Market Vision Spring Conference
Wed-Fri, March 25-27, 2026 in Palm Desert, CA
SPRING 2026 CONFERENCE COUNTDOWN
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What started out as a small, chain-only food show in 1987 has developed into “the” premier industry event for chain restaurant purchasing and supply chain professionals.
Why Market Vision
Top presenters on timely supply-chain topics, the economy, energy, proteins, dairy and grains
Unparalleled peer networking
A relaxed luncheon showcasing foodservice suppliers and their top national account managers
Great after-hours functions, networking and socializing
Past Conferences
Testimonials
A Simple Idea
Why Market Vision?
John Barone’s Keynote & Commodities
It’s All About Community
Conference Speakers
Learn more about each of our presenters by hovering over their headshot.
John Barone is a commodity analyst and President of Market Vision, Inc. He is an active speaker, presenter and educator within the foodservice industry. His focus on macroeconomics has helped restaurateurs understand the new and dramatic global forces that are driving commodity prices – and helped them recognize the need to reformulate supply chain approaches and risk management solutions.
John specializes in “connecting the dots” – distilling complex economic, market and commodity data down to actionable information and presentations for supply chain executives, management, franchise operators and restaurant investors.
He is known industry-wide for the Market Vision Spring and Fall Conferences, now 30 years running. Through the conferences, it has been John’s goal to foster and build a “community” for restaurant supply chain VPs, directors and category managers. And, the conferences have successfully achieved “don’t miss” status for hundreds of chain restaurant executives and their suppliers.
John sits on the advisory board for the National Restaurant Association’s Supply Chain Management Study Group. Starting in 2012, the NRA supply chain group partnered with Market Vision to run their fall supply chain meeting in conjunction with Market Vision’s Fall Conference in Orlando.
John holds a BA in Mathematics and an MBA in Quantitative Analysis from Rutgers University. Market Vision’s services directly reflect John’s training and intuitive strengths in research, statistics, forecasting and analysis.
Personally, John is now retired from 18 years of coaching travel soccer and basketball. Forced to give up running due to knee problems, he is now an avid cyclist and mountain biker – and can usually be persuaded to play a round of golf.
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Ty Neff is a seasoned market analyst with 20 years’ experience focusing on animal protein. In his current role as Director of Red Meat Analytics with Express Markets, Ty forecasts supply and market prices for beef and pork.
He supports clients across the processing, foodservice, retail, and financial sectors with their red meat needs. Prior to this, he held various positions at EMI, contributing the poultry, red meat, and grain analytics teams.
Before joining EMI, Ty worked at Agri Stats as a Turkey Analyst, focusing on the analysis and benchmarking of live birds, feed mills, and hatcheries.
Earlier in his career, Ty was an accountant in the cold storage and manufacturing industries.
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Holly Jones leads Circana’s Foodservice Practice, supporting CPG Manufacturers, Distributors, and Foodservice Analytics clients. She partners closely with clients as a trusted advisor, helping them identify, size, and unlock growth opportunities that drive sales.
Holly is known for her ability to connect the dots across point-of-sale, consumer data, foodservice analytics, such as category sizing and forecasting, to deliver actionable insights.
Holly is highly regarded by clients for her deep Foodservice expertise, industry knowledge, and thought leadership. She began her career in foodservice working with broadline distributors, where she supported category analysis focused on assortment, distribution, and sales opportunities, before going on to lead and support more than 100 CPG manufacturer clients.
Earlier in her career, Holly held roles spanning category management, buying, e-commerce, and shopper insights across multiple retail industries. She also spent three years at Texas Christian University as a Division I volleyball coach while pursuing her master’s degree. Holly holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Texas A&M University.
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Brian Williams leads the Agricultural Risk Management Desk at Macquarie (Australia's largest Investment Bank), providing Commercial End-Users, Producers and the Hedge Fund Community with specialized Risk Management strategies in the Grains & Oilseed sector.
In his 21st year on the banking side of Wall Street, Brian utilizes long-term Fundamentals alongside technically assisted trading strategies to project better price entry into markets. His objective is to mitigate risk and find price value within the ever changing Fundamentals of Supply/Demand, Weather and Government Intervention.
Brian's footprint encompasses a large portion of the U.S. Poultry Industry as well as the Ethanol Industry, Fortune 500 Food Processors and some prominent Hedge Funds. His career has spanned the likes of UBS, Prudential and Jefferies, prior to joining Macquarie in the summer of 2015 as a Director of Macquarie Futures. Brian received his B.S. in Finance from Villanova University.
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Eric Meyer is a seasoned dairy risk management and sourcing professional with more than 18 years of experience including tenure at Downes-O’Neill LLC, Sara Lee Corporation, FCStone & Winona Foods before founding HighGround Dairy in 2012.
Eric’s extensive hedging and procurement experience for both small boutique firms and large multi-national corporations gives him a unique insight into the dairy market. He has a strong reputation of creating insightful educational programs and content, specifically HighGround’s comprehensive dairy market intelligence, industry-leading analysis that is read by subscribers across the globe. HighGround is about to celebrate its seventh anniversary and currently employs a talented staff of eight that provides the dairy industry with market intelligence, advisory services and hedge execution at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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