Event Details

Event Overview

The Meat & Poultry Ontario (MPO) Industry Day & Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at The GrandWay Events Centre in Elora, Ontario on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. 

One of our most popular education days, this event will feature industry updates and networking opportunities with an extended lunch. 

This event is open to everybody in the industry! Invite your colleagues or peers - we're looking forward to seeing you there!

Agenda

Keynote Speaker

Peter Chapman from SKUFood

Peter Chapman not only understands the food industry, he has a passion for seeing others succeed in this business. Peter’s experience includes the entire supply chain and retail merchandising. Starting at store level, he learned the importance of listening to consumers and the challenges of implementing strategies at retail. He went on to Canada’s largest food retailer, Loblaw’s, for nearly twenty years. Expanding his knowledge working in various departments, including merchandising, marketing and advertising. 
 
In 2007, Peter started a company to support producers, processors and retailers across Canada. SKUFood works directly with producers and processors to help them understand their customers, the retailers. Peter is the author of A la cart, a supplier’s guide to retailers’ priorities, he is a past president of Food and Beverage and the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. He has provided food industry insights to Canadian Grocer, The Globe & Mail, CBC Newsworld, Maclean's magazine, Canada AM and he writes a monthly column in the Grower.

Peter looks forward to presenting to our membership on "Getting more Ontario meat & poultry into the shopping cart." 

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