Payman Nejati is a serial food entrepreneur with 14 years of global innovation work for 50+ companies including 18 in the Fortune 500. He is the founder of Handpick, a company focused on helping food manufacturers and grocery retailers grow online sales in the $700 billion grocery market and take over the meal kit market led by Blue Apron and HelloFresh. His approach over the past four years has been to develop a robust mobile and web e-commerce platform that offers meal kits with full-size SKUs with partner grocery retailers’ existing fulfillment capabilities.
Prior to Handpick, Payman has founded three companies and ran two divisions within Omnicom, the largest advertising group worldwide. He spent 15 years in Europe and 10 years in China, the company’s next two target markets.
Morning Jam Session
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
As the CGA Strategic Conference continues to explore the disruptive changes occurring within our industry, we also need to consider the innovative approaches being developed outside the traditional grocery sector. This morning’s session is designed to challenge your thinking about established practices and inspire you to formulate new ideas on connectivity and collaboration with your business partners.
Always-on, voice-activated shopping, meal kit solutions, micro partnerships and societal movements surrounding the latest food ideals, all present new avenues of competition, but also opportunities for traditional retailers. How should brands and retailers lean-in to these disruptions to build a sustainable business where technology is demanded but ever-changing? How do you inspire employees, business partners and all points in-between to work in concert and create a harmonious customer experience? How do you adopt entrepreneurial approaches that are authentic and engaging to your fans?
This thought-provoking, TED-style session will capture the spirit of three uncommon voices to challenge your thinking about our industry and where things are headed. Their presentations will highlight novel approaches and provide new context which will influence your thinking and spur dialogue during your conference business meetings.
