The Health Consciousness Tipping Point: From Wellness Niche
to Mainstream Market
Art Turock, food industry strategist, reveals how industry early adopters
are harnessing innovative technology to satisfy growing customer demand
for health and wellness information, the impact of wellness on the food
industry and the lucrative market opportunities it holds for progressive
food retailers. Retailer
testimonials
Presentation by Alan Williams, V.P. Development, Ahold USA
GS1 Barcoding Opportunities within Fresh Item Management
Alan
is closely involved with the latest GS1 barcode technology and serves as
Co-Chair of the GS1 Joint Industry Coupon Committee that supports an industry
coupon reengineering initiative. Alan has presented on GS1 barcoding at
FMI, ACP, IBM Retail User Group, and U-Connect conferences.
Alan has spent over 35 years in supermarket food and drug retailing. Prior
to joining Ahold in 2000, Alan held various IT management roles at Albertsons,
American Stores and Jewel Companies.
Presentation by Kevin Sterneckert, Research Director, Retail, AMR Research
Fresh Item Management in 2009
Kevin
Sterneckert brings more than 25 years of experience to his role as Research
Director, Retail at AMR Research. Kevin is primarily responsible for researching,
analyzing, and writing about the technologies, best practices, and trends
surrounding consumer-centric merchandising and related topics in the retail
industry. Prior to joining AMR Research, Kevin was the senior director of
global product strategy for merchandise planning, optimization and supply
chain at Oracle Retail. He also served as the GM & VP of Retail for DemandTec,
a provider of merchandise optimization solutions. Kevin held several store
department positions at HEB Grocery Company and also led their perishable
pricing activities for several years. He managed operations development
domestically and directed the private label program and supply chain activities
in Mexico City with Wal-Mart Supercenters. As a CIO of a billion dollar
grocer, he delivered a complete enterprise replacement of all back office,
store operations, and merchandising systems. Kevin obtained his B.S. in
Computer Science with an emphasis in systems design from the University
of Texas at San Antonio.
Other ReFresh 2009 speakers include:
Operations, Merchandising and Information Technology professionals
from leading grocery chains who are experienced in the implementation,
application and integration of fresh item management systems
Food safety and wellness experts from government and watchdog organizations
Representatives of vendors that provide specialty hardware, software
and professional services in the implementation and integration of grocery
and food service fresh item management systems
ADC development and support staff, who can get down to the "nuts
and bolts" of ADC's Fresh Item Management implementations and development
plans
Art Turock, food industry strategist, reveals how industry early adopters
are harnessing innovative technology to satisfy growing customer demand
for health and wellness information, the impact of wellness on the food
industry and the lucrative market opportunities it holds for progressive
food retailers. 
Alan
is closely involved with the latest GS1 barcode technology and serves as
Co-Chair of the GS1 Joint Industry Coupon Committee that supports an industry
coupon reengineering initiative. Alan has presented on GS1 barcoding at
FMI, ACP, IBM Retail User Group, and U-Connect conferences.
Kevin
Sterneckert brings more than 25 years of experience to his role as Research
Director, Retail at AMR Research. Kevin is primarily responsible for researching,
analyzing, and writing about the technologies, best practices, and trends
surrounding consumer-centric merchandising and related topics in the retail
industry. Prior to joining AMR Research, Kevin was the senior director of
global product strategy for merchandise planning, optimization and supply
chain at Oracle Retail. He also served as the GM & VP of Retail for DemandTec,
a provider of merchandise optimization solutions. Kevin held several store
department positions at HEB Grocery Company and also led their perishable
pricing activities for several years. He managed operations development
domestically and directed the private label program and supply chain activities
in Mexico City with Wal-Mart Supercenters. As a CIO of a billion dollar
grocer, he delivered a complete enterprise replacement of all back office,
store operations, and merchandising systems. Kevin obtained his B.S. in
Computer Science with an emphasis in systems design from the University
of Texas at San Antonio. 