EXPERT'S AGORA

Innovations and best practices in the gourmet food sector are highlighted

The Experts' Agora is the essential meeting point for current and future news for delicatessen, food service, and catering ecosystems. During the two days of Gourmet Selection, this space will give the floor to professionals who will share their expertise on the challenges of the sector, emerging trends, and changes in distribution. 

In a dynamic format, each expert will illustrate his or her remarks with an interactive keynote or round debate, which will be concluded by a question-and-answer session between speakers and participants.  The aim is to create professional interactions, confronting the points of view of exhibitors and visitors.

The Gourmet Selection conferences are free of charge and free access for all presentations.

For this 2023 edition, experts of the sector have answered present to share their know-how and expertise with you

On the agenda:

Presentation of the 2023 survey results on "The French and delicatessen products" conducted for Gourmet Selection, conducted with Stéphane Méjanes.

Award ceremony of the Best Of competition, by Vincent Ferniot and jury members.

Award ceremony of the Quintessences competition, by Emmanuelle Jary and the members of the jury.

Managing your delicatessen with peace of mind, by Sandrine Choux, General Delegate at Saveurs Commerce, the national federation of local specialist food shops.

As a local retailer, you need to be informed, protected, and defended, to know how to communicate, innovate and adapt... Created by shopkeepers for shopkeepers, Saveurs Commerce supports you on a daily basis so that you can manage your delicatessen.

Delicatessens: advise your customers on the benefits of a healthy and balanced diet by Charles-Antoine Winter, trainer and dietitian in collaboration with Saveurs Commerce

Words from successful rural grocers: how to hang the keys to success and the key to the field on the same trousseau with a delicatessen offer as the keystone
Experimentation, feedback from French grocers, with the intervention of Alexis ROUX DE BEZIEUX, Chairman, and Philippe LAJAT, General Delegate of the Federation of Les Epiciers de France ;

Keynote by Alexis Roux De Bezieux, President of the Fédération des Epiciers de France, founder of the 3 Causses grocery shops, a quality general food store in Paris, and Philippe Lajat, General Delegate of the Fédération des Epiciers de France.

Testimonies of grocers involved in the revitalisation of municipalities and explanations.

• Round Table: How to boost the visibility of your delicatessen on social networks? Gourmet Influencers will tell you everything!
  
  
• Round table: How can I make my grocery store more sustainable and ethical to meet the new expectations of your customers?

* This programme is under development