Convenience, Innovation, Strategy
Doug Rauch, former president of Trader Joe’s, believes that for any organization, there is one question that is most important for them to answer: “Why do we exist?”
May 17, 2017
Trader Joe’s Ex-President Has Advice for C-stores
Doug Rauch presents at the 2017 CSNews Foodservice Summit.
May 16, 2017, 02:24 pm By Linda Lisanti, Convenience Store News
NAPA, Calif. — Doug Rauch, former president of Trader Joe’s, believes that for any organization, there is one question that is most important for them to answer: “Why do we exist?”
“Who would miss you if you disappeared? If the answer is no one, then you have a business model problem,” Rauch told attendees of the 2017 Convenience Store News Foodservice Summit, held April 18-20 in Napa, in partnership with Tyson Convenience.
Rauch served as the closing guest speaker for the sixth-annual Foodservice Summit, which provided convenience foodservice executives from around the country with a culinary tour de force of the latest food and beverage trends sweeping the nation.
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