SPONSORS
A night to celebrate the best of the best. Connect and mingle with retail decisions makers and get your company associated with winning brands.
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Flipp

Founded in 2007, Flipp is a retail technology company that is reinventing the digital shopping experience. The largest retailers and brands in North America use the Flipp Shopper Consideration Platform to connect with millions of highly-engaged shoppers every day. With over 50 million mobile downloads, the Flipp app helps North Americans make the shopping process seamless and affordable by delivering local digital content to get the most out of their shopping and savings experience. Consumers use Flipp as the go-to weekly shopping tool to plan and find the best deals, helping shoppers save up to $45 weekly on their weekly bill across categories including grocery, home improvement, electronics, pharmacy, apparel, pets and more. For more information, visit corp.flipp.com and follow @getflipp on social media.
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Salesforce

Salesforce is the customer company, helping companies connect with customers in a whole new way. Founded in 1999, Salesforce enables companies of every size and industry to become customer companies with best-in-class apps, a powerful low code platform, real-time data, industry verticals and a success ecosystem to turn customer success into business success. With Customer 360, our full portfolio of technology and services, we unite teams through a single view of customer data that improves efficiency and productivity while creating personalized customer experiences.
Salesforce is proud to be the global leader in CRM for nine years in a row, but we’re even more proud to be recognized as a leader inspiring the future of business. Driven by our core values of trust, customer success, innovation, equality, and sustainability and united in a global community of Trailblazers, we are more than a business — we’re a platform for change.
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Yardi

Yardi® develops and supports property and investment management software for all asset classes and portfolio sizes. For more information on how Yardi is Energized for Tomorrow, visit Yardi.com.
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Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

As a top consulting firm, BCG helps clients with total transformation—driving complex change, enabling organizations to grow, and driving bottom-line impact.
Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce

Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) is a coalition of 2SLGBTQI+ businesses, corporate sponsors, government liaisons, and community partners advocating for a more inclusive Canadian economy. We are the certifying body for diverse businesses that are owned and operated by members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community. We provide connections and education for our corporate partners looking to expand their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts – by helping them move from awareness to action. CGLCC facilitates B2B matchmaking to benefit our partners and certified suppliers as they navigate Supplier Diversity in procurement.
Canadian Produce Marketing Association

Based in Ottawa, Ontario, the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) is a not-for-profit organization that represents companies that are active in the marketing of fresh fruits and fresh vegetables in Canada from the farm gate to the dinner plate.
CPMA’s vision is to drive industry prosperity and increase consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Carlton Cards

We are Carlton Cards – the celebrations destination.
Carlton Cards is the #1 greeting card company in Canada.
We help people celebrate holidays, each other, and all of life’s special moments, in-person and online, guided by our purpose to make the world a more thoughtful and caring place every single day. We offer our products wherever and however people wish to purchase them – online, in-store, or curbside pickup.
Empire Company Ltd.

Empire Company Limited (TSX: EMP.A) is a Canadian company headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Empire’s key businesses are food retailing, through wholly-owned subsidiary Sobeys Inc., and related real estate.
With approximately $30.7 billion in annual sales and $16.6 billion in assets, Empire Company Limited and its subsidiaries, franchisees and affiliates employ approximately 131,000 people.
Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada

FHCP is the leading Canadian voice uniting companies, large and small, that provide access to the food, health, and consumer products Canadians rely on every day.
GS1 Canada

GS1 Canada is a member organization (MO) of GS1 Global.
As a Trusted Strategic Partner, GS1 Canada collaborates with business leaders, industry boards, advisory councils and project work groups to identify and address common business issues to enable best-in-class supply chain.
When directed by industry, GS1 Canada develops global standards, guidelines and non-propriety ECCnet Industry Managed Solutions to address these industry-wide, non-competitive business process issues, enabling organizations of all sizes to meet Canadian trading partner and regulatory requirements.
GS1 Canada is a global leader in data quality, providing a primary source of truth for the highest quality, perpetually cleansed and updated bilingual product content for Canadian industry.
Kellanova

At Kellanova, our vision is to be the world’s best-performing snacks-led powerhouse, unleashing the full potential of our differentiated brands and our passionate people.
Powered by our strategy to Differentiate, Drive & Deliver, we are a leading company in global snacking, international cereal and noodles, and North America frozen foods, with iconic, world-class brands and strong underlying growth momentum and profitability.
Our purpose is to create better days and a place at the table for everyone through our trusted foods brands. As part of this purpose, we are committed to advancing sustainable & equitable access to food by creating Better Days for 4 billion people by the end of 2030.
Longo’s

Food is what we do. Family is who we are. For over 66 years we have brought our values of trustworthiness, honesty, mutual respect and Voglia to the Canadian grocery industry. Our team of food experts take pride in exceeding Guest expectations by offering the best food experience to every Guest, every time. We are proudly serving communities at more than 36 stores within the GTA, with more locations on the way!
North Strategic

