APRIL 30 – MAY 2, 2025
Gravitec Development Supermarket Research Conference
This conference is an annual collection of (mostly) supermarket research professionals, including those people working for chains, wholesalers, cooperatives, developers, consultants, and other industries. We seek to improve our skills and our results by staying current with data, methods, and technologies. This is the largest gathering of this kind in the world!
When & Where:
The conference will be held Wednesday April 30th through Friday May 2nd, 2025 at the Clearwater Beach Marriott Suites on Sand Key (Rooms: $259 per night).
This is a very family-oriented conference, so bring your spouse and kids, and take a break from the colder weather!
A Special Thanks to Our Sponsors, Who Help to Make This Conference Possible!
Conference Agenda
1:00 – 4:00pm
Store Tours with Matt Casey
Tour local stores and learn techniques of data collection from the best in the industry.
5:00 – 6:00pm
Matt Casey’s Pool Party!
Open bar and networking. Be sure to thank Matt!
6:00 – 7:30pm
Cocktail Reception
Light appetizers and open bar – bring your spouse or significant other! Spouses are welcome at all breakfasts, lunch, and Thursday dinner at no extra cost. (Just let us know ahead of time, please).
7:30am – 8:30am
Breakfast
8:30am – 9:00am
Jim Puffer: Gravitec Development
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00am-10:00am
Christian Ormond: Ahold Delhaize USA
Keynote Speaker
10:00am-10:30am
Break
10:30am-11:15am
John Tippetts: Retailstat
Modeling Non-conventional Formats
11:15am-11:30am
Gravitec Development
Wage and Benefit Survey
11:30am-12:30pm
Sean Puffer: Gravitec Development
SITESPLUS 2025 Part-1: A New Way to Map
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Lunch
Breakout Session-1: 1:30pm-3:30pm
Jim Puffer: Gravitec Development
Gravity Modeling Theory and Practice
Breakout Session-2: 3:30pm-4:15pm
Simeon Teopaco: ESRI
TBA
Breakout Session-3: 1:30pm-2:30pm
Mike McGill: Wakefern Food Corp.
Supermarket Use of Mobile Data
Breakout Session-4: 2:30pm-3:00pm
Alex DeLoach, Hubexo
Hubexo Planned Developments
6:00pm – 7:30pm
Dinner
7:30am – 8:30am
Breakfast
8:30am – 8:45am
Sean Puffer: Gravitec Development
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:45am-10:00am
Jim Puffer: Gravitec Development
SITESPLUS 2025 Part-2: A New Way to Balance
10:00am-10:15am
Break
10:15am-11:00am
Chris Utz & Yoshko Prebanda: Kroger
Working in Hispanic Markets
11:00am-11:45am
Jerry Heck: CRE-360 Partners
Case Study: Alternative Use of the Gravity Model
11:45am-12:00pm
Conference Review