Voice of The Food Industry Blog

Three Key Opportunities to Accelerate Fresh Foods Growth

The FreshForward conference features educational presentations, breakout groups for attendees to identify action steps for success and lots of opportunities for ...

Why Self-Checkout is Here to Stay

At least once a week someone asks me to predict the future of self-checkout. So, here it is—self-checkout is here to stay. I said it! Here’s why I stand by that ...

Where Did All Those Facts Come From?

At the Midwinter Executive Conference, I witnessed the attendees absorbing with interest the big wall of facts with important data points about the food ...

Navigating and Exploring 2024 Grocery Retail Innovation Trends

As the food and beverage industry continues to evolve, those who embrace groundbreaking innovation trends will undoubtedly thrive in the competitive ...

Recognizing Lifelong Service, Dagmar Farr

Dagmar Farr inspires passion for learning and networking and she helps FMI members solve their greatest business ...

California Food Additive Bill Spurs Similar Legislation in Other States in 2024

Under the perception that FDA has been ignoring food additive safety, seven states have so far introduced nine bills in 2024, almost all similar to or the same as California's AB ...

HHS Food is Medicine Summit Brings Key Stakeholders Together

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) held the first-ever HHS Food is Medicine Summit on January 31st in Washington, DC to address the importance of food is medicine initiatives with gathered policymakers, advocates, researchers ...

Despite the Roadblocks – Industry Pushes Forward on Traceability

With less than two years to the compliance date, the industry continues to put food safety first as they seek to implement feasible solutions to meet the requirements of the ...

Navigating the Complex Threat Landscape: A Call to Action for U.S. Food Retailers

It's critical for food retailers to understand the complex threat environment in 2024 and develop emergency response ...

Store Managers Feeding Families and Nourishing Lives

Raymond Stockard from Food City in Kingsport, Tenn. shared his insights from our analysis of the Store and Department Managers survey ...

Food Allergens, Customer Trust and Labeling

Customers with food allergies rely on the food industry to provide accurate allergen information on product labels to identify foods containing ingredients to which they are ...

Expressing Love Eight Days After Valentine's Day

Millions of supermarket employees come to work daily to keep shelves stocked and to provide communities with essential services that help them survive and ...

Navigating Emerging Technology with Boldness and Responsibility

Leaders are striving to understand the opportunities and risks when AI is front and center in the business and media worlds, and why FMI embedded the topic into nearly all facets of its recently concluded annual Midwinter Executive ...

What’s Next for Sustainable Meat Packaging?

Meat companies and retailers are increasingly thinking out of the box when it comes to protein packaging, both literally and figuratively. The evolution of retail meat packaging – from commodity-style foam trays with overwrap to case ready branded ...

The Tricky Correlation Between Nonfoods and Asset Protection

Shoppers want as much convenience and simplification as possible, and the reality of retail crime highlights the need for strategic thinking, planning and ...