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FMI Midwinter Executive Conference

Retail and wholesale grocery CEOs and their senior supplier partners meet away from the show floor.

Dates
Jan 20 to Jan 23, 2027
Where
Chula Vista, CA
Cost
By invitation only. FMI site describes the Midwinter Executive Conference as invitation-only and member-only.
Type
Conference · Invitation only
Organizer
FMI - The Food Industry Association
Audience level
Senior, Executive
Suits
Going for promotion
Last checked
October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site

Official site and registration

Speaking opportunities

Has sessions, ask how speakers are chosen

Who goes

Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.

Segments: Retail sales and key accounts, Grocery and convenience

Roles: cpg sales director, grocery executive

Levels: Senior, Executive

The field it serves: Consumer Packaged Goods

Verified open jobs
about 2,619

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

Typical posted salary
$98,000 a year (middle half $75,000 to $128,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 476 of the newest 2,619 verified open jobs.

Entry or early-career level
28% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 2,619 verified open jobs.

Employment, year over year
+0.3% in manufacturing, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, September 2026.

Full Consumer Packaged Goods snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences

Employers at this conference

Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.

Read from the event’s own pages: www.fmi.org.

Speakers and sessions

Named on the event’s own program. Titles and organizations are as the event lists them.

Speakers

  • Brian George

    President, Chairman and CEO, Alex Lee, Inc.

  • Jeremy Gosch

    Chairman of the Board and CEO, Hy-Vee, Inc.

  • José Andrés

    Chef and Humanitarian

  • Leo Feler

    Chief Economist, Numerator

  • Leslie Sarasin

    President and CEO, FMI

  • Oscar Gonzalez

    Co-President, Northgate Gonzalez Market

  • Rick Keyes

    President and CEO, Meijer, Inc.

  • Sally Lyons Wyatt

    Global EVP & Chief Advisor, Consumer Goods & Foodservice Insights, Circana

  • Steven Williams

    CEO, PepsiCo North America

  • Tim Lowe

    President, Lowes Foods, LLC

Read from the event’s own pages: fmi.org

Industries and functions

Where it is and who it is for

Held in Chula Vista, CA. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.

Past and planned editions

  • 2027: January 20, 2027 to January 23, 2027, Chula Vista, CA

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