B2B MEETINGS

FMITech

The food industry has been disrupted by a global pandemic, supply chain issues, workforce shortages, and an accelerating pace of tech-fueled innovation. FMItech at Midwinter facilitates conversations, explorations, and private exchanges for FMI Midwinter attendees focused on technology, ecommerce, and automation strategies to create actionable next steps and enhance your technology strategy.

Talks

Our tech-focused education sessions will keep you up to date, shed light on upcoming trends and prepare you for the future of food industry tech.

Pitches

Showcasing cutting edge tech that’s making waves in food retail from early-stage startups!

Stay tuned for 2024 FMItech Pitch Competition details.

Exchanges

FMItech Exchanges enable face-to-face time between technology service providers and FMI retail, wholesale and product suppler members to explore how to best enhance technology strategies. An excellent approach to meeting a wide variety of partners very efficiently.

2023 FMItech Pitch Winner

Delivering on-demand labor with the tap of an app.

2023 FMItech Pitch Competition Finalists

Oliver Delangre
CEO
Amoobi

Dan DelGiudice
VP, BizDev
Hyer

Todd Michaud
CEO
HuLoop Automation

Kevin Billings
VP, Sales
Sifter, LLC

Mike Bruening
Strategic Partnerships
Verneek

Boyede Sobitan
Founder
OjaExpress

How Tech
Exchanges

Work

Participants are expected to be senior-level decision-makers whenever possible.

25-minute meetings are pre-arranged over the Midwinter dates.
21 possible individual appointments over three days.
Meetings are held between the technology service providers (aka: table occupants) and retailers, wholesalers and CPG companies.
Each company is responsible for securing its appointments and setting each meeting agenda using the FMI Scheduler.
FMI will facilitate the scheduling process but cannot guarantee confirmed appointments.
Technology service provider companies will host tables in the FMItech lounge.