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The 2021 Retailer Contributions to Health & Well-being report demonstrates how grocery stores are contributing to the health of their customers, including offering nutrition guidance, pharmacy solutions and overall health and well-being resources.

Since 2012, FMI has conducted surveys and published reports to track the evolution of how food retailers are meeting the needs of shoppers who are seeking healthier lifestyles. This 2024 Report on Food Industry Contributions to Health & Well-being surveyed not just food retailers, but also product suppliers, to demonstrate how the food industry is working to improve hunger, nutrition and health.

Hear highlights from FMI’s 2021 U.S Grocery Shopper Trends, conducted by The Hartman Group.

This tool was created by FMI's Sustainability Executive Committee to assist sustainability leaders in making the compelling business case for sustainability with senior leadership.

The purpose of this project was to determine market potential and consumers’ beliefs, knowledge, understanding, and acceptance of gene-editing technology and gene-edited foods with the ultimate goal of providing valuable information to producers, retailers, consumers, and policy makers

A follow-up to FMI Foundation research first published in 2020, this new report delves deeper into what consumers want to know about gene edited food products and who they consider to be trustworthy sources in addressing biotechnological applications in food.

The purpose of this project is to determine market potential and consumer willingness-to-pay for eggs with different labels, with primary focus on cage free.

FMI is picking up the Decades of Donations research on the vital role supermarket play in their community food supply. Following 2005 research, FMI surveyed 74 member food retailers and 44 food bank executives for the 2012 data, asking how they contribute to the demand of food in light of economic changes.

Developed under the Gerald E. Peck Fellowship with Saint Joseph's University and authored by Nancy Childs, Ph.D, Gerald E. Peck Fellow, this report explores the use and potential of grocery shopping apps.

Learn how to meet consumer demand for production and transparency criteria regarding sustainability, and what companies should consider in regards to compliance and liability.

Finding the Profitable Path to Your Digitally Engaged Grocery Shoppers: Executive Workbook 2018 helps companies think through their organizational structure, partnering and strategy to adopt at the pace of change upon us.

Following the Profitable Path to Your Digitally Engaged Grocery Shoppers: Executive Workbook 2019 examines seven key digital imperatives to help you think through your organizational structure, partnering opportunities and strategy to adopt at the pace which is upon us.

Discuss where food prices are headed, challenges the supply chain could face, and updated research on how consumers are responding to changes in the marketplace.

An alliance of food manufacturers, retailers and foodservice operators announced the release of a toolkit to help businesses in the food sector reduce the amount of food waste sent to landfill.

This brief report provides an update on shoppers' weekly grocery spend, evolving grocery habits and the role of technology in grocery shopping.

The Home Cooking in America 2020, a Special Report based on U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends, conducted by the Hartman Group, explores cooking attitudes and behaviors, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Consumers are gearing up for shopping and their motivations and decision making may surprise you. Our Illuminate report dives into the impact of inflation as festive times draw near, including how consumers are figuring out what tradeoffs in spending to make in an inflationary environment.

Defining the role emerging issues play in the food industry and helping companies strategically prepare for the new realities of marketplace, Ernst & Young LLP explores how major companies can take steps to better understand and serve today’s consumer to drive change in the market.

It is essential that retailer take a next generation approach to customer loyalty and view loyalty in 3D: Loyalty as a Strategy, Loyalty as an Outcome of Daily Decisions and Loyalty as a Program.

This briefing discussed some of the lesser known or little understood causes, effects, and impacts of inflationary pressures on the price of food at the grocery store. FMI’s Vice President of Tax, Trade, and Sustainability Andy Harig was joined by Dr. Ricky Volpe, an Associate Professor of Agribusiness at Cal Poly who specializes in food retail and supply chain management, transportation and logistics, and food prices and data analysis.

This referenced white paper reviews current consumer research that highlights the perceived value of family meals that includes the social, emotional, healthful and financial benefits of meal sharing at home.

