Voice of The Food Industry Blog

Saluting GreenChill Awards Heroes for Their ‘Cool’ Impact on Emissions

At the 2024 FMI Energy & Store Development Conference, the spotlight wasn’t just on innovation—it was on environmental excellence. The annual GreenChill Awards Ceremony celebrated the food retail industry's trailblazers in refrigerant management, ...

Better Together - FMI Engages Expert Leaders in Nutrition and Health Across the Food Industry

Amidst a whirlwind of health-related topics and programs going on across the food industry, we took a moment to gather the FMI Health & Well-being Council in person to really explore the complicated landscape together. The top-notch nutrition and ...

Photo Friday: FMI Energy & Store Development Conference Highlights!

The 2024 FMI Energy & Store Development Conference was a fantastic event packed with great moments filled with inspiring speakers, innovative products and ...

Focusing on What Matters in a Disaster

To me and many of our members, it feels like shoppers are returning to their pandemic playbooks and we should anticipate more of this impulse-purchase behavior as the strike persists, especially as rumors play out in private forums and on social ...

The Hispanic Shopper: A Look Inside Trends

For me, it's impossible to walk into a grocery store and not feel the pull of nostalgia when I see familiar products from my childhood — the spices, snacks, and ingredients connect me to my roots — it's about connection, memories and ...

Shaping the Future of Global Food Safety

For over three decades, the Safe Quality Food (SQF) program, developed by the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of FMI, has set the gold standard for food safety and quality across the global food supply chain. Recognized by retailers, ...

Unlocking Total Store Growth: A Strategic Look at Food and Nonfoods Categories

Data shows that combining food and non-foods items creates a powerful interaction beneficial for both retailers and ...

Family Meals Friday: Spreading the Joy

This Family Meals Month, the National Federation of Families has called upon Americans to share one more meal a week at home, and to capture snapshots of these moments to keep the momentum ...

FMI and the Food Industry Well Represented at the CRC

Last week's sold-out Insights Association Corporate Researchers Conference (CRC) draws leaders and research practitioners from brands large and small across all industry verticals to connect with innovators and decision-...

Is It All About the Taste?

The Power of Plant-Based Alternative Food and Beverages 2024 dives into consumers' attitudes about these products and explores perspectives and motivations for ...

Family Meals Friday: Frugal Food Finds & the Consumer

Concern with food prices from 2023 to 2024 remains stable, according to the 2024 U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends: Return to Routine report — but there’s no denying that consumers are looking to optimize value, aisle by aisle, product by product. ...

What do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

The goal of FMI Foundation's workforce partnership with Junior Achievement is to expose young people starting their career journey to the plethora of vocational opportunities open to them in the food ...

Retail Leaders Champion Fresh Food Opportunities

The food industry benefits when top leaders drive inspiration and alignment. That is why each of the three education tracks at the recent FMI FreshForward conference in San Diego was introduced by a top food retail leader. The tracks focused on ...

Cars and Grocery Shelves: More Technology Than Meets the Eye

Cars aren’t the only products that have received a technology upgrade. You might not know it, but more and more grocery store shelves are high-...

Family Meals Friday: Generative AI for Next Gen Consumers

Millennial, Gen Z and Gen Alpha consumers like me are using AI for meal prep, menu design, and even recipes. Even older family meals consumers are exploring how AI can create efficiencies in the cooking, baking, and shopping processes, which cause ...