Retail, food and agriculture

2027 Annual Meat Conference

A conference on the meat and poultry business for food retailers and their suppliers.

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March 1 to 3, 2027, Grapevine, TX. Dates confirmed on the organizer's page: 2026-11-02. Recheck before you book, since organizers change details.

Independent planning reference. Delta Arc is not the organizer and does not sell tickets. Delta Arc has not announced attendance at this event, and listing it is not an endorsement.

What to see

  • Education and networking sessions make up the core program. Source
  • Exhibits show new meat and poultry products, plus services for retailers. Source

What to plan

  • The organizer has not published these pages yet. Check its site closer to the date.
  • Official site

These open in a new tab, so this page stays here. Your plan, travel details and next steps are all on Delta Arc.

Parking and the venue

Parking

Coming soon. Delta Arc will add this from an official source.

Transit

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Accessibility

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Where to stay

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From the airport

Travel details for the Dallas area.

Airports

Airport to the venue

DART Rail's Orange Line runs from DFW Terminal A toward downtown. Convention Center Station has been closed since January 2026 for reconstruction, so DART offers GoLink trips from EBJ Union Station, Cedars Station and Marilla at Akard. Source

Rideshare

Coming soon. Delta Arc will add this from an official source.

Taxis

At DFW, taxis pick up on the lower level of Terminals A through E, with a guest assistant at the stands from 8 a.m. to midnight. The airport names 19 taxi companies, and the 12 here are the first in its order, so this list is not exhaustive. Source

From an official list, in the order shown there. It may not be complete, and listing a company is not an endorsement. Check current fares with the operator.

Black car and SUV pickup

Coming soon. Delta Arc will add this from an official source.

Public transit

DART Rail's Orange Line stops at DFW Terminal A and the Silver Line at Terminal B, and the TRE LINK shuttle connects Terminal D to CentrePort/DFW Airport Station. At Love Field, DART's Love Link bus connects to Inwood/Love Field Station on the Green and Orange lines. Source

Grapevine travel guide →

Questions worth asking there

A claim at a show is a starting point. These questions help you test it.

  • Under what operating conditions were the labor or waste savings measured, and at how many locations?
  • Which food safety certifications apply, and what is the documentation trail behind them?
  • How does the product perform at peak volume rather than in a show demonstration?
  • Which operators of a similar size and format will confirm the result?

Common questions

When is 2027 Annual Meat Conference?

March 1 to 3, 2027.

Where is 2027 Annual Meat Conference held?

Grapevine, TX.

How do I get to 2027 Annual Meat Conference from the airport?

DART Rail's Orange Line runs from DFW Terminal A toward downtown. Convention Center Station has been closed since January 2026 for reconstruction, so DART offers GoLink trips from EBJ Union Station, Cedars Station and Marilla at Akard.

All the way through

Before, during and after

Before the show

Set the decision you want to improve, then plan the trip.

During the show

Test any claim on the floor, from your phone, in six questions.

After the show

Turn notes into a decision while they are fresh.

Where next

Stay with it

Understand

The evidence and sources in Supply Chains and Procurement.

Plan

Shows and conferences in Supply Chains and Procurement, with what to see and how to get there.

Build

How Delta Arc would approach the decision in front of you.

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Plan it

Guides for any show

First time at a major show

A show floor rewards a plan. Decide what you need to learn before you see the program, then let the program fill the plan.

Show planning checklist

The same checklist works for a payments summit, a marketing conference and a machine tool show.

Parking and getting there

Parking and transit change by event and by day. The venue and the transit agency are the sources to trust, close to the date.

Hotels and travel

Use the organizer's official housing page as your starting point. Third-party offers that use a show's name are not always connected to the organizer.

During the show

A claim on a show floor sounds as firm as a published figure. It usually is not. Keep the same few questions in your pocket, and class what you hear.

Meeting planner

A meeting earns its time when both sides know the question before they sit down.

After the show

The value of a show is decided in the two weeks afterward, when notes turn into decisions or get lost.

How to cite this page. Delta Arc, LLC. “2027 Annual Meat Conference planning reference.” DA-EV-annual-meat-conference-2027, version 1, as of 2026-11-02. https://thedeltaarc.com/events/annual-meat-conference-2027/

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