SpartanNash Gears up for Grocery Innovation with First-Ever IT Training Palooza
Food solutions company SpartanNash hosted its first-ever IT Training Palooza this week. The three-day event brought together 300-plus Associates from across the country to explore technology trends and leading innovation to reshape the grocery industry. The event demonstrates SpartanNash’s leadership in leveraging technology to drive innovation across the sector, with a focus on topics such as AI, automation and cybersecurity.
“Being People First includes providing our Associates with development opportunities that allow them to gain hands-on experience with new-to-world technology that sharpens their skills around customer-centric innovation,” said Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Information Officer Masiar Tayebi. “This event not only shows our investment in our Associates but in driving the future of grocery to create a better customer experience.”
The IT Training Palooza featured 50-plus sessions covering topics from integrating artificial intelligence into daily coding and applying an agile delivery model to innovation, to best practices in change management and leadership and the social and ethical impacts of AI. Top tech companies such as Microsoft and Snowflake participated, offering valuable insights to support Associate learning.
Over the 3-day event, Associates logged more than 5,000 hours in an intensive and fun festival environment, making this the largest IT training event in SpartanNash history. The kick-off event included a check presentation to local organization Bravo LT, which is partnering with SpartanNash to develop the next generation of IT leaders within the West Michigan community.
This event is part of SpartanNash’s continued investment in technology that elevates the customer, shopper and Associate experience. SpartanNash is also leveraging AI to predict shopper demand and reduce waste and it is using autonomous inventory robots to provide real-time data intelligence at the shelf.
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