2026 sponsors
Acosta Group
Acosta Group is a collective of the most trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies empowering brands and retailers to win in the modern marketplace. By delivering transformative, commerce-focused solutions and more than 97 years of expertise, Acosta Group connects the company’s partners with people at every point in the consumer journey.
Anheuser-Busch
For more than 165 years, Anheuser-Busch has carried on a legacy of brewing great-tasting, high-quality beers that have satisfied beer drinkers for generations. Today, we own and operate 23 breweries, 14 distributorships and 23 agricultural and packaging facilities, and have more than 19,000 colleagues across the United States.
Chicory
Chicory is the leading contextual advertising platform for CPG & grocery, connecting brands and retailers with consumers as they are in active mindsets. Our network reaches 150M monthly unique shoppers across 7,000+ publishers and powers 70+ retailers through direct integrations and retail media partnerships, delivering measurable outcomes.
Denali
At Denali, every day is a mission to unlock the power of organics, diverting them from landfills and transforming them into renewable resources to feed, fertilize, fuel and replenish the earth.
We are the leading provider of nationwide organic waste management and beneficial reuse solutions with the largest, most diverse, and vertically integrated network in the organics sector. We help grocers reach their sustainability goals by diverting inedible food, used cooking oil, and other organics material from landfills, and transforming them into valuable renewable products, including animal feed, nutrient-rich compost, natural fertilizer, and biofuel.
We are the leading provider of nationwide organic waste management and beneficial reuse solutions with the largest, most diverse, and vertically integrated network in the organics sector. We help grocers reach their sustainability goals by diverting inedible food, used cooking oil, and other organics material from landfills, and transforming them into valuable renewable products, including animal feed, nutrient-rich compost, natural fertilizer, and biofuel.
Diebold Nixdorf
Diebold Nixdorf is transforming the way people shop. As a reliable software, service and technology partner for industry leaders in General Merchandise, Grocery and Hard Discount, Fashion and Specialty, F&C and QSR, we help our more than 150 retail partners around the world manage their store transformations and navigate the business technology complexities they face.
Eagle Eye
Eagle Eye is a leading SaaS and AI company, enabling retail, travel and hospitality brands to earn lasting customer loyalty through harnessing the power of real-time, omnichannel and personalized marketing. Our powerful technology combines the world’s most flexible and scalable loyalty and promotions capability with cutting edge, built-for-purpose AI to deliver 1:1 personalization at scale for enterprise businesses, globally.
Flashfood
Flashfood is the leading marketplace for grocery shrink. By connecting shoppers with affordable fresh food, Flashfood helps retailers turn their shrink into a measurable performance lever. The low-lift platform delivers improved margins, increased foot traffic, and builds loyalty through more accessible groceries for the community.
Food Lion
Founded in Salisbury, N.C. in 1957, Food Lion is an omnichannel grocery retailer. More than 82,000 associates across 1,110+ stores deliver an easy, fresh and affordable shopping experience throughout 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. The company’s hunger relief platform has donated more than 1.5 billion meals since 2014.
HarvestHold
Verdant Technologies is grounded in science and discovery. Across categories, our HarvestHold technology helps deliver produce to consumers as intended, staying fresh and protected throughout the supply chain. With the ability to target application, our solutions create new opportunities and expand markets while using fewer natural resources and lessening negative environmental impacts.
Ibotta
Ibotta is the driving force behind the future of performance marketing as the provider of the largest digital promotions network in North America — the Ibotta Performance Network — which includes the Ibotta cash back rewards app.
Inmar Intelligence
Inmar is in the business of helping retailers differentiate themselves with their shoppers. We specialize in working with grocery retailers to enable them to meet the needs of their shoppers both online and in-store, maximize investments from their suppliers and drive workflow efficiency throughout their organization.
Kruger
Kruger Products Inc. (KPI) is one of North America’s leading manufacturers of quality tissue products for household, industrial and commercial use headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario. In the U.S., KPI manufacturers own brand as well as White Cloud® products. KPI employs 2800 people across North America and operates ten manufacturing facilities.
LaCroix
LaCroix® Sparkling Water (pronounced La-Croy) leads the premium domestic sparkling water category with distinctive packaging, robust aromas, and unique hints of flavor. With zero calories, zero sweeteners, and zero sodium, LaCroix gives health-conscious consumers refreshment, flavor, and sparkle with the innocent twist of over 20 unique flavors.
