Leslie Sarasin
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- Milken Institute1h 2m
The Future of Food Retail | Global Conference 2024
Holly Freishtat, Jason Buechel, Nancy Dalton, Rodney McMullen, Leslie Sarasin
Retail leaders including Kroger's Rodney McMullen and Amazon's Nancy Dalton discuss a fundamental shift where food retailers evolve into healthcare hubs by integrating nutrition data, expanding SNAP access, and treating food as medicine to combat chronic disease. The industry is simultaneously restructuring supply chains from "just-in-time" to resilient models while deploying hyper-local AI for personalized assortments and launching urban "Daily Shop" formats to serve diverse consumer needs. These strategic pivots aim to align 82% of retailers with dietitian-led wellness programs, reduce a third of global food waste, and build a "healthiest workforce" through data-driven benefits that address the intersection of convenience, health, and sustainability.