Business leaders in food retail are just starting to scratch the surface of how artificial intelligence (AI) will benefit their organizations and evolve this industry. There has also been a quiet call to action that more of the industry’s commercial ...
Last week, FMI hosted our first in-person Day in Washington event since 2019. Chief Public Policy Officer Jennifer Hatcher also participated in a panel discussion at the African American Mayors Association (AAMA) Annual ...
If accelerating technology is reshaping the way grocers procure and sell products, it’s also impacting the way they evaluate and report on their businesses. Advances in financial and auditing technologies provide food retailers and suppliers with ...
In the first four months of 2023, FMI has seen the introduction of hundreds of sustainability bills across the nation. These include bills to prohibit per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, polystyrene foam packaging, single-use ...
As a young Millennial, I find myself wondering how similar, or dissimilar, I am to Gen Z. While only a few years separate us, we are in different stages in life. I am a few years into my career, married, and a homeowner. On the other side, much of ...
I recently joined Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (SLO) professor and agriculture economist Dr. Ricky Volpe's class on “Food Retail Management.” Along with 45 students, we met with Jonathan Tan from The Ratio Institute, a nonprofit certifying body for ...
This year’s FMI Tech Pitch Competition winner was presented by Dan DelGiudice of Hyer. Hyer is basically Uber for labor. They have background-checked and insured gig workers available with no commitment or advanced scheduling needed. Workers log ...
With dedicated day-to-day operations across the food industry, we know that FMI members are working hard to achieve these goals related to food donations and nutrition messaging for consumers. Now it is time to band together to gather metrics, ...
It’s been a busy decade so far in finance and accounting. The first three years of the 2020s have been marked – and in some cases, rocked – by a steady stream of major events that have impacted retailers’ and suppliers’ books and bottom lines and ...
To ensure that food safety principles and practices drive workers and leaders across every level of an organization, a company needs to communicate and demonstrate their commitment to food ...
This will come as no surprise to anyone in the food retail industry, but one of the key imperatives identified by the Board of Directors at FMI is workforce and retention. The Asset Protection (AP) Council has recognized the importance of this and ...
Gene-edited food products will soon be making their way onto supermarket shelves, so the time to be preparing staff and customers for the advent of these new biotech enhanced products was twenty months ago. But if you’ve not done that, then right ...
There comes a time in everyone’s life when one must face their previous decisions and that day for me is moving day. The sum of my previous purchases literally weighs on me as I carry boxes up and down staircases. It’s a stressful and busy time, ...
After the incredible growth of seafood sales at retail in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020), seafood maintained its upward trajectory in 2021 to take the proverbial two steps forward. However, 2022 proved to be a very different story ...
It was my first year attending the APGR Conference and at each session, I experienced genuine people that shared their stories, insights and experiences to help the entire asset protection food retail industry grow stronger. This “family feeling” ...