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title: Staying two steps ahead
date: 2026-05-20T16:39:00+02:00
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# Staying two steps ahead

### A breakfast briefing on AI with Choco and leading UK food distributors.

Order automation is now table stakes. The real advantage comes from using AI to win new business, grow revenue, and protect margin. This breakfast will explore what comes next, and how distributors can *stay two steps ahead*.

- **Thursday 2nd July 2026** · 9:00am - 12:30pm
- **Café François** · Borough Market, London
- **Senior leaders** in food distribution (invite-only\*)

Hear directly from UK distributors already on this journey, including Lynas Foodservice & T.Quality. We’ll also share an exclusive preview of Choco’s new AI Quoting tool.

To request your seat, please complete the form and our team will be in touch as soon as possible.

*\*Limited to 40 attendees to keep the discussion focused, practical, and high quality.*

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 ## What we'll cover

 

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###  Beyond order automation 

 

What leading distributors are doing next - and how the gap is already widening.

 

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###  Growth, service and margin 

 

Real examples of using AI to drive growth, improve service, and protect margin.

 

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###  AI-powered sales teams 

 

How AI is supercharging sales teams: faster quoting, smarter prospecting, more time selling.

 

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###  Choco's new AI quoting tool 

 

We'll cover AI product matching, pricing within margins, and internal quote review workflows.

 

 

 

 

 

 
## Agenda

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09:00 - Arrival

 

Pastries, seasonal fruit, coffee & tea.

 

09:30 - Welcome

 

Introductions and housekeeping.

 

09:45 - Opening Discussion

 

AI transformation in foodservice distribution.

 

10:15 - Panel Discussion

 

Customer speaker perspectives.

 

11:00 - Product Demo

 

Choco SalesHub (Prospecting AI, Quoting AI) in practice, showing how distributors can move from customer documents to fast, margin-aware quotes.

 

11:15 - Breakfast and networking

 

Hot breakfast served and group networking.

 

12:30 - Close and departures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ##  Meet the Speakers 

Lynas Foodservice and T. Quality join Choco's EMEA lead to share what AI looks like beyond order automation.

 

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###  EMMA-JAYNE COUSINES 

Head of AI - Lynas Foodservice

 

 

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###  PHILLIP CHAPMAN 

Digital Manager - T. Quality

 

 

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###  ALEX KIELY 

Head of EMEA - Choco

 

 

 

 

 Venue

## CAFÉ FRANÇOIS,  
BOROUGH MARKET

 

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Address

Café François, Borough Market, London

 

 

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Date & time

Thursday 2 July 2026 · 9:00am - 12:00pm

 

 

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Nearest station

London Bridge - Jubilee & Northern lines, 3 min walk

 

 

 

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