2024 Annual Conference

The Utah Food Industry Association hosted its 2024 Annual Conference and Celebration on August 6th at the Davis County Conference Center. During the event the association inducted Monte Peterson owner of Peterson’s Market into the industry’s Hall of Fame as well as paid tribute to FJ Management & Maverik’s Call to Action Foundation, which has made extraordinary efforts to address affordable housing for low income families, with UFIA’s Impact Award.

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 the 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.

Monte was always an exceptional student and was a Sterling Scholar in mathematics, graduating Cum Lade 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 (FJ Management / Maverik)

Call to Action Foundation preserves and expands access to affordable housing properties for working families and vulnerable seniors throughout 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

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.

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.

KASEY LOBAUGH - Chief Consumer Industry Futurist - Deloitte 

Kasey is a senior Principal in Deloitte Consulting’s Consumer Industry practice and serves as the Chief Consumer Industry Futurist.  He has spearheaded Deloitte’s research into the changing industry, a changing consumer and understanding the implications on competition and configuration for our clients. For more than 27 years with Deloitte, he has served many of the world’s largest retail and consumer products companies to drive strategic perspectives, strategic initiatives, and organizational change. He focuses on broad business-based strategy that will enable innovative customer experiences, operational scalability, and provide outsized return-on-investment.

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.

Utah Best Bagger Competition

The Utah Food Industry Association hosted the state’s best bagger competition at its annual convention. The competition was fierce with the state’s best baggers fighting for the title of “state champion”. After the dust settled Makenzie Wood from the Layton Fresh Market was dubbed the 2024 Utah state best bagger. Kenzie will now move on to the national best bagger competition, which will be held in February in Las Vegas, Nevada. Competitors at the national competition will be fighting for a $10,000 grand prize and national bragging rights for their home state. Congratulations and Good Luck Makenzie!