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 proudly advocates on behalf of the food retail industry. FMI’s U.S. members operate nearly 40,000 retail food stores and 25,000 pharmacies, representing a combined annual sales volume of almost $770 billion. Through programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations, FMI offers resources and provides valuable benefits to more than 1,225 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI membership covers the spectrum of diverse venues where food is sold, including single owner grocery stores, large multi-store supermarket chains and mixed retail stores. For more information, visit www.fmi.org and for information regarding the FMI foundation, visit www.fmifoundation.org.
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