By Heather Garlich, Vice President, Media and Public Relations, Food Marketing Institute In Washington, DC, when you meet someone for the first time, you often start the conversation by asking, “What do you do?” Visitors from outside the Washington Metro …
By Sue Wilkinson, Senior Director, Information Service & Research, Food Marketing Institute Recently, a Millennial colleague was curious as to whether her food shopping habits were more in line with her age group, or if she could claim food shopping …
By: Robert Garfield, Chief Food Safety Auditor, Senior Vice President, Safe Quality Food Institute Today, consumers’ tastes change rapidly as they seek new food experiences. Shoppers desire more diverse products and are using a variety of channels to …
By Hilary Thesmar, PhD, RD, CFS, Chief Food and Product Safety Officer and Senior Vice President Food Safety, Food Marketing Institute Sometimes, even when companies have strong food safety programs, a robust food safety culture and well-developed supplier …
By: Jennifer Hatcher, Chief Public Policy Officer, Senior Vice President, Government and Public Affairs Election years are typically synonymous with gridlock and inefficiency in Washington, but FMI’s government relations team was successful on several …
By Leslie Sarasin, President and CEO, Food Marketing Institute One of life’s most fundamental lessons in strategy probably came when we learned the traps and tricks of the childhood game tic-tac-toe. Who doesn’t remember a mournful defeat suffered because …
By Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations - Private Brands, Technology for Food Marketing Institute Data has been at the center of many discussions and presentations for years. Big data and small, for many retailers and brands data is not the …
By: Sue Borra, RD, Executive Director, FMI Foundation, Chief Health and Wellness Officer, Food Marketing Institute It’s hard to imagine how the most exciting fundraising event in our industry could become even more sensational, but it is about to happen. …
By Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations - Private Brands, Technology for Food Marketing Institute A lot of futuristic movies and TV shows portray a society where robots or Artificial Intelligence (AI) take on a lot of the more mundane tasks in …
By Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations - Private Brands, Technology for Food Marketing Institute Food retail continues to see unprecedented change in the technology sector. New disruptive competitors and increased expectations from consumers are …
By Ashley Eisenbeiser, MS, CFS, Director Food and Product Safety Programs, Food Marketing Institute FMI has partnered with the International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) to develop and deliver a retail-specific allergen awareness training …
By Kelli Windsor, Director, Digital Communications, Food Marketing Institute Have you ever thought about how many communications you receive in just one day? You’d have to count-up all the emails you get, the Facebook messages you see, the text messages, …
By Hilary Thesmar, PhD, RD, CFS, Chief Food and Product Safety Officer and Senior Vice President, Food Safety Programs, and Stephanie Harris, Chief Regulatory Officer and Legal Counsel, Food Marketing Institute It’s that time again. It’s Q4 of 2018 which …
By Hilary Thesmar, PhD, RD, CFS, Chief Food and Product Safety Officer and Senior Vice President Food Safety, Food Marketing Institute Forty-six million turkeys are consumed each Thanksgiving, according to the National Turkey Federation, but the …
By Sarah Malenich, Director, Sales & Marketing, Safe Quality Food Institute Today’s consumers are more educated about the food they’re providing their families and require more information about the quality of their food. Heightened consumer demand for …
By: David Fikes, Vice President, Community/Consumer Affairs and Communications, Food Marketing Institute Community service is such an expected part of the food retailer profile. It is easy to take their neighbor commitment for granted, but each year, the …
By Kelli Windsor, Director, Digital Communications, Food Marketing Institute As a digital communications professional I like to take a step back from my day-to-day job of actually doing digital communications and look at FMI’s Food Retailing Industry …
By Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations - Private Brands, Technology for Food Marketing Institute Remember the good old days when shoppers would bump into you with their carts while you were restocking because they were walking around searching …
By: Peter Collins, Director, Development, Industry Relations, Food Marketing Institute I recently pondered the question: should a traditional food retailer phase out General Merchandise/Health and Beauty Care (GM/HBC) items or is there hope for this …
By Doug Baker, FMI Vice President, Industry Relations - Private Brands, Technology, Food Marketing Institute Among the six digital imperatives for a successful omnichannel strategy established by FMI and Nielsen is one that involves completeness and …
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