Kevin Coupe to keynote NEPC expo
Kevin Coupe to keynote NEPC expo
The New England Produce Council has announced that food industry expert Kevin Coupe will deliver the keynote address at the council's annual expo this September.
This will be the council's 16th annual event, and it has been renamed the Produce, Floral & Foodservice Expo. It will take place Sept. 16-18 at the Chatham Bars Inn & Resort in Chatham, MA, on beautiful Cape Cod.
Kevin Coupe
Coupe is the author of "Retail Rules! 52 Ways to Achieve Retail Success," a guidebook for competing effectively and efficiently. For more than 13 years, he has had his own website/blog, providing "business news in context and analysis with attitude," according to his biographical sketch.
"Kevin is a well-known food industry expert," NEPC President Bob McGowan told The Produce News Friday afternoon, March 6. "That's what really drew us to him. We're looking forward to his insight from a more global perspective."
Coupe will open the NEPC expo at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, with the keynote presentation and produce industry forum. The topic of his presentation will be "What's the Future? How People, Technology & Culture Are Reshaping the Competitive Landscape."
This will be followed by a VIP reception, and then by the beachfront Chatham-style clam and lobster bake. The council held a clambake at last year's expo in Newport, RI, and proved extremely popular with attendees.
The expo will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, followed by a sunset cruise at 6 p.m.
The council for many years had held its annual expo in the spring, but in 2014 it made the decision to move the event to September to better highlight New England during that picturesque time of the year just before the onset of fall. The 2015 event on Cape Cod continues that time frame.
"We have high expectations for the whole event," McGowan stated. "September should be a great time for all attendees to enjoy our event in New England."