2019 Agenda

12:30 – 13:30 Registration, exhibition and networking lunch

13:30 – 13:35 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

13:35 – 13:40 Welcome Speech

13:40 – 14:10 Keynote Address

14:10 – 14:35 Presentation: Grocery Overview - 2020

14:35 – 15:05 Panel: Vape – Changing the Marketplace

Nick Geens, Head of Reduced Risk Products, JTISupported by

Amrit Singh Pahal, Owner, Nisa Local High Heath

Alex Kapadia, Owner, Freedom Wines Ltd

Cigarettes are declining while vape is increasing year on year – this means that vape is the future, with eight million UK smokers as potential new vapers over the next 20 years. At the same time, established interests are fighting back by branding vaping as more dangerous. How can shopkeepers safely navigate these waters to make landfall on an island of new sales and profits?

15:05 – 15:25 Networking Coffee Break and Exhibition

15:25 – 15:55 Panel: Food to Go – More Profits From New Categories

15:55 – 16:25 Panel: The Wholesale Future of Convenience

16:25 – 16:30 Chairman's Closing Remarks

16:30 – 17:00 Refreshments, exhibition and networking

Please note: timings and sessions may be subject to change

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