NGA Executive Conference and Public Policy Summit Opens in Washington, D.C. – Perishable News

Washington, D.C. –  The Nationwide Grocers Affiliation (NGA), the commerce affiliation representing the impartial grocery store business, in the present day opened its 2022 NGA Govt Convention and Public Coverage Summit with greater than 200 grocery executives from retailer, wholesaler and provider firms in attendance. Along with almost 20 instructional periods with business consultants and analysts, Federal Commerce Fee Chair Lina Khan will deal with the NGA Board of Administrators assembly on Tuesday afternoon.

The summit, held Oct. 24-26 on the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C., is a premier occasion designed for c-suite executives and their management groups to achieve a aggressive benefit within the market by way of in-depth forecasts on the way forward for the business, outlooks of rising financial and enterprise traits, and alternatives to strengthen relationships with buying and selling companions all through the provision chain.

The convention kicked off with a panel dialogue on the state of impartial grocery, that includes Leon Bergmann, CEO of Save A Lot; Garrett Piklapp, president of Fareway Shops Inc.; and Daniel Nazario, regional vice chairman, wholesale accounts on the Kellogg Co., moderated by Anne-Marie Roerink, principal at 210 Analytics. Providing retail, wholesale and CPG viewpoints, the session mentioned the well being of impartial neighborhood grocers within the present market, and the impression that the post-pandemic economic system, inflation, provide chain and shopper habits are having on retailers. 

One other session held on day one of many convention explored how companies can leverage the total potential of a multigenerational workforce, led by Myriam Vidalon, chief variety, expertise and tradition officer at NielsenIQ, who additionally interviewed a panel of rising leaders.

“The summit brings collectively retail and wholesale leaders within the impartial grocery store business and their buying and selling companions for vital insights, conversations and engagement, to place their firms for strategic development” stated Greg Ferrara, NGA president and CEO. “Our business continues to expertise disruption with extra to return subsequent 12 months.  The vital insights and conversations that may happen in the course of the summit will place our members to embrace the challenges and alternatives and set their firms up for continued success.”

The spotlight of the summit’s opening day was NGA’s fortieth anniversary celebration, celebrating 4 many years of being on the coronary heart of the impartial grocery store business. This particular night featured a nod to the affiliation’s previous, honoring its founding members, and a sit up for what the longer term holds for impartial grocery operators and NGA.

NGA’s 2022 Govt Convention and Public Coverage Summit continues by way of Wednesday, Oct. 26. From periods centered on the altering shopper panorama, the state of impartial grocery and provide chain challenges to the impression of politics and federal coverage on the business, the summit pairs high-impact training and networking with the distinctive alternative to satisfy with federal representatives who craft insurance policies affecting the grocery enterprise.

Sponsors of the summit embrace BRdata, Dumac, Ecolab, The Meals Companions, The Kellogg Co., Kraft Heinz, HappyOrNot, Navajo Inc., Nestle Purina PetCare, Recall InfoLink, ReposiTrak, Storewise, UNFI, Upside, Ladies Grocers of America, Clarion Occasions and The NGA Present.

Extra particulars concerning the summit, its periods and audio system may be discovered at https://www.nationalgrocers.org/executive-conference/.  

About NGA

NGA is the nationwide commerce affiliation representing the retail and wholesale neighborhood grocers that comprise the impartial sector of the meals distribution business. An impartial retailer is a privately owned or managed meals retail firm working a wide range of codecs. The impartial grocery sector is accountable for about 1.2 % of the nation’s general economic system and is answerable for producing greater than $250 billion in gross sales, 1.1 million jobs, $39 billion in wages and $36 billion in taxes. NGA members embrace retail and wholesale grocers situated in each congressional district throughout the nation, in addition to state grocers’ associations, producers and repair suppliers. For extra details about NGA, go to www.nationalgrocers.org.