| 6:30 am - 7:45 am |
Breakfast
Cloister Dining Room |
| 7:45 am - 8:00 am |
Opening Remakrs
Palm Ballroom
Nevin B. Montgomery, NFRA President/CEO
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| 8:00 am - 8:45 am |
Retailer Keynote – Joe Sheridan, Executive Vice President, Wakefern Food Corp.
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| 8:45 am - 9:30 am |
James Scher – Dir. Innovation & Product Development, Lund Food Holdings
This session will focus on new, innovative ready meal packaging from the UK. More details to follow. |
| 9:30 am - 10:15 am |
Michael Sansolo – Morningnewsbeat.com
Winning in Tough Times – The challenges of today’s economic climate also creates numerous areas of opportunity for retailers and manufacturers if consumer needs are properly understood. Learn the historic lessons of economic downturns on the food industry and the lessons the past teaches us about the future. |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am |
Break
Break Station East |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am |
Retailer/Manufacturer Panel –
Michael Sansolo will moderate a session with representatives from the retail and manufacturing community who will discuss how they can partner, share consumer insights and design a plan that improves, supply chain efficiencies, data flow, space allocation and sales. |
| 11:15 am - 12 Noon |
Lynn Dornblaser – Director, Mintel Custom Solutions
This session will focus on some of the most important sustainability issues facing manufacturers and retailers today. Examples will center around US activity but also include what is occurring elsewhere in the world. It will touch on consumer purchasing frequency patterns and their attitudes towards green living. She will discuss ... How retailers and manufacturers are positioning their sustainability efforts to the consumer. How can marketers learn from current trends to help in new product development? What’s growing/declining in terms of products with sustainability positioning? What insight can US companies learn from activity abroad? |
| 12 Noon - 1:00 pm |
Lunch
Cloister Dining Room |
| 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm |
Sustainability in Action – A Retailer and Manufacturer Perspective
Learn the latest about this major trend and the challenges/opportunities for the industry. Hear success stories that will help your company implement a sustainability strategy. |
| 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm |
Health and Wellness
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| 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
NFRA Committee Meetings
- Refrigerated Promotions Committee – Xavier
- Ice Cream/Novelties Committee - Dolores
- Frozen Promotions Committee - Executive Boardroom
- Small Business Manufacturers Committee - Campanile
- Category Review Committee - TBA
- Private Label Committee - TBA
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| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Reception
Break Station East |
