Research

A Cut Above: Inspiring the Next Generation of Meat Department Leaders

Shoppers have questions when browsing the meat department, and those questions are often answered by butchers and associates – even in the TikTok era. Personal engagement is especially important in this category since consumers are frequently ...

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 ...

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 ...

Digital Bytes: The Role of Technology in Food

FMI's Grocery Shopper Snapshot: January 2024 explores the growing role of technology in food ...

The AI Imperative Across the Meat and Poultry Sector

If two letters sum up what most people are talking about in the food production and retailing business in 2024 it would be A.I. Indeed, the topic of artificial intelligence is on the minds and agendas of many throughout the farm-to-fork supply chain,...

A Gift from FMI's Research & Insights Team

FMI's Research & Insights team made a list (and checked it twice) of key facts and insights about the state of the food industry ...

Power of Health & Well-being 2023 Report Released

With a nationwide uptick in attention on nutrition and health in 2023, we are pleased to share the newly released Power of Health & Well-being in the Food Industry report. This timely edition leverages findings from many other recent FMI reports to ...

The Growing Transparency Expectations of Today's Shoppers

FMI's new research report, Transparency Trends 2023: Food Shoppers Increasingly Prioritize Information, explores shoppers' evolving attitudes about transparency over the past five ...

Meat is Having a Moment

The dishes may be all cleaned and put away, but recently shared Thanksgiving meals serve as a reminder that meat remains a center-of-the-plate food. As the holidays approach and even as New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier follow those ...

Changing Shopper Habits Drive Retail Foodservice

Two of the biggest changes in recent years, more eating at home and more working from home, are having positive impacts on the consumption of foodservice at ...

Holiday Grocery Shopping Habits

Though technology has undeniably evolved the way we communicate, I’ve found that no text, call, or video chat can replace the warmth of hugging my mom. The holiday season for me is a time of strengthening familial bonds, gifting joy, and indulging ...

Elevate Your Skin Care Game on and off the Golf Course

Food retailers are not often thought of for skin care and cosmetics, but it's a market to be taken seriously with more than $7 billion in sales generated through food ...

Tricks, Treats and Trends

The spooky season has set in with roughly three-fourths of American shoppers planning to celebrate ...

Frozen Foods Check the Boxes for Value

Frozen foods meet our definition of value that starts with price and quality, but extends to convenience, relevance, entertainment, health and well-...

How to Make Grocery Shopping Easier for Parents

Our latest report in the 2023 U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends series focuses on parents and their grocery shopping habits, particularly as they face this busy time of year. The report provides insights for the food industry on how they can better ...