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• FMI: Hearing Should Advance Legislation to Make Credit Card Transaction Fees Competitive and Fair
  ARLINGTON, VA — May 15, 2008 — The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) welcomes the House Judiciary Committee Task Force on Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws for holding a hearing today on legislation to help ensure that credit card transaction fees are competitive, fair and transparent — the Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008 (H.R. 5546).
• FMI Grocery Shopper Trends 2008: Economic Concerns Shaping How Consumers Shop, Cook and Dine
  LAS VEGAS, NV — May 5, 2008 — Higher fuel and food costs and other economic pressures are having a pervasive impact on how consumers shop, cook and dine, according to the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2008 report released here today.
• FMI’s State of Food Retailing 2008: Industry Performs Well as Retailers Are Tested by Spikes in Energy, Commodities, Healthcare, Interchange Costs
  LAS VEGAS, NV — May 5, 2008 — Supermarket industry sales increased 4.6 percent in 2007, and same-store sales rose 4.2 percent, the highest mark for this performance measure in more than a decade, according to the Food Retailing Industry Speaks: Annual State of the Industry Review 2007 released here today by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI). These gains, however, were largely offset by the 4.2 percent food-at-home inflation rate last year.
• FMI/PREVENTION SHOPPING FOR HEALTH 2008: SETTING SPECIFIC GOALS AND PLANS KEY TO HEALTHY EATING
  LAS VEGAS, NV — May 5, 2008 — If you want to make the healthiest choices at the supermarket, set specific goals, make plans before you shop and stick to them, according to the 16th annual Shopping for Health 2008 survey released here today by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Prevention at the FMI Show plus MARKETECHNICS®.
• FMI Announces Grand Prize Winners of Store Manager Awards Competition
  LAS VEGAS, NV — May 5, 2008 — The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) announced the Grand Prize winners of the 2008 Store Manager Awards here today at the FMI Show plus MARKETECHNICS®:
• Store Manager Ralph Towery Wins National Contest
  LAS VEGAS, NV — May 5, 2008 — The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) recognized a Minot, ND, store manager today as one of three Grand Prize winners of the 2008 Store Manager Awards at the FMI Show plus MARKETECHNICS®.
• Store Manager Cheryl Rondenelli Wins National Contest
  LAS VEGAS, NV — May 5, 2008 — The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) recognized a Clinton, NY, store manager today as one of three Grand Prize winners of the 2008 Store Manager Awards at the FMI Show.
• Store Manager Halvorson Wins National Contest
  LAS VEGAS, NV — May 5, 2008 — The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) recognized a Minneapolis, MN store manager today as one of three Grand Prize winners of the 2008 Store Manager Awards at the FMI Show.
• Jerry Fleagle Receives 2008 FMI MacManus Association Executive Award
  LAS VEGAS, NV — MAY 5, 2008 — Iowa Grocery Industry Association President Jerry Fleagle received 2008 Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Donald H. MacManus Association Executive Award this week at the FMI Show plus MARKETECHNICS®. The award was presented in recognition of his extraordinary leadership in public affairs.
• FMI Announces Elections of 2008 Board Members
  LAS VEGAS, NV — May 4, 2008 — Food Marketing Institute (FMI) announced the election of 30 directors to the FMI Board today. FMI also announced the election of a chair and four vice chairs to its Board.
• FMI ANNOUNCES FUTURE CONNECT A DYNAMIC NEW LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
  Las Vegas, NV – May 4, 2008 – Food Marketing Institute (FMI) today announced details about Future Connect, the innovative new leadership development conference. Future Connect will help companies address the need for management development with the fast-approaching retirement of the baby boomer population.
• FMI’s Hammonds Announces Retirement Plans
  ARLINGTON, VA – April 29, 2008 – Steven Curtis Smith, board chair of the Food Marketing Institute and president and CEO of K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., d/b/a Food City, Abingdon, Virginia, announced today that FMI President and CEO, Tim Hammonds, has elected to retire. Hammonds, the Institute’s second chief executive, will have served in that capacity for fifteen years. A search committee is in place chaired by Ronald D. Pearson, Chairman Emeritus, Hy-Vee, Inc.
• International Food Standards Partnership to Foster Improvements and Benefits For Retailers, Manufacturers and Consumers
  ARLINGTON, VA — April 23, 2008 — Food Marketing Institute (FMI), the German Retail Federation (HDE) and the French Wholesale and Retail Federation (FCD) today announced a partnership to develop harmonization between the European International Food Standards (IFS) and the United States-based Safe Quality Food (SQF) program to strengthen food safety and quality certification standards.
• FMI Signs Letter of Intention with Mexico Calidad Suprema to Encourage Food Safety Certification Programs
  ARLINGTON, VA — April 21, 2008 — The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) has entered into a cooperative partnership with Mexico Calidad Suprema (MCS), a nonprofit association of food producers and packers in Mexico. The Safe Quality Food program is managed by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI). SQF is a leading, global food safety and quality certification program and management system, designed to meet the needs of buyers and suppliers worldwide.
• New FMI Report Shows Food Retailers Using Technology to Remain Competitive and Meet Consumer Needs
  ARLINGTON, VA — April 22, 2008 — Food retailers are using technologies in numerous ways to remain competitive, meet consumer demands and become more efficient in order to improve sales and profits, according to the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Food Retailing Technology Benchmarks 2008 report, which was released here today.
• Exceptional Store Managers Selected in FMI’s Annual Awards Contest
  Nine Finalists Vie to Be Named One of Three Grand Prize Winners
• FMI Facts About Store Development 2007: Retailers Design, Build and Remodel With Sustainability in Mind
  ARLINGTON, VA — March 31, 2008 — Food retailers are embracing sustainability to reduce energy costs and protect the environment in building new supermarkets, according to the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Facts About Store Development 2007 report.
• Learn How to Launch Green Strategies That Deliver Bottom-Line Results at New FMI Food Sustainability Summit
  ARLINGTON, VA— March 28, 2008 — Practices and strategies that promote the long term well-being of the environment, society and the bottom line will be the focus of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Food Industry Sustainability Summit, June 16-18, 2008, at the Grand Hyatt in Minneapolis, MN.