Excite. Exceed. Exchange. at GSF 2018!

With less than four weeks to go until Grocery & Specialty Food West, here’s some must attend sessions not to miss over the two days! These are exclusive to the show and you won’t find the data anywhere else.

If you haven’t registered your team yet, and need assistance, email Jessica: events@cfig.ca 

Special rates end APRIL 13. Hotels are already filling up or sold out, so go here to book hotels: https://gsfshow.cfig.ca/hotelandtravel/ 

Monday, April 23 Conference |7:30am – 10:30am |Vancouver Convention Centre WEST – 2nd Floor – Room 211

8:30am – 9:30am – RORY CAPERN, Media/Tech Expert (formerly of Google & Twitter): Take a look in to the future of retailing and insights on key ways your business can compete in the digital frontier.

9:45am – 10:30am – MARK PETRIE, CIBC Capital Markets: An overview of the Canadian grocery market and its challenges and opportunities

Monday Evening Dinner & Entertainment | Vancouver Convention Centre WEST – 3rd Floor – Summit Room – must be registered as full delegate: events@cfig.ca 

Tuesday, April 24 Conference |7:15am – 10:30am | Vancouver Convention Centre WEST – 2nd Floor, Room 211

8:00am – 8:45am – The Eating Patterns in Canada report – Exclusive! To GSF Attendees – Nielsen & NPD Data on motivations behind what Canadians eat & drink, ROBERT CARTER, NPD analyst.

Concurrent Workshops: 9:00am – 9:45am ; repeated 9:45am – 10:30am

Workshop 1 (room 205) | Social Media 101 | Giancarlo Timarchi of Vince’s Market shares best practices

Workshop 2 (room 206) |How Technology Impacts Grocery Retailing | IGD’s Stewart Samuel looks at the new technologies being used in store with a view to improving productivity and reducing costs

Workshop 3 (room 207) | Meal Kit Mania! |Progressive Grocer’s Katie Martin takes a look a how grocers can get a piece of the burgeoning meal-kit market.

Trade Show Stage Education Sessions – Trade Floor 

Monday April 23

1:00pm – 1:30pm | Go behind stale solutions in your Shopper Marketing strategy with Mosaic

2:30pm – 3:00pm | Tips and tricks to freshen up your sales with Canadian Produce Marketing Association

Tuesday April 24

1:00pm – 1:30pm | AI-Driven Analytics with Daisy Intelligence. How retailers can capitalize on it.

2:30pm – 3:00pm | Sale Whale will go through a checklist to assess your digital marketing strategy.

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