No labor. No supply. No problem!?
How do you build a compelling and competitive foodservice program in the face of limited access to high-quality products and employees? 

C-store branding expert Ernie Harker will launch CFX 2022 with thoughts and perspectives to ignite your creativity and fuel ideas to defend and expand your foodsservice program today and in the future!

Small is the New Big: The Future State of Convenience, Innovation and Food

Adoption, cost, hybridization and emerging technologies. With the blurring of convenience, grocery and restaurants, C-store operators are looking for ways to remain relevant, stand out and defeat barriers to entry with unique design solutions.
Join the Cuhaci Peterson team for a spirited discussion with insights on how to prepare your business for the future state of the industry.

Speakers:
Nathan Griffis – Principal and Convenience Market Leader, Cuhaci Peterson™
Greg Simpson – Chief Executive Officer, Cuhaci Peterson™

Small Changes-Big Returns: How focused improvements can bring bountiful results

Retailers discuss how small changes in foodservice, when added together, can have a huge positive impact on the profitability of the category.

Moderator: Angela Hanson
Panelists: Ryan Krebs, Foodservice Director, Enmarket; Dave Grimes, VP of Foodservice, Martin & Bayley, Inc.; Jeff Hagans, Category Manager, The Spinx Company; and more TBD

The Power Hour is a unique, high-value benefit for participating CFX attendees. During the one-hour session, you will meet one-on-one with other attendees whose interests and concerns match yours, based on a pre-event questionnaire. Our artificial Intelligence will match you with relevant attendees based on complementary profiles, prioritized by each person’s real-time preferences.

Led by John Wilkinson, Chief Curator, b2b talk

Attendees will receive historical and architectural knowledge and will be transported in style on open-air trolleys as they are guided through parts of the city on their way to visit two of Savannah’s best convenience stores - EnMarket & Parker's. 

How to Take a Larger Bite Out of the Foodservice Market Share

Rubber and Road Creative, a leading brand strategy and design firm working in the c-store, restaurant and grocery channels, provide analysis, trends and insights to help c-stores compete with restaurants and grocery, and gain more traction and sales with millennials and Gen Z consumers.

Dana Zipser – Managing Director and Principal, Rubber and Road Creative Agency
Brent White – Design Director Environments, Rubber and Road Creative Agency

They’re not 7-Eleven. They’re not Wawa. So how does a mid-sized regional convenience chain compete against the giants and nearly double foodservice sales in three years? Here’s how.

Food and drinks and presentation of the 2022 Foodservice Innovators of the Year Awards Awards presented to:

• Best Prepared Foods Innovator: TXB Stores
• Best Hot Dispensed Beverages Innovator: Wawa
• Best Cold & Frozen Dispensed Beverages Innovator: Rutter’s
• Foodservice Innovator to Watch: Huck’s Market
• Foodservice Innovator of the Year: Casey’s

A look at companies that are redefining the c-store shopping experience in a post-COVID-19 world.

Panelists: Kay Heritage, Proprietor, Big Bon Bodega; Bassem Nowyhed, franchise owner ampm stores and founder, CEO of Invig Consulting

Foodservice Success Requires Going Beyond the Rhetoric

There's been a lot of talk in convenience about growing the business via a robust foodservice program. But success in foodservice requires going beyond the rhetoric.  As an industry, c-stores' evolutionary changes in foodservice have not come close to the revolutionary pace that leading QSR brands have accomplished in recent years.  In this session, you will learn eight critical success factors that have proven to be so successful for many QSRs, and are equally applicable to c-stores.

Howland Blackiston – Co-principal of King-Casey

From Coffee & Tea to Cola: How Providing Unique Beverage Offerings and Simplifying Your Suppliers Can Increase Profitability

The world continues to feel the effects of the pandemic. Persistent supply chain concerns, labor issues, and multiple store suppliers make navigating in-store operations challenging. Now more than ever, consumers are seeking out elevated food and beverage experiences, leaving opportunity for convenience stores to become destination drivers.  What if you could streamline your efforts for ease of operations and labor efficiencies while delivering the elevated experience consumers desire, all while gaining profits?

Speaker: Art Lopez, Senior Marketing Director at Finlays

Enjoy a fun, one-of-a-kind culinary experience while strolling through the gardens and historic, cultural landmarks of the squares of Savannah, the Hostess City of the South. By the end of your Savannah Taste Experience tour, you are guaranteed to have a taste of Savannah's complex culinary identity, a satisfied appetite, and a confident grin as you now have an idea of why locals love their lowcountry gem of a city.

Menu Innovation for a New Breed of Convenience

Curby’s Express Market is a new concept that opened its first location in Lubbock, Texas in February 2022. This new store blends the speed of convenience with the high-quality food and beverages customers crave. You’ll hear from a food innovation expert on how the menu was designed to meet high volume demands, as well as flex to meet custom orders. Walking through key milestones from recipe development, equipment selection and layout, to launch, we will walk through the menu development process of this fascinating concept.

Speakers:
Tony Sparks, Head of Customer Wow! Curby’s Express Market
Jessica Williams, Founder, Food Forward Thinking LLC