By: Allison Febrey, Specialist, FMI Foundation “Trick or treat!” is more than the rallying cry youngsters use to extort candy from friends and neighbors at the end of this month. It is also a strategy to keep the spirit of National Family Meals Month™ …
By: Peter Matz, Director, Food & Health Policy, Food Marketing Institute Imagine this scenario: A produce distributor buys apples from a farmer and then sells those apples to a grocery store for a certain price. The supermarket then sells the apples to …
By Adam Friedlander, MS, Manager, Food Safety and Technical Services, Food Marketing Institute At this year’s biennial FDA Science Forum, scientists from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and academia shared cutting-edge food safety research to …
Our Chief Information Officer (CIO) Council visited the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, better known as MIT, for its fall meeting. Attendees learned about a project MIT graduate students are working on called Open Voice, which will provide an open …
By: Hannah Walker, Vice President, Political Affairs, FMI As private sector partners with the federal government serving as points of redemption for customers receiving benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the integrity, …
By Steve Markenson, Director, Research, Food Marketing Institute It is not headline news that the food retail industry is facing a range of challenges, from the proliferation of competitors and competition for labor, to interchange fees and rising health …
By: Ashley Eisenbeiser, MS, CFS, Senior Director, Food and Product Safety Programs, Food Marketing Institute The New Era of Smarter Food Safety, an FDA initiative to enhance FSMA implementation and leverage new and emerging technologies to advance food …
By Margaret Core, Vice President, Marketing & Industry Relations, Food Marketing Institute In his June address to an audience of 6,000 at their annual associates and shareholders celebration, Doug McMillon, president and CEO of Walmart Inc. shared, “If …
By: Dana Graber, Regulatory Counsel, Food Marketing Institute The food retail industry is continuously looking for ways to increase cost-predictability to help ensure that prices stay low for consumers. This includes reducing the potential risk of costly …
By: Rick Stein, Vice President of Fresh, Food Marketing Institute For National Seafood Month in October, the Seafood Nutrition Partnership™ (SNP) is bringing the focus back to family. The FMI Foundation partnered with SNP to emphasize the importance of …
By Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh Foods, Food Marketing Institute Technology can be a game changer in fresh foods because it brings new solutions to longstanding problems. These include challenges related to inventory, waste, freshness, and food safety. …
By Leslie Sarasin, President and CEO, Food Marketing Institute The year The Food Retail Industry Speaks made its inaugural appearance, Harry S. Truman was President, Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific featuring Some Enchanted Evening opened on Broadway …
By Matthew Viohl, Manager, Labor Policy & Sustainability, Food Marketing Institute Last month, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced proposed changes to the hours of service requirements that govern commercial motor vehicle …
National Family Meals Month™ is coming to a close, but the family meals celebration is still going strong. Here are some of the ways the food retail industry is helping consumers share more meals together. Food Manufacturers—The Kraft Heinz Company and …
By Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations, Food Marketing Institute When the lights suddenly go out at the Baker household my family knows the plan. My wife grabs the candles, I get out the batteries and flashlights, we conserve our cellphone power …
By: Andy Harig, Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability & Policy Development, Food Marketing Institute I came into the food retail industry having spent the whole of my early career in the public policy arena. On my first day at the Food Marketing …
By Steve Markenson, Director of Research, Food Marketing Institute The answer to the question is – let me count the ways. This year’s U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report takes a deep dive into the growing world of online shopping and explores how the …
The food retail industry is rallying around National Family Meals Month™. Here are some of the activities we’ve seen encouraging families to get back to the table. Giant Food Giant Food hosted a podcast—Family Meals Month - Nourishing Your Family Unit— …
By Sue Wilkinson, Senior Director, Information Service & Research, Food Marketing Institute My first loyalty card was obtained in the late 1980s from a food retailer that displayed member and nonmember prices on products throughout the store. If you …
By: Allison Febrey, Specialist, Health and Wellness, Food Marketing Institute Young adulthood is a time of freedom, discovery and charting your path in the world. Eating balanced, healthy meals is normally a low priority during this time. Gen Z, however, …
