Register for Canada’s Largest Grocery Event! Early Bird Ends Sept. 29!

Join the grocery industry at the country’s premier exhibition and conference October 27-28 at the Toronto Congress Centre, North building. With more than 6390 attendees, 1800+ companies, and more than 700 exhibitors across more than 140,000-sq.-ft. there will be lots of innovations to discover over the event. 

Monday CFIG retail members will get to tour the Ontario Food Terminal, and Longo’s Queensway. Tuesday, exclusive speakers include Michael Gregory, BMO Deputy Chief Economist, who will provide a forecast, there is also Cyndi Loza, of Path to Purchase, talking about GLP-1 Basket Shift. The morning panel will provide insights into the Grocery Code with Giancarlo Trimarchi, Vince’s Market; John Pritchett, Powell’s Supermarket; Unilever’s Martin Payant, moderated by Gary Sands, CFIG 

Boring AI Wins: What Actually Works for The Real World with Brian Wong will kick off the Wednesday, followed by a panel discussion on store innovation and design with Janssen’s Market Paula Janssen, and Brother Fixtures’ Ella Zhuang. Wednesday’s event features an exclusive report from NielsenIQ, A tale of two consumers: A look how the polarized consumer is redefining Canadian retail trends, presented by Carman Allison. 

Concurrent workshops will end the morning. Topics are:  State of Fresh report with FMI David Haaf; Uwe Stueckmann, Innovate Marketing on how independents can build loyalty; Flipp’s Aeron Lawrence looks at how Canadian retailers and brands are winning back the value-driven shopper; why 2D barcodes powered by GS1 are reshaping grocery, François Bouchard, GS1 Canada. 

Afternoon stage sessions are open to all attendees and feature a range of topics from trends in food to how connected technology ecosystems are creating new opportunities for grocery retailers to improve profitability, streamline operations, and better serve today’s evolving shoppers, with Shawn Cunningham, Ravyx, along with leaders from Toshiba, LOC, and Vusion.