Grocer Pod - Presented by AWG - Grocery, Marketing and more Associated Wholesale Grocers

Leslie Sarasin, president and CEO of FMI, joins Sean Kosednar on this week’s Grocer Pod. Sarasin recaps her 2024 AWG Innovation Showcase presentation and shares what retailers should watch for in 2024.

This week's episode is the first round up of conversations Sean Kosednar had with vendors at the 2024 Innovation Showcase. Those conversations were with, Shop to Cook , Dana Industries,  ECRS. Be sure to follow the links to learn more about each great vendor.
 

In this episode of Grocer Pod, we're joined by Daniel Burrus, global futurist, strategic advisor and best-selling author. Daniel recently spoke at the 2024 AWG Innovation Showcase, where he presented "Anticipatory Grocery: Using Hard Trends and AI To Accelerate Innovation and Growth." Today, he shares with this audience the most important Hard Trends and related opportunities that are shaping the future of grocery, and specific AI tools that can be implemented now to lower costs, increase efficiency and gain competitive advantages.

Last week AWG and Instacart agreed to a partnership that enables more direct access to same-day delivery and AI-powered smart carts to AWG member companies across 3,500 locations in 32 states. Sean Kosednar was joined once again by Nick Nickitas, General Manager, Local Independent Grocery at Instacart and Founder of Rosie, to talk all about what the partnership means for AWG members.

Learn how to take advantage of AWG's Retail Marketing Network revenue-share opportunitywith AppCard's SVP of Corporate Development and Strategic Partnerships, Eran Harel, as he talks with Sean Kosednar on this week's Grocer Pod.
 

NCR Freshop's Nick Arlt joins Sean Kosednar on this week's Grocer Pod. The two discuss what AWG member retailers can do to be successful in the eCommerce space.