Ken Keelor's guest appearances

Ken Keelor

The Voice of Retail

Collisions YYC

The Food Professor

Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel

Serge Boulanger

Carl Goyette

Michael LeBlanc

Richard Scofield

Michael Graydon

Steve Dennis

Sylvain Charlebois

Alex Waldman

Kate Hudson

Ashley Merrill

Danielle Brown

Jeremy Miller

John Ferguson

Dana Thomas

OwlTail

Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 23!  The Food Professor is presented  by omNovos the digital customer engagement solution for grocery and restaurant marketers, helping you solve your customer’s most daunting questions:  what should I eat today? Find out how you can get personal and grow sales with omNovos at www.realcustomerengagement.com In this episode we chat with our special guest Ken Keelor , CEO of the amazing Calgary Co-op, one of the last remaining big indie grocers left in Canada and a solid, diversified business owned by its members.  The coop model is really powerful, particularly in Western Canada, and we'll learn more from this retail and grocery industry veteran.  I ask Sylvain about his favourite donut?  Well if you had the chance a reminder to everyone to check out our bonus episode with Chris Schultz from Voodoo donuts….this indulgence is crazy…and do you see that Krispy Kreme is offering donuts for a vaccination! We look at the Meat paradox, seafood DNA testing, Cannabis NB, and talk about upcoming research headed our way from the Dalhousie Agri-Foods lab! ****** Thanks again to the folks at omNovos for being our presenting sponsor!  If you liked what you heard you can follow or subscribe on Apple iTunes , Spotify or your favourite podcast platform, please rate and review, and be sure and recommend to a friend or colleague in the grocery, foodservice,  or restaurant industry.   Have a safe week everyone!

Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 23!  The Food Professor is presented  by omNovos the digital customer engagement solution for grocery and restaurant marketers, helping you solve your customer’s most daunting questions:  what should I eat today? Find out how you can get personal and grow sales with omNovos at <a href="http://www.realcustomerengagement.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.realcustomerengagement.com</a> In this episode we chat with our special guest <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenkeelor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ken Keelor , </a>CEO of the amazing <a href="https://www.calgarycoop.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Calgary Co-op,</a> one of the last remaining big indie grocers left in Canada and a solid, diversified business owned by its members.  The coop model is really powerful, particularly in Western Canada, and we'll learn more from this retail and grocery industry veteran. I ask Sylvain about his favourite donut?  Well if you had the chance a reminder to everyone to check out our bonus episode with Chris Schultz from Voodoo donuts….this indulgence is crazy…and do you see that Krispy Kreme is offering donuts for a vaccination! We look at the Meat paradox, seafood DNA testing, Cannabis NB, and talk about upcoming research headed our way from the Dalhousie Agri-Foods lab! ****** Thanks again to the folks at omNovos for being our presenting sponsor! If you liked what you heard you can follow or subscribe on Apple iTunes , Spotify or your favourite podcast platform, please rate and review, and be sure and recommend to a friend or colleague in the grocery, foodservice,  or restaurant industry.   Have a safe week everyone!

Calgary Co-op CEO Ken Keelor's winning strategy

Ian Madell

Level5 Strategy

Welcome to the The Voice of Retail, I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada. On this episode we meet Ken Keelor, CEO of one of the biggest cooperative grocers in North America, Calgary Co-op.   We start by tracing back and discovering the origins of where Ken gets his obvious enthusiasm for retail and the consumer, and the genesis of his strategic thinking around the Calgary Co-op brand and diversified business.  We then talk about the huge changes to the business both pre-covid with their change in partners and launch of relentlessly relevant private labels, and then how the team dealt with and is adapting to the COVID era. Next a long time colleague and friend Ian Madell , Managing Partner, President of Level 5 Strategy and I catch up and talk brand strategy, what it means to be the steward of both the corporate strategy and important customer outcomes, the nature of the changing consumer and retail landscape, and wise advice for retailers on winning  on brand in the COVID era. But first, lets check in with Ken from Calgary Co-op ****** Thanks to Ken and Ian for being my guests on this episode.  If you liked this podcast please subscribe on Apple, Spotify or your favourite podcast platform,  rate and review, and be sure and recommend to a friend or colleague in the retail industry. I’m Michael LeBlanc, Founder and President of M.E. LeBlanc and Company Inc. and you can learn more about me on www.meleblanc.co or of course on LinkedIn Until next time, have a safe week!

Welcome to the The Voice of Retail, I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada. On this episode we meet Ken Keelor, CEO of one of the biggest cooperative grocers in North America, Calgary Co-op.   We start by tracing back and discovering the origins of where Ken gets his obvious enthusiasm for retail and the consumer, and the genesis of his strategic thinking around the Calgary Co-op brand and diversified business.  We then talk about the huge changes to the business both pre-covid with their change in partners and launch of relentlessly relevant private labels, and then how the team dealt with and is adapting to the COVID era. Next a long time colleague and friend Ian Madell , Managing Partner, President of Level 5 Strategy and I catch up and talk brand strategy, what it means to be the steward of both the corporate strategy and important customer outcomes, the nature of the changing consumer and retail landscape, and wise advice for retailers on winning  on brand in the COVID era. But first, lets check in with Ken from Calgary Co-op ****** Thanks to Ken and Ian for being my guests on this episode.  If you liked this podcast please subscribe on Apple, Spotify or your favourite podcast platform,  rate and review, and be sure and recommend to a friend or colleague in the retail industry. I’m Michael LeBlanc, Founder and President of M.E. LeBlanc and Company Inc. and you can learn more about me on <a href="http://www.meleblanc.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.meleblanc.co</a> or of course on LinkedIn Until next time, have a safe week!

Ken Keelor, CEO of Calgary Co-op and Ian Madell, President Level5 Strategy share their perspectives on brand, retail strategy and the changing consumer in the COVID-19 era