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2025 Agenda
     
  Wednesday, August 27
  5:00 pm - 7:00 pm CT


Welcome Networking Reception

Flight Club Chicago
111 W. Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL 60601 

     
  Thursday, August 28
  7:00 am - 8:00 am CT


Registration & Networking Breakfast 

Swissotel Chicago
323 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601 

     
  8:00 am - 8:10 am CT


Welcome + Opening Remarks  

Adrienne Moncrief
Executive Director, Foodservice 
Cleveland Research Company

     
  8:10 am - 8:50 am CT 


Navigating an Uncertain Macroeconomic Environment

Skylar Xie, CFA
Director, Macro Research
Cleveland Research Company

     
  8:50 am - 9:30 am CT


State of the Foodservice Industry Keynote

Adrienne Moncrief
Executive Director, Foodservice 
Cleveland Research Company

     
  9:30 am - 9:45 am CT


Networking Break

     
  9:45 am - 10:15 am CT 


Outperformers & Winning Strategies at Chain Restaurants

Annie Ariens
Senior Research Associate
Cleveland Research Company

     
  10:15 am - 11:00 am CT


Chain Restaurant Operator Panel

Panelists to be announced

     
  11:00 am - 11:15 am CT 


Networking Break 

     
  11:15 am - 12:00 pm CT 


Your Ultimate Foodservice Partner: How to Amplify Your Effectiveness with ChatGPT Today

Foodscape Advisors
Speaker to be announced

     
  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT


Networking Lunch 

     
  1:00 pm - 1:30 pm CT 


Beyond Convenience: Strategies for Growth in a Shifting C-Store Foodservice Landscape

Josh Spicher
Market Research Associate
Cleveland Research Company

     
  1:30 pm - 2:00 pm CT 


Key Initiatives & Share Dynamics in Foodservice Distribution

Luke Mason
Research Associate
Cleveland Research Company
 

     
  2:00 pm - 2:15 pm CT


Networking Break 

     
  2:15 pm - 3:00 pm CT


Foodservice Fireside Chat with CRC's Traditional Retail & eCommerce Analysts

Ben Metzger
Executive Director, Traditional Retail 
Cleveland Research Company

Michael Konrad
Research Associate, eCommerce
Cleveland Research Company

Adrienne Moncrief
Executive Director, Foodservice 
Cleveland Research Company

     
  3:00 pm - 3:15 pm CT


Q&A with the CRC Foodservice Team

     
 
*Agenda, speakers, and session topics are subject to change. The final agenda will be released later this summer.