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FMI Releases Detailed Survey Data for Trends and Reports

Speaks
September 13, 2000
   WASHINGTON, DC — September 13, 2000 — For the first time, all of the shopper survey data gathered for the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) report, Trends in the United States — Consumer Attitudes & the Supermarket, is available on CD-ROM. Containing 1,600 pages of data, the report is expected to have great appeal to consumer analysts and researchers.

Based on data gathered from a telephone survey of 2,000 shoppers conducted in January 2000, the report presents consumer concerns and shopping behavior in numerous demographic groupings, including region, Internet access, household size and income, age, working women and grocery expenditures. The report also provides detailed profiles of organic and natural food shoppers, and people on medically restricted diets, and consumers who eat outside of the home.

FMI also released the 2000 edition of Food Marketing Industry Speaks — Detailed Tabulations. This annual report features more than 150 pages of information on industry operations, sales, productivity, competition, strategic issues and other topics. Based on surveys of food retailers, wholesalers and other sources, it covers in greater detail the information presented in the summary report.

To order the data reports, contact FMI Publications and Video Sales (202/220-0725) or click below. The price for the Trends 2000 — Detailed Tabulations(CD-ROM) is $500 for FMI members and $2,500 for non-members. For Speaks 2000 — Detailed Tabulations, the price is $45 for members and $115 for non-members; the summary Speaks report is included.
   

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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