2024 Annual Conference
The Utah Food Industry Association will host its 2024 Annual Conference and Celebration on August 6th at the Davis County Conference Center. During the event we will induct Monte Peterson owner of Peterson’s Market into the industry’s Hall of Fame as well as pay tribute to the Call to Action Foundation a company that has made extraordinary efforts to support affordable housing for retail workers in Utah.
Utah Food Industry Association 2024 Hall of Fame Honoree
MONTE PETERSON - Peterson’s Market
Monte learned his work ethic and the basics of the grocery business from his father, Bruce in the family grocery store. Continuing the family tradition of learning a trade, of Monte became a journeyman butcher and managed the Peterson’s meat department for many years.
When his parents retired, Monte and his siblings became the third-generation operator of Peterson’s Market in Riverton. Monte was committed to both the family business as well as the success of the independent grocer. He demonstrated his commitment to the industry by serving on the board at Associated Food Stores for 22 years and as the Chair of the Board for nine of those years. During those years of leadership he and the board made many critical decisions that changed the trajectory for AFS and the independent grocer.
Monte was always an exceptional student and was a Sterling Scholar in mathematics, graduating Cum Laude in Business Management at the University of Utah. In 1976 he married the love of his life Shelly Howell and now has a family of five children and 14 grandchildren.
Utah Food Industry Association 2024 Impact Award Honoree
CALL TO ACTION FOUNDATION
The Call to Action Foundation preserves and expands access to affordable housing properties for seniors and working families in the West and Midwest. A prominent social determinant of health, affordable housing provides many community benefits including increased consumer spending, job and economic growth, reduced evictions and decreased homelessness in addition, it provides stability for children who need safe, stable places to learn and grow. Since its inception in 2022, the Foundation has invested over $38 million to secure and preserve safe and affordable housing for families in the region.
Conference Speakers
KEVIN PAUL SCOTT - Founder ADDO
Cultivating a Culture of Inspiration
Everyone, at their core, has a desire for their lives to count. Your job as a leader is to throw gas--not water--on that fire. In this talk from Kevin Scott, he provides leaders with a proven framework for fueling the inspiration that leads to employees who are loyal and customers who become raving fans. Inspiration is not magic, and it's not some kind of ether that suddenly appears then vanishes. It is far more substantive than that. Rather than waiting for your organization to be zapped by inspiration, Kevin's culture playbook gives you the tools to make your organization more productive and profitable.
Kevin Paul Scott has traveled to six continents and spoken to leaders from more than 100 countries. Kevin co-founded the leadership consultancy ADDO, which is Latin for "Inspire." For the last two years, ADDO was the #1 Small business on the Best Places to Work list in Atlanta. ADDO developed the national Chick-fil-A Leader Academy program, the Baltimore Ravens Leadership Institute, and helps companies attract and develop top talent.
Kevin is the author of five books, including his latest Inspired Every Day. Kevin is a frequent guest on numerous media outlets, including Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC.
KASEY LOBAUGH - Senior Retail and Consumer Products Principal - Deloitte
Buying into Better: The Future of the Consumer Industry
Change is a staple of humanity, and nowhere is the velocity of change more evident than in the Consumer Industry, which has seen decades of dramatic transformation. But what this chronicle of change may obscure is the fact that there are a broad set of forces that place the industry on the precipice of an even more momentous paradigm shift. Simply put, the industry faces a once-in-a-century transformation. But what this chronicle of change may obscure is the fact that there are a broad set of forces that place the industry on the precipice of an even more momentous paradigm shift. Simply put, the industry faces a once-in-a-century economic, social, and technological transition.