Some of the grocery industry’s leading retailers will share merchandising, marketing and consumer insight trends at this year’s at The Food Marketing Conference, March 24-25, at the Radisson in Kalamazoo, Mich. The annual event is sponsored by Western Michigan University’s (WMU) Haworth College of Business.   

The two-day event features more than 30 presenters and is projected to draw more than 1,000 people including executives from retailers, food and beverage processors, sales and distribution brokers and other affiliated industry vendors. WMU is one of the nation’s leading universities with four-year degree business degree in food and consumer packaged goods marketing. As such, its students also are a key part of the FMC event. 

Featured grocery industry speakers include: 

*Liz Zolcak, President, Fresh Thyme

*Mike Stigers, President, Wakefern Food Corp.

*Tina Brown, Senior Marketing Director, Jewel-Osco

*Ban George, National Director of Health & Wellness, Kroger

*Keith Rothstein, GVP-Strategy & Analytics, Meijer

*Jenn Martin, Vice President of Merchandising, Meijer

*Deb Conklin, President & CEO, KeHe

*Leslie Sarasin, President & CEO, Food Marketing Institute

* Greg Ferrara, President & CEO, National Grocers Association

The two-day event’s agenda covers as many as six topics including:

• Trends & Generations

• Thought Leadership

• Growth & Innovation

• Brand Building

• The Evolving Consumer

• Tech & Transformation

Register and learn more about the event.