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Better Wholesaling Summit

Innovating for tomorrow’s customer

10:45am Registration, coffee and networking followed by morning sessions

1pm Networking lunch followed by afternoon sessions

6pm Networking reception and BBQ

The second edition of the Better Wholesaling Summit took place on July 13 at The Studio, Cannon Street, Birmingham.

#BWSummit is designed to help you find the solutions to the things that keep you awake at night. It puts a focus on helping attendees innovate for tomorrow’s customer across three key areas:

Foodservice vs Retail – How can you grow foodservice without cannibalising your retail operation, and are the lines blurring anyway?
Keeping up with your customers – How are your customers’ buying decisions affected by what the end-consumer wants?
Driving profits with innovative tech – What are the tech tools and strategies you can use to tackle the disruptors and grow your market share?

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Keynote Speakers

Changing the world with tech

Robin Clark will discuss how Just Eat has revolutionised the way customers connect with food outlets, his take on the changing UK wholesale industry from his time as Tesco’s head of transformation, and how disruptive technology will impact the sector.

What we'll eat in 2018: food and drink trends

Joanna Feeley, managing director of forecasting agency Trend Bible, and former head of trends at Tesco, will share insight on changing shopper attitudes and behaviours, her predictions for food and beverage consumption in the next 18 months, and how this will influence wholesale.

How tech is revolutionising our business

Hear how embracing technology, including automation and a dynamic website, is changing the way JW Filshill runs their business, increasing profits and improving customer experience.

Why you need to be in foodservice

With the market shift towards foodservice, Aris will share why Hyperama are taking the plunge and how he will balance his retail business with foodservice.

Inspiring foodservice operators and chefs

Andy Kemp, Marketing & Sales Director at Bidfood will share how events, showrooming and live demos are helping Bidfood stand out and what could work in retail.

What lies on the horizon?

Hear the five ways that wholesalers are innovating for tomorrow’s customer based on insight from a 2017 wholesaler survey carried out by the FWD.

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BW Summit 2017– Live!

BW Summit: follow the event live

The second edition of the Better Wholesaling Summit took place on July 13 in Birmingham. The team were on hand to see you all of the key debates and discussions, case studies and challenges, from the star-studded event.

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