North Strategic is a communications agency that drives earned media programs for our clients. We bring mass media coverage, word-of-mouth and social media buzz together with brand strategy and storytelling to help propel our clients’ business forward. We are a passionate, entrepreneurial group with a wide range of consumer marketing, corporate communications and brand building experience. From strategy-focused senior leadership to media relations experts and social media innovators, the team at North is creative as hell and enjoys making life as easy as possible for our clients.
Upper Crust

Over 39 Years of Excellence. We are a privately owned company, operated by active and dedicated leaders since 1982. Our core strength is our people and the diversity of our team. We stand behind our people-first approach and foster human connections united by our shared love for artisan quality baked goods.
Our exceptional R&D, engineering, production capability, product freezing & on-site frozen warehousing provides superior consistency, quality and peace of mind. Our state-of-the-art bakeries allows us to control the quality and integrity of our products and provide flexibility and speed in customization. Our on-site frozen warehouse capacity is over 760 full truckloads of product, enabling us to effectively manage your supply chain pipeline.
XMC

By leveraging a shared passion for sport, music, culture and cause, XMC connects with consumers, creates deep engagement, and inspires consumer action.
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Canadian Grocer

The voice of the grocery industry for over 130 years, Canadian Grocer is Canada’s #1 national grocery publication reaching more than 147,000 subscribers in print and online. Canadian Grocer provides retailers with critical new product information and industry trends as well as category reports and in-depth analysis of grocery retailing in Canada.
Food in Canada

Since 1938, we have helped Canadian food and beverage processing executives make informed decisions. We provide our readership with the latest news, trends and innovation relevant to the food and beverage sector. We cover baking, dairy, meat/poultry, confectionery, beverage, seafood, fruits and vegetables, plant-based proteins, alternative proteins, flour/feed milling, cannabis edibles, pet food, food waste, and food and beverage packaging, as well the latest technology and food science innovations, ingredients, equipment and processes.
Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada

FHCP is the leading Canadian voice uniting companies, large and small, that provide access to the food, health, and consumer products Canadians rely on every day.
Grocery Business

Grocery Business Magazine is Canada’s best source of information for the grocery business industry. Grocery Business Magazine’s dedicated team of publishers and editors are the most experienced in the industry, with deep, strong roots in the grocery retail business. Since its inception in 2011, the business-to-business magazine has continued to build a reputation for delivering timely, relevant, high quality content that grocery retail professionals in Canada have come to rely on to help them improve their grocery operations. Grocery Business Magazine is a must-read business publication for the grocery professional that consistently provides insightful data on the leading edge grocery technology trends and the people working in the industry.
Postmedia

Postmedia is a trusted and reliable network of 130+ media brands, with credentials of outstanding journalism, extensive digital capabilities, and an audience of millions of Canadians each month. Our unparalleled platform of trusted local and national Canadian brands also provides businesses with exclusive access to an owned and operated advertising and marketing channel and a wealth of first-party data that enables better campaign results, not just on the Postmedia network but on search and social channels as well.
At Postmedia Solutions, we can raise the profile of your business, help outsmart your competition, and generate more leads for you. We integrate tactics to maximize your impact and return on investment on the Postmedia network and beyond.
We are known for building long-term partnerships with our customers. Working with 30,000+ businesses across Canada makes Postmedia uniquely qualified to provide tailored campaigns that drive success for businesses.
To learn more, visit postmediasolutions.com.
Retail Insider

Retail Insider is Canada’s number one source for retail news and insight, featuring original stories, headlines from around the web, and in-depth analysis into the Canadian retail industry.
The Globe & Mail

The Globe and Mail is Canada’s foremost news media company. Each day, The Globe engages Canadians with award-winning coverage and analysis of news, politics, business and lifestyle topics. Through its advertising products, Globe Media Group provides unparalleled access to influential audiences within trusted, premium environments, reaching 19 million monthly unique visitors through its Globe Alliance digital network and 2.6 million weekly print readers. Globe Media Group offers end-to-end advertiser solutions across multiple platforms including newspaper, magazines, online, mobile, video and app, as well as custom content and special events.
The Voice of Retail Podcast

The Voice of RetailTM is a weekly podcast hosted by retail pioneer, senior retail advisor and keynote speaker Michael LeBlanc and produced in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada.
Toronto Star

The Toronto Star is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in Canada, with more than 5.0 million readers every week in print and online (thestar.com).
Founded in 1892, the Toronto Star is the winner of more than 140 National Newspaper Awards, the most prestigious newspaper prize in Canada. It is known for its investigative reporting, insightful opinion writing and comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news.
Western Grocer

WESTERN GROCER is one of Canada’s oldest trade publications, Western Grocer has served as a voice for the Western Canadian grocery, allied non-food and institutional industries since 1916. Each issue features a selection of relevant trade news and event coverage from the West and around the world.
Interested in sponsorship opportunities?
Contact RCC Sponsorship at rccsponsorhip@retailcouncil.org
KEY CONTACTS:
- Product Registration: Pierre Chartier at pchartier@retailcouncil.org
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