News – 2021-12-01
What does the future hold for supermarkets, convenience stores and petrol stations? What has changed as a result of the pandemic? How can they adapt to changing conditions? On these and other retail topics, almost 50 international opinion leaders met in mid-November at RATIONAL's invitation to the Retail Summit in Dublin. Presentations by renowned speakers such as Scott Annan of Blue Ananta, Gavin Rothwell of Food Futures Insights, Thomas Ennis, CEO of Thomas Ennis Group, Nathan Watts of Interstore Schweitzer, Marijke Streng, Lead Foodservice Albert Heijn, on trends and Mike Forgaty of Choice provided insights into new ideas and concepts. The supermarket safari that followed showed what these look like in practice. Benjamin Nothaft, one of the initiators at Rational for this event: "There is certainly a lot of momentum coming out of the Retail Summit and the lively conversations showed that the topic of foodservice in retail is more relevant than ever."