SGF Annual Conference 2010
The Scottish Grocers’ Federation (SGF) lined up an exciting programme of speakers for its annual conference, at the Fairmont Hotel, St Andrews, from the 26th to 28th February 2010
The theme for the conference was“A Winning Formula”, with business sessions planned to help retailers achieve a winning formula that can be translated into their business.
The Saturday Morning Business Session, chaired by Jamie Buchanan, Company Stores Director at C.J. Lang & Son Ltd had a line up of inspirational speakers including:
• Neil Turton, Chief Executive of Nisa-Today’s. Relationships with retailers and suppliers are key to successful business development. Neil discussed how these relationships are reflected in Nisa supplied stores across the country.
• Ed Garner, Kantar Worldpanel. Ed is one of the best in the business at presenting market information. His humorous style is second to none and converts the interesting into the exciting.
• Andy Davis, BP. Andy is a leading expert in the convenience store sector especially on the requirements of fresh products and the take home sector. As Head of European Trading at BP, he is in a position to know what is successful and why, as he attempts to anticipate trends in this important and developing category.
• Andrew Thornton, retailer. Andrew had a fascinating tale to tell of how he has managed to see off very close competition from a Tesco Express. Retailers were inspired by Andrew’s story and learnt practical lessons which they can apply to their own business.
Completing the line up of speakers was Steve Fox, Director of Retail and Premier Development at Booker, who will outlined opportunities for retailers in the market place and focused on the success of the Premier brand and Commercial Director at AG Barr, Jonathan Kemp, who provided an interesting and humorous insight into his company’s activities.
Shona Robison MSP, Public Health Minister was a late addition to the line up of speakers, announcing the Scottish Government’s continued support of the SGF Healthy Living Programme.
Photographs of the SGF Conference 2010 can be found here
Scottish Grocers Federation