Why Attend Groceryshop 2026
Trade notes with the operators rewriting US grocery.
This September, the leadership of Kroger, Costco, Amazon, Instacart, TikTok Shop, Mercado Libre and 150 others meet at Mandalay Bay. APAC operators take the room as peers, not students.
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. Ajay Salpekar, GM Food, Beauty and Beverage at TikTok Shop, on social commerce at scale. Ganesh Rao, VP Worldwide Grocery Partnerships and Amazon Fresh International, on global grocery from inside Amazon. Yael Cosset, EVP and Chief Digital Officer at Kroger, on the US digital playbook. Chris Rogers, CEO of Instacart, and Andy Fang, co-founder of DoorDash, on the unit economics of fast delivery now that the venture money is gone. Brian Monahan, SVP Retail Media at Albertsons Media Collective, on retail media after the gold rush. Flavia Takey, Head of Supermarket LATAM at Mercado Libre, on what LATAM digital commerce is signaling globally. 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 APAC 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
Global retail and digital commerce: Mercado Libre, Tesco, Rohlik Group
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 your usual channels. A short list of US and global partners worth a call. A network of advanced APAC peers to keep comparing notes with through 2026. 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 $1,500 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.
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