Groceryshop 2026

Groceryshop 2026 runs 22-24 September 2026 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas and is the grocery and CPG industry's largest commercial gathering. The organisers expect 4,000 leaders from more than 50 countries, including 1,300-plus retailer and brand teams, with two in three attendees at director level or above and nearly 400 technology companies exhibiting. The 2026 programme is 50-plus sessions across six parallel themes, led by a new dedicated AI-Powered Shopping Series covering conversational, personalised and agentic shopping experiences. Confirmed speakers include the chief executives of Instacart, Hy-Vee and Unilever Wellbeing, Kroger's chief digital officer, Sam's Club's chief merchant and DoorDash's co-founder. More than 30,000 pre-matched one-to-one meetings are scheduled alongside the agenda, and the event is co-located with Shoptalk Fall under a shared Innovation Week pass.

Date

September 22–24, 2026

Location

Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Expected Attendance

4,000+

Pricing

Mixed (Free tier available)

Organizer

Groceryshop

Added

Jul 31, 2026

Updated

Aug 18, 2026

• ✓Chief Digital Officer
• ✓Chief Data & Analytics Officer
• ✓Retail CTO / VP Engineering
• ✓Head of e-commerce and omnichannel
• ✓Chief Merchant / category leadership
• ✓Retail media and CMO leadership
• ✓Supply chain executive
• ✓Consumer brand general manager

Groceryshop is where grocery's buying decisions actually get made: 1,300-plus retailer and brand teams, close to 400 vendors, and around 30,000 pre-matched one-to-one meetings scheduled before anyone lands. For a retail CTO or chief digital officer the specific reason to attend in 2026 is the AI-Powered Shopping Series - sessions on building an AI shopping assistant, on agentic traffic arriving at your storefront, and on governing AI transformation. You hear directly from Kroger, Instacart, Sam's Club, Target and DoorDash how far their deployments have actually got, and qualifying retailers and brands attend free with travel reimbursed.

• ✓AI-Powered Shopping Experiences theme, running as a dedicated 2026 series
• ✓Transforming and Optimizing Business Operations theme
• ✓Retail Media Opportunities and Challenges theme
• ✓Unified Commerce and Omnichannel Marketing Strategies theme
• ✓Meeting Consumer Expectations theme
• ✓Winning and Engaging Customers theme
• ✓Session: 'Crafting Conversational, Personalized, and Agentic Shopping Experiences'
• ✓Session: 'Best Practices for Building an AI-Powered Shopping Assistant'
• ✓Unified Commerce Series benchmarking omnichannel maturity
• ✓Tactical learning workshops, startup pitch sessions and TableTalks breakfasts and lunches
• ✓30,000+ pre-matched one-to-one meetings across five stages and three days
• ✓Networking programme: Industry Night reception, The Speakeasy at Bourbon Steak and the GroceryFest Beach Party

• ★Qualified retailers and consumer brands attend free on a hosted programme that also reimburses $1,000 of travel - so the room is genuinely full of buyers rather than of vendors who bought their way in.
• ★The 2026 edition introduces a dedicated AI-Powered Shopping Series, with named sessions on building an AI shopping assistant and on preparing a storefront for agentic traffic, rather than folding AI into a general innovation track.
• ★Roughly 30,000 pre-matched one-to-one meetings are booked before the event opens, which makes it a deal venue with a conference attached rather than the reverse.
• ★The speaker list is operators, not futurists: sitting CEOs of Instacart and Hy-Vee, Kroger's chief digital officer, Sam's Club's chief merchant, Target's SVP for food and beverage.
• ★Two in three attendees are director level or above, drawn from 1,300-plus retailer and brand teams across 50-plus countries.
• ★A $250 Innovation Week upgrade extends the pass into the co-located Shoptalk Fall, covering general retail alongside grocery on one trip.

General admission is $3,995 (list $4,250). Qualified retailers and consumer brands attend free on the hosted programme with $1,000 in travel reimbursement; the standard retailer and consumer-brand rate is $2,295 (list $2,595). Startups - pre-Series A solution providers founded in the past five years - pay $1,750 (list $1,950). Marketing agencies pay $2,495 on a limited allocation of 200 tickets. Current sponsors and exhibitors pay $3,650 (list $3,850), investors $3,000 (list $3,250), and accredited editorial media attend complimentary. An optional $250 Innovation Week upgrade extends access to the co-located Shoptalk Fall. No public price-increase deadline is published; the organisers note hotel blocks were 85% sold out as of August 2026.

When is Groceryshop 2026?

Groceryshop 2026 takes place September 22–24, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Where is Groceryshop 2026 held?

Groceryshop 2026 is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event format is in-person.

How much does Groceryshop 2026 cost?

Groceryshop 2026 is mixed, with a free tier available. General admission is $3,995 (list $4,250). Qualified retailers and consumer brands attend free on the hosted programme with $1,000 in travel reimbursement; the standard retailer and consumer-brand rate is $2,295 (list $2,595). Startups - pre-Series A solution providers founded in the past five years - pay $1,750 (list $1,950). Marketing agencies pay $2,495 on a limited allocation of 200 tickets. Current sponsors and exhibitors pay $3,650 (list $3,850), investors $3,000 (list $3,250), and accredited editorial media attend complimentary. An optional $250 Innovation Week upgrade extends access to the co-located Shoptalk Fall. No public price-increase deadline is published; the organisers note hotel blocks were 85% sold out as of August 2026.

Who should attend Groceryshop 2026?

Groceryshop 2026 is aimed at Chief Digital Officer, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Retail CTO / VP Engineering, Head of e-commerce and omnichannel, Chief Merchant / category leadership, Retail media and CMO leadership, Supply chain executive, Consumer brand general manager.

What topics does Groceryshop 2026 cover?

Groceryshop 2026 covers AI-powered and agentic shopping experiences, AI shopping assistants and conversational commerce, Retail media networks, Unified commerce and omnichannel strategy, Grocery supply chain and store operations, Personalisation and customer data, AI governance in retail transformation, Consumer behaviour and the everyday basket.

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