Why Attend Groceryshop 2026
See the US grocery playbook from inside, before it shapes your market.
This September, Tash Whitmey of Tesco and Petr Lizner of Rohlik Group join Kroger, Costco, Amazon, Instacart and 150 other speakers on stage at Mandalay Bay. European operators come for the cross-Atlantic read.
Why attend
What you get from attending:
THE PROGRAM
Three days of unscripted operator conversations on what is actually working and what is quietly failing in US grocery. Tash Whitmey, Managing Director of Tesco Media and Insight Platform, on what UK retail media leadership looks like. Petr Lizner, Head of Strategy and Growth at Rohlik Group, on advanced European digital grocery. Yael Cosset, EVP and Chief Digital Officer at Kroger, on the US digital playbook. Brian Monahan, SVP Retail Media at Albertsons Media Collective, on retail media after the gold rush. Chris Rogers, CEO of Instacart, and Andy Fang, co-founder of DoorDash, on the unit economics of fast delivery in a post-venture world. Ganesh Rao, VP Worldwide Grocery Partnerships and Amazon Fresh International, on global grocery from inside Amazon. Flavia Takey, Head of Supermarket LATAM at Mercado Libre, on LATAM commerce signals. Real numbers, real tradeoffs, on the record.WHO'S IN THE ROOM
The room reads like the org chart of US grocery, with the global retailers, platforms and brands European operators already work with sitting beside them.
US grocery, mass, club and drug: Kroger, Costco Wholesale, Sam's Club, BJ's Wholesale Club, Albertsons Media Collective, Good Food Holdings, CVS Health, Dollar General
European and global retail: Tesco, Rohlik Group, Mercado Libre
Digital natives, marketplaces and social commerce: Instacart, DoorDash, Amazon, TikTok Shop
The brands on the shelf: Unilever, Danone North America, Mondelez International, Mars Snacking, Hormel Foods, Chobani, Diageo, Niagara Bottling, Church and Dwight, Liquid Death
Tech, retail media, platforms and consulting: Accenture, BCG, Publicis Sapient, MikMak, The Partnering Group, StrongPoint
WHAT YOU TAKE HOME
A read on US grocery you cannot get from London, Paris, Amsterdam or Berlin. A short list of US and global partners worth a call. Conversations with Tesco, Rohlik Group, Mercado Libre and US grocery leadership that turn into follow-ups by November. The kind of in-person context no report or webinar replicates.
WHEN AND WHERE
Groceryshop 2026 runs September 22 to 24 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Sessions, the expo floor, networking events and the official party all sit under one roof. One registration covers all of it.
Retailers and brands attend free or at a discount
Hosted Program
Apply once. Senior retailer and CPG leaders qualify for a complimentary ticket plus up to $1,250 USD travel reimbursement. Don't qualify? Get the VIP ticket at 50 percent off. Spaces limited.Referral bonus: refer a friend or colleague and your reimbursement goes up by $500 USD for each person you refer who joins the Hosted Program. Maximum 10 referral bonuses. Apply for Hosted
