Aug 24, 2022 By: Steve Markenson, Director, Research & Insights, FMI Over the past two and a half years, grocery shoppers have maintained their resilience in the face of incredible stress navigating a public health emergency. The dictionary defines …
Aug 23, 2022 By: Tom Cosgrove, Senior Manager, Program and Development, FMI Foundation This past weekend, I had some good friends over at my house to relax and enjoy the beautiful weather. It was a perfect opportunity to reconnect and share a few family …
Aug 22, 2022 By Christine Pollack, Vice President, Government Relations, FMI Did you know that it costs extra dough to use a credit card when buying a loaf of bread at the grocery store? Sounds half-baked, right? Well, every time you use your credit card …
Aug 22, 2022 By: Carol Abel, Vice President, Education Program Development, FMI The explosion of e-commerce has put greater emphasis on the grocery store experience. E-commerce has become routine and expected but will not replace in-store shopping for all …
Aug 18, 2022 By Andy Harig, Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability & Policy Development, FMI Economists – still stinging after more than 170 years from Thomas Carlyle’s designation of their craft as “the dismal science” – often resort to pop …
Aug 16, 2022 Ashley Eisenbeiser, MS, CFS, Senior Director, Food and Product Safety Programs, FMI Non-cultivable foodborne pathogens include enteric viruses, such as Hepatitis A virus and Norovirus, and protozoan parasites like Cyclospora and …
Aug 15, 2022 By Krystal Register, MS, RDN, LDN, Senior Director, Health & Well-being, FMI, Food retailers, product suppliers and manufacturers are working to improve nutrition security with creative solutions and partnerships, making it easier for …
Aug 12, 2022 David Fikes, Executive Director, FMI Foundation This past weekend my wife and I took our rising sixth grader to the local mall on a pre-school clothes shopping spree. We were preparing to leave my daughter’s favorite clothes venue when store …
Aug 10, 2022 By: Angelyn Pinter, Senior Manager, Education, FMI The food industry is chock-full of hardworking, innovative and highly motivated professionals who strive as much for personal growth as they do for business success. Every year, FMI is proud …
Aug 9, 2022 By: Steve Markenson, Director, Research and Insights, FMI In the inaugural Power of Plant-based Foods and Beverages 2022 report, which is FMI’s first-ever comprehensive review of the plant-based topic broadly, we looked at naturally plant-based …
Aug 4, 2022 By: Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations, FMI Supply chains have been under the strain of unprecedented demand and precarious logistics capacity challenges. With the high degree of supply chain volatility and uncertainty, what can be …
Aug 2, 2022 By: Kelli Windsor, Director, Digital Communications, FMI You’ve probably seen them—the grocery shoppers who order online, come to the store for curb-side pickup, then lock their car doors and go into the store to pick up something in addition …
Jul 28, 2022 By: Angelyn Pinter, Senior Manager, Education, FMI Striving for success is a thorny process. You must confront your weaknesses and do the diligent work of overcoming them. In addition, you must dedicate yourself to long hours of training and …
Jul 27, 2022 By Carey Allen, Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, SQFI There are many challenges associated with starting and sustaining a new farming operation – from creating business plans, marketing and access to technical support, …
Jul 21, 2022 By: David Fikes, Executive Director, FMI Foundation If we needed a prompt that racism remains one of America’s most critical moral failings, then the recent senseless murder of 10 black grocery shoppers in Buffalo, New York, provided a grim …
Jul 20, 2022 By Krystal Register, MS, RDN, LDN, Senior Director, Health & Well-being, FMI, and Madalyn Farrar, Manager, Government Relations, FMI A few months ago, the White House announced plans for its Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health this …
Jul 15, 2022 By: Carol Abel, Vice President, Education Program Development, FMI Supermarket refrigeration systems are on the cusp of major change following passage of the the AIM (American Innovation & Manufacturing) Act. The AIM act directs EPA to …
Jul 14, 2022 By: Allison Febrey, Manager, Research and Insights, FMI, and Rick Tibbetts, Communications Specialist, FMI We all remember the seemingly boundless enthusiasm surrounding sourdough bread during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Scrolling …
Jul 13, 2022 By: Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations, FMI The food retail industry has been forced to focus on technology-driven innovation by the changing shopper expectations, new digital competition, and the explosive growth of consumer …
Jul 12, 2022 By: Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations, FMI In our first ever Asset Protection in Food Retail 2022 report we surveyed food retailers about their asset protection activities and found there was a top-to-bottom list of asset …
