2025 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Joel Rampoldt

CEO, Lidl US

Schwarz Group

Priya Nair

President, Beauty & Wellbeing

Unilever

John Carroll

President, Connected Commerce & Advanced Analytics

Acosta Group

Manuel Queiroz

Partner

Bright Pixel Capital

Shane Grant

Group Deputy CEO, CEO Americas, EVP Dairy, Plant-Based & Global Sales

Danone

Alastair Dorward

CEO

Dropps

Kabir Jain

Chief Growth Officer

Erewhon

Danielle Sporkin

SVP, Media and Marketing Services

Ferrero

Suzy Monford

CEO

Heritage Grocers Group

Leslie Lee

VP, Digital Experiences

Hormel

Stewart Samuel

Director of Retail Futures

IGD

Cristian Arcangeli

VP, Digital & Customer Experience

illycaffè

David McIntosh

Chief Connected Store Officer

Instacart

Kris Hull

EVP, Senior Client Officer, Consumer Products

Ipsos

Brett Matthews

CEO

Kate Farms

Lauren Steinberg

EVP, Chief Digital Officer

Loblaws

Neil Reynolds

Global Chief Commercial Officer & Digital Commerce Officer

Mars Wrigley

Louise Fritjofsson

CEO & Co-Founder

Martie

Simon Rodeiro

VP, Digital Commerce & Omnichannel Marketing

PIM Brands

Emily Xu

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Republic National Distributing Company

Vineta Bajaj

Chief Financial Officer

Rohlik Group

Tom Ward

EVP & End-to-End Chief Operating Officer

Sam's Club

Ethan Sinick

Managing Director

Shirland Ventures

Wassim Makarem

Chief Retail Officer

Talabat

Andrea Albright

EVP, Sourcing; Operating Partner, Massmart

Walmart

Greg Zeh

Senior VP & CIO

Weis Markets

Sonya Gafsi Oblisk

Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer

Whole Foods