The C&I NZ Expo is into its second day at Auckland’s Due Drop Events Centre, with exhibitors and attendees wheeling, dealing, and networking.
With over 70 exhibitors set up, the expo has hundreds of products on display, including fresh food-to-go, ice cream treats, cooking equipment, innovative payment technology, snacks galore, and everything in between.
Safa de Valois, Group Publisher at C&I Media, said the first day was a fantastic representation of convenience retail in New Zealand.
“The Industry Symposium featured some incredible speakers providing a wealth of knowledge and learnings to take home. Then it was straight into the expo, where we received wonderful feedback from exhibitors about the quality and number of attendees.”
Speakers at day one of the Industry Symposium included Raewyn Bleakley, CEO, NZ Food & Grocery Council, Kerin Dickey, National Sales Manager at Bluebird Foods, James Donald, Co-founder and CEO of Ideally, and Troy Bennett, CEO, Bennett’s Petroleum Supplies.
The second day’s speaker lineup was Matt Tierney, Manager, National Retail Investigation Support Unit at NZ Police, Ben Seaborn, Sales and Marketing Executive at Safer Cities, Theo Foukkare, CEO of the Australian Association of Convenience Stores, and Kellie Struth, Head of Category and Marketing at APCO Service Stations.
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