Experts
Sylvain Charlebois
Sylvain Charlebois is professor in food distribution policy and senior director/AGRI-FOOD ANALYTICS LAB at Dalhousie University. He is the author of "The Food Processor" blog series for Canadian Grocer.
Kathy Perrotta
Kathy Perrotta is a VP of Marketing with Ipsos Canada and leads the FIVE service, a daily diary tracking of what individuals ate and drank yesterday across all categories/ brands, occasions and venues. She is the author of the "Eating in Canada" blog series for Canadian Grocer. [email protected]

Carman Allison
Carman Allison is vice-president of consumer insights at Nielsen in Toronto. He is the author of the "Shopper Sense" blog series for Canadian Grocer.

Kelly Herdin
Kelly Herdin is the Consumer Marketing Manager at Federated Co-operatives Limited, a co-operative federation providing central wholesaling, manufacturing, marketing and administrative services to its approximately 160 local independent co-operative associations serving more than 600 communities across Western Canada.

Joel Gregoire
Joel Gregoire is associate director, Food & Drink at Mintel, the world’s leading market intelligence agency. Based in Toronto, Joel researches and writes reports on Canada’s food and drink industry.


Ransom Hawley
Ransom Hawley, former packaged goods leader, is founder and CEO at Caddle Inc., the largest mobile-first insights platform that rewards Canadians for sharing data and engaging with brands.

Matt Godinsky
Matt Godinsky is an analyst at Euromonitor International, an independent provider of strategic market research. Euromonitor.com

Sarah Alter
Sarah Alter is president and CEO of the Network of Executive Women, a learning, leadership and gender equality advocacy organization representing nearly 13,500 members in Canada and the United States.