diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/db/exporters/catapult_inventory.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/db/exporters/catapult_inventory.py
index 0e0d280..e4c8c4b 100644
--- a/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/db/exporters/catapult_inventory.py
+++ b/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/db/exporters/catapult_inventory.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class InventoryItemImporter(FromCore, catapult_importing.model.InventoryItemImpo
         # 'pf6',
         # 'pf7',
         # 'pf8',
-        # 'memo',
+        'memo',
         'scale_shelf_life',
         'scale_shelf_life_type',
         'scale_ingredient_text',
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ class InventoryItemImporter(FromCore, catapult_importing.model.InventoryItemImpo
             'corepos', 'exporting.catapult_inventory.warn_no_valid_vendor_items',
             default=True)
 
+        self.warn_truncated_memo = self.config.getbool(
+            'corepos', 'exporting.catapult_inventory.warn_truncated_memo',
+            default=True)
+
     def query(self):
         query = self.host_session.query(corepos.Product)\
                                  .order_by(corepos.Product.upc)\
@@ -142,7 +146,8 @@ class InventoryItemImporter(FromCore, catapult_importing.model.InventoryItemImpo
                                  .options(orm.joinedload(corepos.Product.vendor_items)\
                                           .joinedload(corepos.VendorItem.vendor))\
                                  .options(orm.joinedload(corepos.Product.default_vendor))\
-                                 .options(orm.joinedload(corepos.Product.scale_item))
+                                 .options(orm.joinedload(corepos.Product.scale_item))\
+                                 .options(orm.joinedload(corepos.Product.user_info))
         return query
 
     def normalize_host_object(self, product):
@@ -312,6 +317,15 @@ class InventoryItemImporter(FromCore, catapult_importing.model.InventoryItemImpo
             else:
                 supplier_unit = 'CS'
 
+        memo = None
+        if product.user_info and product.user_info.long_text is not None:
+            memo = str(product.user_info.long_text)
+        if memo and len(memo) > 254:
+            logger = log.warning if self.warn_truncated_memo else log.debug
+            logger("product %s has memo of length %s; will truncate: %s",
+                   product.upc, len(memo), memo)
+            memo = memo[:254]
+
         return {
             'item_id': item_id,
             'dept_id': department.number,
@@ -376,9 +390,7 @@ class InventoryItemImporter(FromCore, catapult_importing.model.InventoryItemImpo
             # 'pf7',
             # 'pf8',
 
-            # TODO: does CORE have this?
-            # 'memo': None,
-
+            'memo': memo,
             'scale_shelf_life': scale_item.shelf_life if scale_item else None,
             'scale_shelf_life_type': 0 if scale_item else None,
             'scale_ingredient_text': scale_ingredient_text,