Asset Protection

Changing Paradigm Shift of Security Leadership

With an abundance of information available, food retailers have a heightened awareness of new and evolving terrorism threats, workplace violence, and shifts in workplace ...

Partnerships with Purpose in Risk and Safety

FMI's Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations, had an opportunity to sit down for a conversation about NRF Protect 2018 with Bob Moraca, vice president of loss prevention for National Retail Federation (NRF), concerning our previously ...

Hackers and Auditors: A Love Story?

If there were two professions pulled together by unlikely fate, it’s auditors and hackers. This oft-unmentioned relationship always begins unknowingly, but the thrill of the challenge leads two polar opposite roles down a tumultuous path. A love ...

As Society Shifts, So Too Does Risk Management

At first blush, it would be easy to say that risk management is nothing new to food retail. However, as technology evolves so does the risk management solutions available to supermarkets. Here are some risk management points to ...

Saluting our Brave, Resilient Grocery Industry

Supermarkets always serve as the cornerstones of their communities, but that role is never seen with more clarity than when the community is in peril, a state of emergency. When the neighborhood stands in the direst of need, the grocery store -...

The Lego Legacy of 2017

2017 has been a year of big accomplishments for FMI, but something of a Lego-experience since these huge achievements are the sum of many, many small steps and tiny pieces coming together. Over the next few weeks, FMI will devote its blog platform ...

Food Retail at a Digital Tipping Point

We recognize that our industry will reach digital maturity and saturation more quickly than other industries that went online earlier, and we’re predicting that the grocery industry will reach $100 billion in online sales by 2025. Digital will reach ...

A Long Called for Retirement Finally Announced

MasterCard has announced it is officially retiring signature authentication for credit and debit card transactions. This is a huge step in the right direction of once and for all putting signature out to pasture to never be seen ...

Help Needed to Set the Table for Economic Growth

Our industry is in a time of great transition and change. The landscape is evolving in ways that necessitate significant capital expenditures and investments in order for traditional grocery stores and supermarkets to remain ...

Five Questions to Ask About Your Food Defense Plan

Food defense has long been a priority for retailers. Grocers have established food defense plans to actively prevent intentional contamination in the food supply ...

Resources for Food Retailers Preparing for and Responding to Hurricane Irma

FMI wants to be a resource for our members that operate in Puerto Rico, Florida and other Southeastern states as they prepare for and later respond to Hurricane ...

Hurricane Harvey: Information, Resources and Donation Options for Food Retail

As our thoughts and hearts go out to those whose lives have been forever changed by this weather phenomenon, we grasp for those actions we can take that can help bring relief to those ...

Food Retailers Best Offense Could be Food Defense

In today’s world, it’s important to know how to prepare for intentional threats inside and outside of the food supply ...

Food Defense Superheroes: Suppliers and Food Processors to the Rescue

Arguably, there’s no greater hero to a company in the midst of a disaster or terrorist threat than those who are prepared to handle an emergency and shield your company’s assets from danger. ...

Shrink is a $45.2 Billion Problem

The 2016 National Retail Security Survey, conducted in collaboration by the National Retail Federation and the University of Florida, is a great snapshot into the environment for asset protection. Last year’s report revealed that retailers’ ...