Meijer
Meijer is a Grand Rapids, Michigan based retailer that operates 262 supercenters and grocery stores throughout the Midwest. A privately-owned and family-operated company since 1934, Meijer pioneered the “one-stop shopping” concept and has evolved through the years to include expanded fresh departments, as well as pharmacies, garden centers, and apparel, pet, toys, electronics, home departments and more.
Milo's Tea Company
Milo’s philosophy is simple: use high quality, natural ingredients, listen to our customers, and never sacrifice taste. This vision guides us as we source high-quality, natural ingredients and never add colors or preservatives to our beverages. More than eighty years after being founded, Milo’s is still a family-owned business and also a Certified Women Owned Business that's sold nationwide.
Ohla US
Retail Marketing Services Agency specializing in experiential demos, merchandising services, AI powered field solutions, and market intelligence. With 50+ years of global experience, Ohla US helps retailers improve in store execution, reduce operational friction, and elevate shopper experience across every aisle.
PepsiCo
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories. PepsiCo generated nearly $94 billion in net revenue in 2025, driven by a beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive.
Red Bull
Inspired by functional drinks from East Asia, Dietrich Mateschitz founded Red Bull in the mid 1980s. He developed not only a new product but also a unique marketing concept and launched Red Bull Energy Drink in Austria on April 1, 1987. A completely new product category was born energy drinks.
Shipt
Shipt is a digital shopping center that provides access to a comprehensive marketplace of more than 100 retailers and exceptional same-day delivery offerings. Through a powerful combination of personalized service, a dedicated team, and a community of shoppers, Shipt ensures that care and convenience go hand-in-hand to deliver joy with every order.
St Pierre
Inspired by Parisian café culture, with a passion for quality and a love of brioche, pastries, crêpes and waffles, St Pierre adds a taste of Paris to every meal, making everyday moments magnifique. Made to authentic recipes with quality ingredients, St Pierre is America's No.1 brioche brand in in-store bakery.
Tetra Pak
At Tetra Pak, we’re here to make food safe and available, everywhere. It’s why we provide advanced food production systems.
We are a global leader for food packaging and processing solutions. In collaboration with our customers and suppliers, driven by more than 24,000 dedicated employees worldwide, we protect food sustainably for hundreds of millions of people in more than 160 countries.
We are a global leader for food packaging and processing solutions. In collaboration with our customers and suppliers, driven by more than 24,000 dedicated employees worldwide, we protect food sustainably for hundreds of millions of people in more than 160 countries.
The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is a total beverage company. Our company’s purpose is to refresh the world and make a difference. We sell multiple billion-dollar brands across several beverage categories worldwide. We’re constantly transforming our portfolio, from reducing sugar in our drinks to bringing innovative new products to market.
The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company headquartered in Hershey, Pa., is an industry-leading snacks company known for bringing goodness to the world through its iconic brands, remarkable people and enduring commitment to help children succeed. The company has over 80 brands around the world that drive over $8 billion in annual revenues.
The USA Bouquet Company
The USA Bouquet Company is a leading provider in the floral industry, supplies exceptional fresh cut flowers, innovative bouquets, and beautifully designed floral arrangements to multiple retailers and e-tailers nationwide. We continue to define excellence across the industry as the standard-setter in perishable floral distribution and logistics. Our nationally located facilities provide our partners with the freshest product possible while offering efficient logistical solutions to their operations.
The Winn-Dixie Company
The Winn-Dixie Company, based in Jacksonville, Florida, is a trusted neighborhood grocer with deep roots across Florida and southern Georgia. Guided by its purpose to feed and enrich the communities it serves, The Winn-Dixie Company is known for exceptional service and locally authentic stores. The grocer is committed to offering fresh, high-quality products and meaningful value through its nationally recognized Winn-Dixie Rewards program.
Twang Partners
Since 1986, Twang Partners has crafted bold salts, sugars, and seasonings that turn everyday moments into flavorful experiences. From dressing beverages to enhancing snacks and making cooking easy and fun, every product is made with passion, creativity, and cultural authenticity—bringing innovation to grocery and convenience store shelves, one flavorful sprinkle at a time.
Upshop
Upshop is the leading provider of unified store operations technology for food retailers, simplifying forecasting, ordering, production, inventory, and safety through a single
platform. Trusted by retailers around the globe, Upshop helps drive better execution, higher sales, reduced shrink, and greater operational efficiency.
platform. Trusted by retailers around the globe, Upshop helps drive better execution, higher sales, reduced shrink, and greater operational efficiency.
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