“Well run program, you guys know what you are doing”

-Eric Nelson | CIO | The Kraft Heinz Company

Bringing together relevant players in one room; a concentrated day on innovative solutions. Knowing the pain points and interests of the organization (what they’re focused on solving).

- Charlie Moore | Co-Founder | DinnerTime

“Often times when retailers or organizations have people going and sourcing information and looking for ideas it’s isolated… in this case, we were able to put all of our senior leadership in one room to start hearing the same message at the same time to eliminate the noise and clutter and make decisions as a group holistically.”

-Jessica Ringena | Vice President, Innovation & Business Development | Hy-Vee

“When we first heard of the CART Innovation Program it was a great idea and we thought how are we going to get everyone together to make that happen. It's a huge investment of time and you need all the key players in the business together to make it meaningful, and we decided to take the leap for the first time, and I'm telling you, you can't afford not to do it.”

- Matt Ludwig | EVP, Business Innovation | Chief Digital Officer | Hy-Vee

“I can tell you it is very educational. The technology that’s been presented […] is exciting, it’s compact, it keeps moving and for our team to be able to have all these really bright vendors here is just exceptional. We’ve got a cross-functional team here from marketing, operations, finance, executive group and it’s really, really beneficial.”

- Steve Smith | President and CEO | K-VA-T Food City

“The Innovation sessions we’ve gone to today with CART is really proving to be a great opportunity for us to very quickly go through and evaluate quite a few different things that we need to thoughtfully consider as we move forward and plan our change to become a retailer that’s going to exist now and into the future. It’s helpful to have these short presentations that we can make some determinations where we want to go a bit deeper […] We think it’s a great program that should be considered by all.”

- Dan Glei | EVP Merchandising & Marketing | K-VA-T Food City

“To get the leaders all in one room, evaluate, listen, then have a chance to discuss…To get everyone together all at once, It's a brilliant idea.”

- Randy Edeker | CEO | Hy-Vee

“CART has helped us immensely the partnership has been very great for us. Through this whole process, they gave us coaching, helped us prepare the slide decks, gave us background and really made us successful for this project.”

-John Kangas | CEO | FwdMbl

“I’m so excited to be part of the Innovation Program because I’m able to talk to so many people that typically would take me weeks to get to.”

-Rosanna Rice | Business Development Manager | The Data Council, a division of Advantage Solutions

“Just the ability to have so much time with the decision makers is absolutely awesome. I also love the limited number of vendors.”

- Jack Wilson | SVP | Movista

“Getting right in-front of decision makers, hearing about the problems, and also connecting with other solution provider to find added value & partnership opportunities.”

- Daniel Yaghsizian | COO | foodspace

“Interaction with customers who are interested in hearing about us.”

- Gary Saarenvirta | Founder & CEO| Daisy Intelligence

“Focused time on relevant topics and technology. Helps work through the clutter of so many venders.”

- Joe Hammond | GVP, Digital Strategy | Hy-Vee

“Fast efficient way to get business stakeholders to see solutions in person without going to trade shows.”

- Luke Tingley | SVP, Chief Technology Officer | Hy-Vee

“The nice thing about it is that we really get to see lots of technology that we normally wouldn’t be exposed to. So it gives us an opportunity to step back, to think outside the box, and to see what other companies are doing that’s relevant to what we’re struggling with, and particularly have solutions to it. Definitely encouraging us to look outside of the box, and to think outside of the box, to look for solutions that may already be available.”

- Craig VanHuss | Director of IT Infrastructure | K-V-AT Food City

“This has been an amazing opportunity! We don’t have a dedicated sales team so it’s hard to describe how much this has saved us versus having to go find these grocers ourselves…”

-Brodie Yastrum | CEO & Founder | Prodx

“… It gets all the relevant executives in the room for an intimate discussion and it’s a tremendous opportunity just to tell them our story.”

-Eric Tribe | VP of Partnerships | FlashFood

It's been a great event sponsored by CART & GMDC. Hearing about all of the options that have been curated to come here and talk about what they do has been really eye-opening. I can see a lot of applications. I can see applications for us to partner with them and partner with grocers to move into the digital age.”

- Charisse Jacques | ATKearney | SVP Client Partner

Sterling and his team did an outstanding job organizing a technology day event that my company, Zest Labs, participated in. The event was well organized and well executed. Information about the event was well communicated and it went very smoothly and with positive results. Their team is great to work with and we look forward to working with them on future events...”

- Kevin Payne |  Vice President of Marketing | Zest Labs