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Presidents Conference 2025 will bring together senior leaders from manufacturing, distribution, regional and national foodservice chains, and companies that help support the industry. When planning this year's agenda, we quickly realized that the industry is dealing with multiple points of confusion and quagmire. So we're going to cut through the chaos. For leaders, the challenge isn’t just keeping pace, it’s finding clarity among the chaos.
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SAVE THE DATE Presidents Conference 2026 in Scottsdale, AZ November 1-3, 2026
Strategic Pathways are designed for forward-thinking leaders who shape the future of their organizations. These new session tracks provide clarity and explore how to anticipate change, assess risk, and chart bold, data-informed paths toward growth and resilience.
EPR in Action: Latest Developments' Impact on Packaging The MAHA Movement's Impact Tariff & Trade Implications: 2026 Economic Outlook
Inside the Buyer's Mind: Selling into Growing Segments Distributor Strategy in the Digital Age Insights from the Front Lines of Supply Chain
The State of Spending: Where, When, and Why Consumers Dine The Rise (and Risk) of Private Label The Power of Occasion: Reimagining the “Why” Behind Meals
GEORGE HOLM, CEO, PFG
PIPPA MALMGREN, GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMIST
Brad Meltzer, #1 NYT Bestselling Author
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“Presidents Conference is THE event to connect with leaders and gather insights and perspectives to succeed in the food away from home ecosystem.”
- Kristin Bird, President of Foodservice, T. Marzetti
“Presidents Conference always offers best-in-class content, diverse speakers and the opportunity to network with customers, manufacturers and others who all are engaged in our Industry.”
- Bob Pierce, Senior Vice President, Bunn
“Presidents Conference is an event worth attending! Industry Insights from Industry Leaders!”
- Tom Hannon, President, Sky Co-Op
The event brought together hundreds of senior leaders from manufacturing, distribution, regional and national foodservice operations, and companies that help support the industry.
If any attendee didn’t see why this year’s Presidents Conference was themed “Clarity Among the Chaos,” the ah-ha moment might have come about 15 examples into a review of the forces reshaping the food-away-from-home business.
The Presidents Conference marked its 63rd anniversary this year, but don’t break out the porch rockers and bingo cards just yet. The 2025 gathering of senior food-away-from-home executives showed it still delivers plenty of fresh food for thought, in
Now that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements have been adopted by seven states, food-away-from-home businesses are learning they have seven distinct sets of problems.
Imagine bringing an industry challenge to a brain trust of young up-and-comers who’ve been designated by their companies as the concerns’ likely future leaders.
The National Restaurant Association is escalating its efforts to keep restaurants from losing workers to the Trump Administration's crackdown on undocumented immigrants, CEO Michelle Korsmo told a roomful of foodservice leaders this morning.