NACS Show 2025
  • McCormick Place Convention Center
  • Conference: October 14-17, 2025
  • Expo: October 15-17, 2025
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Foodservice Failures That Lead to Innovation

Format: Case Study Case Study
General topic presenting lessons learned start to finish.
Format: Expert-Expert Interview Expert-Expert Interview
Replaces fireside chat or single presenter format. Must be known industry expert or presentation of robust data.
Format: Ignite Ignite
Slides run automatically keeping speaker pacing. Keeps session moving.
Format: Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope
One topic through the eyes of different functional teams (e.g. supply chain, store ops, frontline, finance, etc.)
Format: Lightning Lightning
Moderated Q&A with small panel with efforts to drive diverse perspective; after 3 minutes on question, buzzer sounds and move to next question; forces people to be brief and clear on answers.
Format: Masterclass Masterclass
Single topic session which is a solo presenter and acts more like an university lecture. Must include multiple media, audience interaction, etc.
Format: Great Debate: Point Counterpoint Great Debate: Point Counterpoint
Facilitator stimulates point/counterpoint debate on key industry topic.
Format: Roundtables Roundtables
Facilitated discussion. Limited use of slides or video to set-up topic.
Format: Think You Know Me? Think You Know Me?
One group is polled on a topic, and then the other has to guess the outcomes, as a stimulant for discussion.
Format: Workshop Workshop
Traditional small group classroom style format.
Foodservice
Format: Case Study Case Study

Embark on a journey through innovation in the foodservice industry, uncovering the stories behind transformative successes and the lessons learned from failures. This session is made to order for foodservice professionals seeking insights into how innovation impacts customer loyalty, shopper perception, and the bottom line.

October 08, 2024

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PDT

Pavilion 1/2

Spanish



Add to Calendar 10/08/2024 8:00 AM 10/08/2024 9:00 AM America/Los_Angeles NACS Show Education Session - Foodservice Failures That Lead to Innovation

Embark on a journey through innovation in the foodservice industry, uncovering the stories behind transformative successes and the lessons learned from failures. This session is made to order for foodservice professionals seeking insights into how innovation impacts customer loyalty, shopper perception, and the bottom line.

 Las Vegas Convention Center: Pavilion 1/2

Speakers

Ryan Blevins

Director of Food and Beverage Innovation
Weigel's Stores, Inc.

Ryan Blevins is an award-winning Executive Culinary Strategist with over 20 years’ experience managing the full cycle of culinary product development across various sectors of the Food and...

Ben Lucky

Strategic Director, Retail & Food Service
King Retail Solutions

Ben Lucky is the Strategic Director, Retail and Food Service for King Retail Solutions, where he collaborates with and helps clients tweak or create their current, or future "Next Gen" and/or...

Philip Santini

Sr. Director of Advertising & Food Service
Rutter's

Originally from New Jersey and having worked professionally in NYC for 11 years, Philip made his way to Lancaster, PA, where he has been part of the Rutter’s team since August of 2023. In his...
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