Jennifer Hatcher of FMI led a panel discussion on working with legislators that also included, left to right, Bradford Fitch, Congressional Management Foundation; Israel O’Quinn, K-VA-T; and Teross Young, Delhaize America.
Leslie G. Sarasin, FMI, left, with Maggie McLaughlin of Roche Bros., winner of the FMI Store Manager of the Year Award for small chains, and FMI Chairman Fred Morganthall of Harris Teeter. The other winners were Fernando Noriega of United Supermarkets (medium chains), Greg Giles of Bi-Lo/Winn-Dixie (large chains), and Jun Oshima of Kawagoe Matoba (international).
Laurie Demeritt of The Hartmann Group discussed global food trends and the impact on consumers and supermarket merchandising.
Future Connect Chairman David Dillon of Kroger exhorted attendees “do something in return” for being selected to go to the conference.
Jack Groppel of The Human Performance Institute gave an energetic, motivational talk about the relationship between physical energy and business performance.
Peter Muratore of WSL Strategic Retail addressed using technology to engage consumers as part of the Technology Track at Future Connect.
Tom Hobt of He-Vee discussed a cheese merchandising effort as part of a presentation on collaboration among industry partners.
Thom Blischok of Booz & Co., far left, led a discussion FMI’s Trends in Food Retailing report, along with, left to right, Joe Crafton of Crossmark, Todd Hale of Nielsen, Nick Hodson of Booz & Co. and John Miles of Catalina.