Opening General Session
Location: Palm BallroomAs we enter the second decade of the 21st century, C-Store leaders prepare to face an unrelenting and continuously shifting landscape to scale and grow business. Today, change knows no boundaries, no borders, and no breaks. The impact of this can be felt as individuals’ fatigue under the weight of extreme ambiguity.
Seth will dissect how world-class firms, leaders, and sales producers are meeting the elevated expectations of more sophisticated and demanding customers by demonstrating an entirely new set of relationship competencies and intelligence gathering skills required to compete and win business in this new complex and competitive environment.
Trend Spotter, Workforce Strategist, and Management Renegade
After hearing from Seth Mattisons, we’ll break into tables and work together on real solving the top questions, concerns or issues facing challenges in our industries. Seth will be helping facilitate the discussion as he spends time with each group to work together as an industry. Ultimately, helping to bring real time actionable ideas to take back to your teams.
Trend Spotter, Workforce Strategist, and Management Renegade
Innovation Forums (Choose 1 of 7)
The essence of CRU lies within the educational curriculum which will provide you with insights, key trends and data that will spark new ideas. Regardless of your sphere of responsibility within the convenience industry, you will find an Innovation Forum filled with hot topics and powerful take-aways.
Special Events (Choose 1 of 3)
More details coming soon!
Please be aware that capacity is limited and special events will be available on a first-come, first-served basis; pre-registration will be required for each activity.
You are also required to check-in for each special event at the special event desk before your selected activity to secure your spot. If you do not check-in at least 10 minutes prior to bus departure time, you forfeit your place to an attendee on the wait list.
Category Breakouts
Discover the insights, key trends and innovative thinking that best-in-class operators employ to drive c-store traffic. Uncover what makes top-tier category managers tick, and find out how they grapple with everything from exciting new product introductions to pricing, out-of-stocks to promotions. Join us as our team of editorial experts and last year's CMOY award winners sit down with some of the brightest category managers in the business to discuss their strategies for elevating an entire organization—one category at a time.
Review current trends within packaged beverages & the cold vault. Bonnie will share some of the takeaways from Goldman Sachs proprietary Beverage Bytes retailer and distributor surveys. Learn about the strategies the large beverage companies are taking regarding innovation, pricing, etc.
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs
Category Breakouts - 22' CMOY Winners and 23' CMOY Finalists
Discover the insights, key trends and innovative thinking that best-in-class operators employ to drive c-store traffic. Uncover what makes top-tier category managers tick, and find out how they grapple with everything from exciting new product introductions to pricing, out-of-stocks to promotions. Join us as our team of editorial experts and last year's CMOY award winners sit down with some of the brightest category managers in the business to discuss their strategies for elevating an entire organization—one category at a time.
Speed Networking
Location: CRU Product GallerySpend some quality time this morning in structured networking opportunities that will connect you and CRU's supplier partners to provide the solutions and partnerships you need! Retailers will receive of list of suppliers that outlines who and where your meetings are during this time. If you complete all your meetings, you will eligible to receive a $100 Amazon gift card.
Closing General Session
Location: Palm BallroomAmidst national inflation and supply disruptions, getting customers to buy more when wallets are pinched has never been harder. How do we woo consumers to spend more with us, to purchase that extra pack of gum, bag of chips, tobacco product or 20oz soft drink? Hear how leading category managers are integrating planogramming creativity, teamwork, data analytics, technology, and loyalty programs to grow their baskets by getting shoppers to spend more than originally planned.