2025 Food and Beverage Summit
Check out the line up from last year’s event in Saskatoon.
Speakers
Founder, Rave BBQ Rubs
Founder/Owner, Carzan Local Meats
Retail Marketer, Author, Speaker and Consultant, SKUFood
Owner, Good Spirit Kombucha
Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer, Sweet Nutrition
Co-Founder, Sum Good
CEO, Hardbite Chips
Director, National Marketing and Business Development, Tree of Life Canada
Assistant Vice-President, Commercial & Small Business Financing, West, FCC
Ile-a-la-Cross Fish Company
CEO and Founder, Comeback Snacks
Executive Vice President & Chief Sourcing Officer, Loblaw Companies Limited
Senior Business Advisor, IC Canada
Director, Economics and Deputy Chief Economist
Agenda
8:00 am | Registration and networking | |
9:00 am | Opening remarks | MC – Serene Martin, Tree of Life |
9:15 am | Accelerating your growth potential | Chris Shields, IC Canada |
9:45 am | Identifying the catalysts for growth | Des Sobool, FCC |
10:15 am | Morning break | |
10:45 am | Navigating distribution across the prairies | Taylor Chapman, Good Spirit Kombucha |
11:45 pm | Networking lunch | |
1:00 pm | Speakers and Q&A | April Glavine, Sum Good Emily O'Brien, Comeback Snacks Kirk Homenick, Hardbite Chips Peter Chapman, SKUFood |
2:30 pm | Afternoon break | |
2:45 pm | Fireside chat | Danni Peirce, EVP & Chief Sourcing Officer, Loblaw Companies Limited Peter Chapman, SKUFood (Moderator) |
3:30 pm | Closing remarks | Chris Lane, CEO STEP |
3:45 pm | Booth showcase and connections |
Vendors
