A gift of $250,000 was given by Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s largest supermarket company and the first non-American company to join the campaign. Iowa-based Hy-Vee, Inc. pledged $100,000. Loblaw president and CEO Richard J. Currie and Hy-Vee president and CEO Ronald Pearson are Directors of FMI and Trustees of the FMI Foundation.
Hy-Vee’s gift of $100,000 marks the first six-figure gift from a regional grocery retailer. Hy-Vee, Inc. operates 230 stores in seven Midwestern states with annual sales of over $3 billion. "We felt that this gift represents how we at Hy-Vee regard consumer food safety education - not only with our customers but with our associates," stated Hy-Vee president Ron Pearson at the time of his company’s pledge. "Our 35,000 associates we employ will also benefit from the objectives of this campaign."
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) conducts programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations on behalf of its nearly 1,250 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI’s U.S. members operate more than 25,000 retail food stores and almost 22,000 pharmacies with a combined annual sales volume of nearly $650 billion. FMI’s retail membership is composed of large multi-store chains, regional firms and independent operators. Its international membership includes 126 companies from more than 65 countries. FMI’s nearly 330 associate members include the supplier partners of its retail and wholesale members.
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