An in-depth look at meat through the shopper’s eyes.

This inaugural report dives into consumer perspectives on products considered alternatives to traditional animal-derived items, and also naturally plant-based foods such as fruits, vegetables, beans and whole grains.

Private brands have gained momentum during the pandemic, but these brands have encountered some challenges as the pandemic has progressed. Senior executives — from those in the C-suite to private brand business leaders — will need to pursue a range of strategies to ensure their private brand businesses keep up the momentum.

The 2021 FMI Power of Private Brands report tells the story of new opportunities for private brands, stemming from consumer trial during the pandemic. Ecommerce has been accelerated by the pandemic, and there is a need to advance how private brands are presented online to generate consumer trial and purchases. This report identifies key strategies to enhance private brands in ecommerce.

The 2022 FMI Power of Private Brands report dives into consumer perspectives on private brands.

The 2023 FMI Power of Private Brands report examines opportunities geared to three outcomes: driving consumer purchases, enhancing retailer/wholesaler strategies, and improving supply and assortment.

This bundle of two recordings is for FMI members anticipating the public introduction of gene edited products.

The omnichannel shopper –an evasive target that has proven far easier to define than to capture. And now in 2020, a dramatic, unexpected, and possibly permanent change to both buying behaviors and economic circumstances driven by COVID-19.

Sustainability in the Food Industry 2023: Consumer Perspectives and Industry Strategies compiles the FMI sustainability blog series, which shares compelling research and covers aspects ranging from consumer perspectives to industry opportunities

Review of the high-level takeaways from this study and discuss next steps for your company.

This year's research stresses the urgency of the situation for retailers and manufacturers. A collaborative approach to balancing physical and digital sales strategies is the key to unlocking omnichannel success.

This annual state of the industry report provides an analysis of financial performance, operational and store-level benchmarks as well as strategic and competitive insights.

This paper provides a broad overview into the factors that determine food prices in the U.S. and highlights how COVID-19 has affected food prices so far.

This report examines the online and in-store grocery shopping journey of Gen Z and millennials through their perceptions, behaviors and attitudes toward grocery shopping today and their expectations for the future.

This inaugural report aims to bring an understanding of consumers perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors regarding frozen food to help the industry optimize production, marketing, merchandising and branding decisions.

This report finds that frozen foods maintain their relevance to grocery shoppers and offer a suite of valuable benefits that meet their mealtime needs.

The Power of Meat explores shopper perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding meat and poultry.

The Power of Meat explores shopper perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding meat and poultry.

The Power of Meat explores shopper perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding meat and poultry.

The Power of Meat explores shopper perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding meat and poultry.

The Power of Meat explores shopper perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding meat and poultry.

The Power of Meat Midyear 2020 Update provides a look at shopper habits regarding meat and poultry pre-trip, in-store and at home during the pandemic.

The Power of Seafood is the first in the Power of … series to explore shoppers’ perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding grocery, frozen and fresh seafood. The report reveals potential approaches to grow and attract new seafood shoppers.

This report explores a range of issues from the health and well-being focus of seafood shoppers to seafood cooking behaviors and needs and seafood sustainability consumer trends.

This report explores a range of issues from the health and well-being focus of seafood shoppers to seafood cooking behaviors and needs and seafood sustainability consumer trends.

This study investigates the challenges and opportunities associated with the transition to cage-free housing, including interviews with and a survey of egg producers, a survey of egg consumers, and economic modeling of the sector.

When fresh foods are ubiquitous well beyond grocery stores, how can retailers and manufacturers set themselves apart? Watch this recording to find out!

New research from FMI and NielsenIQ indicates that perspectives on transparency and likes and dislikes about buying experiences are different when grocery shoppers shop online versus in physical stores.

New research from FMI and Label Insight indicates that perspectives on transparency and likes and dislikes about buying experiences are different when grocery shoppers shop online versus in physical stores.