Your opportunity to sit face-to-face with your technology partners is here! Schedule direct meetings with technology partners to explore how you can best enhance your technology strategy. An excellent approach to meeting a wide variety of partners very efficiently. Each appointment will last 25 minutes.

Questions? Contact Doug Baker at dbaker@fmi.org

Explore the latest innovations with Tech Talks, 8-minute presentations with your technology partners.

Your opportunity to sit face-to-face with your technology partners is here! Schedule direct meetings with technology partners to explore how you can best enhance your technology strategy. An excellent approach to meeting a wide variety of partners very efficiently. Each appointment will last 25 minutes.

Questions? Contact Doug Baker at dbaker@fmi.org

Enjoy a light lunch as thought leaders present  20-minute perspectives on current and future issues impacting the  food retail industry. See individual listings for a description of the presentation content.

• 12:00 pm – 12:20 pm
  Digital E-Commerce: The Digital Journey Continues
• 12:25 pm – 12.45 pm
  Health & Well-Being: Healthy Shoppers, Healthy Profits. How Retailers Can Improve Consumer Health and Maximize Profitability
• 12:50 pm – 1:10 pm
  Artificial Intelligence: Leveraging AI for Profitability and Waste Reduction
• 1:10 pm – 1:30 pm
  Workforce: Winning the War for Talent: Workforce Management Strategies for Lower Costs and Higher Retention

Soup, Sandwich & Speakers Lunch

Soup, Sandwich & Speakers Lunch

Soup, Sandwich & Speakers Lunch

Soup, Sandwich & Speakers Lunch

While employees in the workforce may feel they can be themselves at work and that their organization is inclusive, many report experiencing bias frequently, often in subtle and indirect ways. This discussion, based on recent research from the 2019 state of inclusion survey, will outline the perceived biases the workforce is experiencing and describe six inclusive leadership traits that can empower people with actionable steps to personalize, identify, model and advance inclusion.  Discover the power of ALLYSHIP – what this means in the context of an organization’s values and how it encourages curiosity about and awareness of others. Learn how organizations can harness its power to advance their inclusive efforts and impact the daily behaviors and experiences of their people.

Consumer interest in cannabis and hemp products as well as alternative proteins is rapidly growing. What does this mean for retailers and CPG companies and where do the opportunities and challenges lie?  Get an overview of perceptions and realities of cannabis adoption and use in the U.S. and the opportunities and potential risks involved. Gain insights into the current market for alternative proteins, the core brands winning in plant-based foods and the innovation that is contributing to growth.

The world and the consumer are changing exponentially, and retailers and CPG companies must adapt accordingly. To be successful, companies both large and small must grasp how to read, anticipate and adapt to changing consumer needs. This session will examine key priorities that are driving the smart consumer and offer a pragmatic “how-to” guide to respond accordingly. A panel of industry experts will share their perspectives and discuss concrete steps to build and execute on the transformation blueprint needed to react, adapt and prosper.

Your opportunity to sit face-to-face with your technology partners is here! Schedule direct meetings with technology partners to explore how you can best enhance your technology strategy. An excellent approach to meeting a wide variety of partners very efficiently. Each appointment will last 25 minutes.

Questions? Contact Doug Baker at dbaker@fmi.org

The new consumerism is precipitating the breakneck speed of change both in the physical and digital marketplace. The ability of the marketplace to adapt and react to unprecedented change will be a key differentiator in the competition for consumer spend in the immediate future. Hear specific actions that retailers and CPG companies need to take in the next 5-10 years in the area of data collection, customer experience, delivery and operations to ensure they can adapt and provide solutions to the consumer of the future and remain competitive.

The issue of plastic and packaging waste in the environment is complex and multi-faceted, and it is clear that action is needed across industries. Hear how leaders in our industry are making and acting on significant global commitments to address this growing problem and meet consumer demands for change. Whether your company has set packaging waste reduction targets, is developing a strategy or is well on the road towards addressing this issue, you’ll hear how frameworks, vision and collaboration beyond your four walls and supply chains can help reshape your thinking. Innovators in the circular economy will provide actionable steps that companies can take to close the loop on the materials in our systems, so that, together, we can imagine a cleaner future, envision solutions and deliver on commitments to consumers and to the environment in which we live.

Foodservice is a key differentiator and growth generator for grocery retailers, but meeting the varying needs of consumers with a financially successful model continues to be a challenge. Based on findings published in a recent whitepaper co-authored by FMI and A.T. Kearney, this session will discuss how the foodservice opportunity remains uncaptured and share the secrets to successful foodservice at retail. Gain insight from the perspective of suppliers, retailers and third party providers on what choices retailers need to make to ensure a winning top and bottom line in retail foodservice.

FMI Annual Meeting

Keynote Session

Your opportunity to sit face-to-face with your technology partners is here! Schedule direct meetings with technology partners to explore how you can best enhance your technology strategy. An excellent approach to meeting a wide variety of partners very efficiently. Each appointment will last 25 minutes.

Questions? Contact Doug Baker at dbaker@fmi.org