisco Bay Brand

11:00AM - 1:00PM

Open House 2025 Ends

4:00PM

*NEW for 2025*

This year we are inviting the store owner plus up to three employees! We want this to be a valuable training opportunity for you and your valued employees!

Key things to note:

  • Seminars throughout the Day Thursday
  • Food trucks onsite Thursday
  • Friday Round Table Discussion with industry experts
  • Friday BBQ lunch!
  • $120 Hotel Credit for stores that spend $1000 or more and provide a hotel bill
Register Your Store Here

Hotels

For stores that spend $1000 or more at the open house and turn in their hotel bill we will give a $120 credit to help pay for the hotel.  Limit of one per store.  

  • Special Rate of $119 at: Hampton Inn 

    150 Clayton Forest Drive, Kernersville, NC  27284

    Book with special rate 

  • Holiday Inn Express and Suites

    899 Stafford Centre Dr., Kernersville, NC 27284

  • Sleep Inn Kernersville I-40 2.5 stars

    1406 Heartland Dr, Kernersville, NC, 27284

  • Holiday Inn Express Kernersville, an IHG Hotel

    1570 Highway 66 S, Kernersville, NC, 27284

Your questions answered

Will dry goods be available for pickup during the Open House.

Dry goods will NOT be available for pickup at the open house.

We will have vendors from across the nation here to teach you about their product lines and industry best practices!

We will be offering our deepest discounts yet this year!

We are changing up the process this year and requiring all Open House discount dry goods orders be placed on order sheets.

We will have order sheets for each vendor. On said order sheets we will have the ability to select one of TWO fulfillment dates (TBD).

You will be billed on fulfillment for items ordered for each fulfillment date seperately.

Can we take home livestock?

YES. Livestock ALL Open House discounted livestock orders MUST be taken home from the Open House. Livestock orders MAY NOT be placed during the Open House and fulfilled later. Livestock will be packed on Friday ONLY. Thursday is all about shopping and learning ;).

How many people can I bring?

This year we are inviting the store owner plus up to three employees! We want this to be a valuable training opportunity for you and your valued employees!

***all attendees MUST be official store employees or owners.

Will there be a dinner on Thursday again?

NO! We will have food trucks during the day Thursday at the warehouse!