2025 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Raghu Mahadevan

EVP, Logistics & Chief Digital Officer

7-Eleven

Bobby Watts

SVP AD Retail Media & Digital Merchandising

Ahold Delhaize USA

Liz Roche

VP of Media & Measurement

Albertsons Media Collective

Marian Leitner-Waldman

CEO & Founder

Archer Roose Wines

Sarah Bakx

President

BOLD Brands (Treasury Wine Estates)

Manuel Queiroz

Partner

Bright Pixel Capital (Sonae)

Eric Skae

CEO

Carbone Fine Food

Linda Bethea

CMO, North America

Danone

Alastair Dorward

CEO

Dropps

Kabir Jain

Chief Growth Officer

Erewhon

Danielle Sporkin

SVP, Media & Marketing Services

Ferrero

Nitin Murali

VP, Supply Chain Excellence

Gallo

Shweta Prabhu

VP, Digital, MarTech, Enterprise Systems, Data & Analytics

Giant Eagle

Neil Stern

CEO

Good Food Holdings

Joe Sta-Romana

Chief Customer Officer, US

Haleon

Suzy Monford

Chairman & CEO

Heritage Grocers Group

Leslie Lee

VP, Digital Experiences

Hormel Foods

Cristian Arcangeli

VP, Omnichannel & Customer Experience

illy Caffé

David McIntosh

Chief Connected Stores Officer

Instacart

Brett Matthews

Chairman & CEO

Kate Farms

Andrea Steele

AVP eCommerce & Customer Marketing

Kraft Heinz

Christine Foster

SVP

Kroger Precision Marketing

Joel Rampoldt

CEO

Lidl US

Benoit Vatere

Chief Media Officer

Liquid Death

Lauren Steinberg

EVP, Chief Digital Officer, Media & Loyalty

Loblaw

Jean-Paul Jensen

Chief Marketing Officer

Mars Pet Nutrition

Neil Reynolds

Global Chief Customer & Digital Commerce Officer

Mars Wrigley

Louise Fritjofsson

Founder & CEO

Martie

Alejandra Restrepo

Head of Mercado Ads Mexico

Mercado Libre

Mustafa Bartin

Retail CEO

Migros Turkey

Cristina Marinucci

VP, Global Growth & Omni Commercial Insights

Mondelēz International

Deepak Jose

VP & Head of Data & Decision Intelligence

Niagara Bottling

Jason Cottrell

CEO & Founder

Orium

Simon Rodeiro

Vice President Digital Commerce & Omni-Channel Marketing

PIM Brands

Allison Ellsworth

Co-Founder & Chief Brand Officer

poppi

Emily Xu

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Republic National Distributing Company

Vineta Bajaj

Chief Financial Officer

Rohlik Group

Tom Ward

EVP, Chief Operating Officer, End to End

Sam's Club

Caleb Carr

Head of Data Science & Engineering

Schnuck Markets

Kim Anderson

VP, Store Operation Support

Schnucks

Nathan Mansperger

VP, Digital Account Execution

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits

Alan Wizemann

Chief Digital Officer

Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits

Jack Sinclair

CEO

Sprouts Farmers Market

Chaz Flexman

CEO & Co-Founder

Starday Foods

Wassim Makarem

Chief Retail Officer

talabat

Oliver Vogt

CEO, Transcend

Tesco

Katie Neil

Head of Connected Commerce

The Coca-Cola Company

Kate Barton

Chief Growth Officer

The Honest Company

Priya Nair

President, Beauty & Wellbeing

Unilever

Abi Subramanian

Group VP, Customer Marketing & Media Monetization

Walgreens

Andrea Albright

EVP & Chief Growth Officer, International & Operating Partner, Massmart

Walmart

Greg Zeh

SVP & Chief Information Officer

Weis Markets

Sonya Gafsi Oblisk

Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer

Whole Foods