Industry veteran Darrell Jones to take part in one-on-one interview at GroceryConnex 2024
Darrell Jones, president of Pattison Food Group, is set to participate in a one-on-one conversation at Canadian Grocer’s GroceryConnex conference in Toronto this November.
Jones will share his perspective on the ever-changing grocery industry as well as lessons learned over the course of his 48-year career.
Jones started out in the industry as a bag boy at the Overwaitea Foods store in Cranbrook, B.C. back in 1976.
He went on to hold progressively senior leadership roles at Save-On-Foods and associated banners before joining the executive team in 2002. In 2012, Jones was promoted to president of Save-On-Foods and the Overwaitea Food Group.
Nine years later, in 2021, he was appointed president of Pattison Food Group, which includes food, drug, wholesale and specialty retail operations with more than 30,000 employees and over 280 stores.
In 2017, Jones received the Golden Pencil Award from the Food Industry Association of Canada for his contributions to the grocery industry. He was also recently recognized as the 2024 Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Canadian Business Leader of the Year.
Here’s some of the additional speakers that will share their insights at the premier event for Canadian grocery executives:
- Michon Williams, chief technology officer, Walmart Canada
- Carman Allison, VP, global thought leadership, North America, NielsenIQ
- Frédéric Legault, VP and chief information officer, Metro
- Chris Allen, VP, information technology, Pattison Food Group
- Michael Silverman, CEO, Flipp
- John Carmichael, president and CEO, Nestlé Canada
- Jan Kestle, president, Environics Analytics
- Amit Patel, partner, Plug and Play
- Amber Mac, president, AmberMac Media Inc.
Following GroceryConnex, attendees can hear from this year’s Golden Pencil Award winners: Eileen MacDonald, CEO and president of GS1 Canada; John Pigott, CEO of Club Coffee and Morrison Lamothe Inc.; and Karl Vokey, retired SVP national sourcing and own brands for Sobeys.
