Research

The Number One Thing In-Store Shoppers Want

For grocery shoppers, store cleanliness is paramount. According to our U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2026 report, 73% of grocery shoppers want to shop in a clean, neat store....

How to Boost Consumer Engagement in Private Brands

What if one of your strongest competitive advantages was already on your shelves? FMI's latest research suggests private brands are doing more than driving sales.....

Keeping Shoppers Feeling Safe

FMI's Asset Protection in Food Retail report shows that shoppers value the food industry's focus on safety, while pushing back on some theft deterrents....

Grocery Shoppers’ Summer Plans

Summer begins this coming week. Schools are letting out. The weather is heating up. How are grocery shoppers feeling? What are they planning for in the coming months?...

Personality Types Among Grocery Stores

Every year, our U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report focuses on a question that is worthy of our consideration. For our 2026 report, we decided to concentrate on the in-store experience—Why do shoppers still go to the grocery ...

Digital Engagement Is Transforming Grocery Shopping

Grocery shopping is no longer a choice between store and screen — it is a blend of both. Retailers’ success is dependent on how well they integrate ecommerce with physical stores to create a seamless, frictionless experience....

Nonfoods Category Watch: Ecommerce Is Growing and Private Brands Are Gaining

Grocery retailers who invest in digital experiences and private brands stand to capture meaningful nonfood share before other channels lock in those shoppers for good....

Generational Produce Trends Are Reshaping the Category

Produce remains a cornerstone of the grocery trip, but the category faces a growing challenge. Shoppers say they value fresh fruits and vegetables, yet according to The Power of Produce 2026.....

Nonfoods Are Not an Afterthought. They Never Were.

Nonfoods are a $310 billion market built on routine, loyal purchasing behavior, and the only thing standing between grocery retailers and a bigger share of it is a fixable perception problem....

April Fools? Is Gen-Z Really Driving Seafood Sales?

“Poisson d’avril!” Thirty little American children would yell each April Fool’s Day in my French immersion elementary school. Why? Because nothing says “friendship” like.....

Why Frozen Is Now a Core Growth Engine for Food Retail

Frozen foods have moved decisively from a secondary option to one of the core drivers of retail performance. New insights from the 2026 Power of Frozen in Retail Report show.....

What The Power of Meat 2026 Reveals About Today’s Shopper

The meat department closed 2025 at a record $112 billion in sales, proving that even in a year of financial pressure, shoppers are not walking away from the category....

Value and Premium at the Same Time. The New Reality in Grocery

The K‑shaped economy is pushing food retailers to serve two very different sets of economic values as the middle disappears....

Presenting FMIResearch.ai: A Research Assistant for the Food Industry

Over the past year, FMI has been building a generative AI research assistant called FMIResearch.ai....

From Smartphones to AI: How Shoppers Use Technology to Feed Their Families

FMI’s January Grocery Shoppers Snapshot measured shopper sentiment about the use of technology when grocery shopping for their families. ...