Voice of The Food Industry Blog
Our blog offers commentary from FMI subject matter experts on timely and important topics to the food industry.
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Coming Together for Food Safety through Prevention and Collaboration
The food industry proudly—and safely—feeds families across the nation with nutritious and wholesome items. Collaboration across the entire supply chain is a key part of making that happen through the prevention of foodborne ... -
A Wild Industry Ride Still in Progress
Food industry leaders have surely felt a great deal of anxiety about the crazy ride they have been on for the past 18 months, which seems to not have an end in sight. Nevertheless, the entire food retailing industry has shown enormous courage in ... -
Celebrating Sustainability and Trucking the Smart Way
FMI is a proud affiliate of the EPA SmartWay program, a collaboration with freight carriers, shippers and logistics providers to accelerate the adoption of advanced fuel-saving technologies and strategies. We wanted to share highlights from a recent ... -
What Are: Pancakes, Firewood, and Peloton Classes? Things That Stack!
Peloton introduced a brilliant concept: stacked classes. The idea was to allow the “home athlete” the opportunity to custom build a total body workout of multiple classes, thus maintaining momentum as they complete one workout and move seamlessly to ... -
Celebrating Grocery Do-gooders: The 2021 Community Uplift Awards
I began my foray into the food industry at 16 years old, when I got a job at a well-known New England grocery store. My duties included bagging groceries, stocking shelves, corralling carriages and making sure every customer received a high-quality ... -
Adding Heart to Family Meal Incentives
National Family Meals Month™ is here, and from the looks of it, it’s better than ever! FMI is very excited this year to be working with the American Heart Association in jointly encouraging family meals for the well-being of the mind, heart and body.... -
The Battle for Primary Grocery Store Supremacy
Like all aspects of life over the past 18 months, grocery shopping has changed significantly. The grocery store we consider nearest and dearest to our hearts has changed, as well. While the great increase in online grocery shopping is well-noted, ... -
Ensuring Love’s Labor Isn’t Lost
This Labor Day, several dramatic elements are coming together in a way that should give the food industry new reasons to celebrate this holiday. Let me set the stage for you. The first dramatic element is a powerful back drop that has been ... -
Recovering from the Storm: Hurricane Ida Resources
From our offices outside of Washington, DC, we watched on TV as Hurricane Ida slammed into the shores of New Orleans as a Category 4 Hurricane and left a trail of devastation and flooding through the rest of Louisiana. Morphing into Tropical Storm ... -
Prep Yourself with Food Safety this September
September is a time of celebration as we highlight the importance of family meals and food safety for National Family Meals Month and National Food Safety Education ... -
Where Can I Get My Booster Vaccine?
While many Americans took advantage of mass vaccination sites around the country to receive their shots (36%), many also received their vaccines at a pharmacy (26%) or doctor’s office (21%). One-in-eight Americans (13%) received their COVID-19 ... -
When Violence Strikes
There is perhaps no greater evidence of the troubled and challenging times we’re experiencing than the increased number of inexplicable acts of violence erupting without warning in unexpected places. And food retail outlets have not been exempt from ... -
Talking DEI: Why Our Words Matter in the Workplace
Words. We speak, write and share thousands of them each day. Honestly, most of the words we use do not matter much in the grand scheme of things, but every so often, we find ourselves in situations where our words do matter. In those circumstances, ... -
Shopper Family Meal Inspiration: Don’t Skip the Canned Bean Aisle
As a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) I love good food and enjoy a balanced approach to nourishment around the family meal table. Quite often I find that people think RDNs only eat foods that are “healthy” therefore they must not taste great ... -
When Will We See The Light At The End Of The Tunnel?
More than half of Americans remain very or extremely concerned about COVID-19, with even more concerned about emerging variants. Despite some easing of overall concern for shopping at the grocery store, shoppers continue to recognize far more ...
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