Supermarket Real Estate Congress 2024

Chairman of the day is Rupert Parker Brady. By now a familiar face and like a fish out of water where supermarkets and real estate are concerned. Under his direction, several speakers will speak. For example, Ferry Moolenschot (general manager Albert Heijn-Jan Linders) will take us through a fascinating story about the transition from the independent formula Jan Linders to Albert Heijn’s largest franchisee. After an impressive conversion operation, a solid franchise company with 56 supermarkets now stands under Ferry’s leadership. Talk about entrepreneurship! For more than twenty years, Huib Boissevain and his Annexum operated one of the largest real estate portfolios for private investors in the Netherlands. Huib Boissevain is a “household name” in supermarket real estate and has built an impressive business with Annexum with several investment funds. Meanwhile, he is slowly “winding down” and all the more fun therefore to welcome Huib to the stage of the Supermarket Real Estate Congress where Rupert Parker Brady will interview him.

After the networking break, the stage is set for Justus Slaakweg, director at New Armstrong.
From daily practice, Justus sees many types of entrepreneurship on the store floor of supermarkets.
How can the design and layout of the supermarket strengthen entrepreneurship?
What are the latest developments to achieve an optimal store image?
How can a strong relationship from the store be created with the real estate?
What role do new technologies play and what does the supermarket of the future look like?
Anrico Maat, board member at Jumbo and also co-owner of the Maripaan Group (franchisee of Jumbo with branches in Groningen and Friesland) is almost synonymous with entrepreneurship.
Rupert Parker Brady will interview Anrico about his vision of entrepreneurship in the supermarket segment, both from the Jumbo formula and from the Maripaan Group. How can real estate strengthen entrepreneurship? Where are opportunities for Jumbo to strengthen its market position? What developments does Anrico see as leading in the coming years? And then … every year an absolute highlight and the excitement in the hall is palpable … the election of ‘Most beautiful new supermarket in the Netherlands’. Meanwhile, this election has become a wonderful battle between the formulas. The quality of the entries increases each year which makes it a challenge for the expert jury each time to come up with a just winner. Jury president Ellen Tak-Zwetheul will announce the winner at the end of the conference. Of course, we conclude the conference with an extensive networking reception.