Logile Big Ideas Session Live at NRF 2026

Описание: How do you run fresh food, labor, and production from a single forecast?

Live from NRF Day One, Evelyn McMullen of Nucleus Research sits down with Tom Herman, Chief Strategy Officer at Northgate Markets, to discuss unifying retail operations around one store, one forecast.

Tom shares how Northgate is transforming from a traditional supermarket model into a restaurant-style, made-to-order experience—while managing fresh production, labor planning, and supply chain complexity across stores, a distribution center, and a large commissary.

Topics include:

Unified forecasting across labor, inventory, and production

Fresh food execution at scale (including 1.5M+ tamales in a month)

Change management and frontline adoption

Why retail’s future looks more like a restaurant than a supermarket

🎥 Recorded live at NRF

00:00 Introduction & NRF Day One kickoff
01:02 Northgate Markets overview & operational complexity
03:13 Why unified forecasting matters in grocery retail
05:41 The challenge of multiple forecasting engines
07:24 From supermarket to restaurant-style operations
09:48 Fresh food, shrink, and profitability
10:03 Change management & frontline adoption
12:29 Advice for retailers starting a unified forecast journey
15:34 Inside Northgate’s commissary & tamale production
17:52 The Authentic Mexican Food (AMF) store concept
20:03 Technology unification challenges
21:18 Why this is a multi-year transformation
23:10 Store-led ordering & fresh replenishment
25:14 Expansion beyond California & customer mix
27:29 Closing remarks