Each year, FMI's Food Protection Committee sets initiatives to help guide and prioritize their work. These priorities help to focus our communication with member companies about pressing food safety issues and direct our efforts with Congress and ...
It wasn’t that long ago when most shoppers were a captive audience at the checkout stand, prone to scanning the rack while waiting and tossing in a pack of gum, a tube of lip balm, hair ties or maybe some batteries. Of course, while such last-minute ...
We’ve got some unique circumstances facing the food industry currently. While we know from our 2022 The Food Retailing Industry Speaks report that food retailers and suppliers are facing pressures like inflation, supply chain issues and workforce ...
The labor squeeze has hit many industries over the past two years, causing employers to rethink how to entice new workers and retain existing ones. In the meat industry – which has often challenging environments and tasks that require specific ...
FMI’s Midwinter Executive Conference’s “Lunch and Insights” education session offered attendees four presentations that promised not to predict the future, but to help them understand the forces shaping the future and what they mean for the food ...
At the FMI Midwinter Executive Conference, our speakers addressed: The Complexity of Coupons; The Biggest Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies That Lie Ahead for the CPG Industry; and Evolving Eats—What’s Cooking with ...
It is no secret that there are more and more of us on this planet every day. In fact, by the year 2030, there will be 8.6 billion of us. How will we feed a population that size on, a more crowded and hotter planet, with finite resources? The answer ...
There are an estimated 50 million victims of human trafficking across the globe, which is why FMI is proud to support Truckers Against Trafficking in its mission to build a mobile army of transportation professionals combating human ...
If you’re going to do it, do it right. That phrase extends to many aspects of life and business. In the food retail industry, the advice especially resonates in category management, as retailers must determine what products to carry and how to best ...
February 22nd marks the annual Supermarket Employee Day, a special day dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the hard-working individuals that keep supermarkets running. As a grocery store employer, this is your day to shine and show your ...
The FDA Food Code is a reflection of the alignment of stakeholders on food safety and represents the agency's best advice for a uniform system of provisions that address the safety and protection of food offered at retail and in food ...
While the competition and presentations at FMITech at Midwinter enlightened attendees to the latest and greatest our industry has to offer in technological advancements, the Lunch and Insights presentation by Laurie Demeritt of The Hartman Group ...
The food industry put both its best foot forward and its best food forward at the 2023 Stir It Up! event. The closing event of the 2023 FMI Midwinter Executive Conference, this fundraiser for the FMI Foundation featured six kitchens pitting their ...
In 2021, the food retail industry experienced 48% turnover in their overall retail workforce. While retailers have engaged in a number of programs to decrease turnover such as offering better wages/salaries, improved benefits, training/skills ...
Technological advancement presents profound opportunities for the way the food industry operates. A perfect example of this is demonstrated by Walmart, this year’s recipient of the Food Safety Innovation ...