The Defense Commissary Agency will hold meetings in February with Hawai'i-based businesses interested in selling products in the five military commissaries on O'ahu.

The meetings will be held Feb. 24-26 at the Hawaii Prince Hotel. Business owners will have an opportunity to meet one-on-one with an agency buyer and present their products.

Each year, buyers from the agency attend the American Logistics Association Hawai'i Food Show to sample and select products for sale in more than 260 commissaries and exchanges in Hawai'i as well as across the world. Next year's show is set for Aug. 18-21 at the Hawaii Prince.

Annual sales from the five local commissaries reached $236 million in fiscal year 2008, with a portion of the sales generated from products purchased from more than 150 Hawai'i-based firms.

Companies interested in doing business with the agency should review information on the its Website, www.commissaries.com/business.cfm. To make an appointment at February's meeting, call Sharon Zambo-Fan at 384-8868, or e-mail her at sharonzambofan@hawaii.rr.com.