Flexibility in an Era of Policrises
Is scale still winning in the food sector? Or is it on a par with the ability to change rapidly: the product, the market, the business model, or the pricing strategy?
Investments: Between Risk and Growth
Modernisation, automation, expansion, increased capacity – how make long-term decisions when costs, legislation and consumer behaviour change quarter to quarter?
Profit Margin and Resilience
How to remain profitable and keep on growing when the costs of labour, energy, raw material, financing and complying with legislation keep on growing, while the consumer has become more price-sensitive than ever?
Leaders that Shape the Market
Visionaries with initiative. How to determine the area of new investments, set standards, and cooperate with retail in a world where change is the only constant?
TRACKS
Expansion and export
- Europe at the table: security or bureaucracy?
- How to remain competitive when faced with more stringent legislation, climate pressure, rising non-EU imports, and global competition for raw materials?
- Polish food exports 2030: from cost advantage to a quality brand
- Polish food is growing in scale: region, acquisitions, expansion
- The new map of food trade: Poland between Europe, the USA, South America, China, and the Middle East
- Rules of the game: capital, promotion, and competition on a global market
- Food diplomacy and economic promotion. Which countries are best at selling their food to the world?
Production
- Farming and food processing: one chain, shared risk. Raw material security
- Contract farming 2.0. The new deal between the farmers, processors, and retailers
- Farming under the pressure of carbon footprint. New requirements for food suppliers
- Climate change in the balance sheet. New factors of risk for food, farming and retail
- Local content in the food sector and retail: the new meaning of locality
Technologies
- Cybersecurity in factories as a prerequisite for maintaining food production
- AI in FMCG. Does it really increase the output or is it just another buzzword?
- The new line of growth. Investments, automation and efficiency in the food industry
- Factory without stoppages. Maintenance as a strategic function in business
- A chain that can never break. Logistics as the foundation of cost security and competitiveness
- One truth: ERP, MES, WMS. The digital backbone of a food company
- Less waste, higher profit margin. The food that cannot be wasted
- Traceability without panic. How to trace the product from raw material to the shelf
- Packaging innovation: less material, less expectations
- Poland's National System of Electronic Invoices, taxes, and digital administration in FMCG
- Cold chain, energy, water. Cost control and energy efficiency in a food processing plant
- Data economy in FMCG. Data as a competitive edge in retail and manufacturing
Legislation
- A year after the roll-out of the deposit-refund system. Success, compromise, or room for improvement?
- Packing under the pressure of the legislator. Extended producer responsibility, PPWR – costs and competitiveness
- ESG after review. What is really left of the green deal?
- HR and FMCG in retail: demographics as the main variable. Competencies 2030
- Compliance as a strategy. How not to drown in legislation requirements?
- The price of legislation. Who is going to pay for the new requirements of the food sector?
- EUDR in practice. The origin of raw material, data, and supplier responsibility
Trends
- Food in social media. From a commercial to conversation with the consumer
- Functionality, supplementation, clean label. Food that promises a lot
- High protein and what else? Protein between sport lifestyle, health and innovation
- Who is creating the value of a category: producers, chains, or algorithms? Who does the producer trust?
- From TikTok to silver economy. Generations that reshape retail and food brands
- Convenience instead of a compromise. Ready-to-eat meals, food-to-go and the new reality
- Convenience between a store and a restaurant. Who is going to feed the consumer on the run?
Retail
- AI is the new steam engine. A revolution that became a fact in retail
- Data, algorithms, shelf, basket. A new type of estate in the relationship between retail and the producer
- From distributed retail to one ecosystem: sales, logistics services, payments in one cycle
- Consumer identity 2027: a client that is always shopping
- Retail media – retail and advertisement are meeting at the shelf
- Winning formats and strategies
- 2+2. Special deals, discounts, loyalty
- Smart shopping. Shorter shelves, private labels and increased pressure on producers