Every year at the Dot Foods annual trade show, an update is given on the state of the food industry. Once again, Dot CEO Joe Tracy updated attendees; this is a summary of the information he presented the crowd of more than 2,000 people.

Different can be uncomfortable, especially in business. Kelly McDonald, author and founder of McDonald Marketing, pressed this point and many others during a seminar at Innovations 2019, Dot’s annual trade show.