NACS Show 2025
  • Conference: October 14-17, 2025
  • Expo: October 15-17, 2025
  • Chicago | McCormick Place
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Sammie Paul

Executive Director
FoodRecovery.org

Sammie Paul is the Executive Director of FoodRecovery.org, a nonprofit that connects businesses with surplus food to organizations serving communities in need. She has worked with the organization for more than nine years, starting as an Outreach Volunteer and taking on various roles as she grew with the organization. Under her leadership, FoodRecovery.org expanded its reach and impact, partnering with thousands of businesses and community partners across the United States, recovering more than 1,500,000 pounds of surplus food each and every week.


FoodRecovery.org connects organizations with surplus food to communities in need, championing sustainability by diverting edible food away from landfills. In 2024, we recovered more than 85 million pounds of food across the country. 

Format: Awards Awards
Awards announcements and presentation.
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: Panel Panel
Multiple presenters, experts in a certain field discussing and sharing expertise and experience with one another.
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.

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Forecast, Donate, Reduce: Minimizing Food Waste

As the pressure to manage perishable inventory grows, retailers are turning to advanced forecasting tools to reduce food waste and improve operational efficiency. This session will explore how...
Operations
Format: Panel Panel
 
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