By: Allison Febrey, Specialist, FMI Foundation Growing up, the hottest food on the playground was fruit snacks. If you had one of those strawberry gummy snacks, everyone wanted to be your friend. By middle school the food fad was chewing gum. In high …
By: Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations - Private Brands, Technology, FMI Momentum for private brands continues to build, according to the latest FMI report based on IRI data. The 2019 edition of FMI’s Power of Private Brands: From the Consumer …
By: Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations - Private Brands, Technology, FMI Succeeding in private brands requires great products, but that’s not all. Increasingly it’s also about pursuing key strategies to accelerate the business. A number of …
By: Hannah Walker, Vice President of Political Affairs, FMI While we're optimistic that the government will stay open past November 21, we encourage members to be prepared in case of a federal shutdown. Any food retail operation that may need to renew …
By: Kelli Windsor, Director, Digital Communications, FMI I recently read a New York Times article about Sonoma County citizens who were forced to evacuate because of fire and took up residence in a local Walmart parking lot. Many had stayed there before …
By: Andy Harig, Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability & Policy Development, FMI Solving the food waste problem takes collaboration throughout the supply chain and recently leaders from the leading food industry associations shared their commitment …
By: Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations - Private Brands, Technology, FMI My daughter showed me this great recipe on Instagram from our local grocery store the other day. It looked interesting and I instantly wanted to give it a try. In a …
By: Sue Wilkinson, Senior Director, Information Service & Research, FMI This year marks the 70th anniversary of The Food Retailing Industry Speaks report. Throughout the decades, this research has documented important benchmarks and facts and figures …
By: Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations - Private Brands, Technology, FMI If you want to measure performance in food retail, you look at the sales data. When it comes down to it, the scan of that product at the register is the ultimate gut check …
By Kelli Windsor, Director, Digital Communications, FMI My favorite story in the grocery industry is about the CEO who started his or her career as a bagger or cashier. They work their way up to a store manager position, maybe eventually become a regional …
FMI Food Safety staff members, Ashley Eisenbeiser and Adam Friedlander, participated alongside local, state and federal regulators in an Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) Environmental Sampling Workshop in Washington, D.C. This workshop helped …
By: Elizabeth Tansing, Senior Director, State Affairs, FMI History tells us that people have smoked tobacco for thousands of years. More than three generations ago, the public began to speculate about the health of smoking, and some fifty years ago, the …
By: Sarah Malenich, Director, Marketing & Sales, Safe Quality Food Institute The food supply chain has become more complex from advances in technology, pressures from a “prosumer” world, and new risks and regulations for food and beverages. With …
By Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh, Industry Relations, FMI Sustainability is a topic of growing importance to consumers, and it needs to be prioritized by leaders in the fresh foods industry. However, this is easier said than done. Sustainability is a …
By Steve Markenson, Director, Research, FMI The rapid evolution and implementation of technology in food retail can boost performance on the operational side and enhance engagement on the customer-facing front, not to mention the growing role of ecommerce. …
By: Adam Friedlander, MS, Manager, Food Safety and Technical Services, Food Marketing Institute The FMI Food Protection Committee (FPC), a group of retail food safety leaders, published the Hepatitis A Information Guide for Food Retail. This resource aims …
By: Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh, Industry Relations, FMI Today in the food industry, there are thousands of companies riding the wave of the plant-based protein trend. Grocery stores, restaurants and even convenience stores are on the road to wide- …
By: Dana Graber, Regulatory Counsel, Food Marketing Institute The food retail industry often discusses how shoppers crave customization, personalization and digital shopping experiences from their grocers. Consumers want more information about the food …
By: Marjorie DePuy, Senior Director, Supply Chain and Sustainability, Food Marketing Institute Last month in Dallas at our Energy and Store Development conference, I noticed a copy of the book Project Drawdown was being shared by one of the attendees. The …
By: Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh, Industry Relations, Food Marketing Institute Achieving fresh foods safety can sometimes feel like a game of whack-a-mole. That’s because retailers and suppliers are often forced to react to food safety ongoing …
