Supply Chain

Building on Success: Your Feedback Powers What's Next at FMI

Results of the FMI member satisfaction survey show where FMI has succeeded and how we can continue to improve your membership ...

Photo Friday: Wegmans Facility Tour

Wegmans hosted a delegation of FMI staff and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials at the company’s Richmond, Va., distribution center....

Tariffs and Food Prices: A Discussion with Dr. Ricky Volpe

I recently sat down with Dr. Ricky Volpe, Professor of Agribusiness at Cal Poly, to discuss what the reciprocal and steel/aluminum tariffs mean for food price inflation in the months ...

From Warehouse to Store Shelf: The Cross-Functional Future of Grocery Logistics

In today’s grocery retail landscape, success no longer lives in departmental silos. The challenges facing our supply chains, disruptions from tariffs and trade policies.....

The Grocery Supply Chain Wake-Up Call You Can’t Ignore

If you’ve worked in the grocery supply chain for more than five minutes, you know the only constant is change. But lately? That change feels more like a tidal wave....

Why the Supply Chain Exchange Works and Why You Should Be in It

The Supply Chain Exchange is a series of one-on-one conversations between trading partners of goods and services, focused specifically on shared supply chain challenges and opportunities....

Build Supply Chains That Serve Real Life

During a recent trip to my local grocery store I overheard a fellow shopper on the phone explaining how if this retailer didn’t have her son’s particular brand of granola bars, he’d have.....

Reciprocal Tariffs and the Food Industry: What Lies Ahead

After last Wednesday’s announcement of broad “reciprocal tariffs” by President Trump, we are now facing the highest tariff levels in a century – a scenario that has created a lot of uncertainty and ...

Heatwave Challenges: How the Cold Supply Chain Keeps Food Moving

Imagine a truck filled with fresh seafood leaving a dock in Florida, bound for a grocery store in Kansas. The driver, well aware of the Spring season’s rising heat.....

Consumer Inflation Expectations and Tariffs: Why Transparent Communication Is Vital

Tariffs can be as complex as you want to make them – in terms of economics, law, and public policy – but at the core they are simply a tax on consumers. The thing is – consumers get ...

From Farm to Kickoff: How the Food Supply Chain Fuels Super Bowl Sunday

The Super Bowl isn’t just a championship game, it’s also one of the biggest food events of the year. Whether it’s wings, pizza or chips, the food industry supply chain plays a critical role in.....

A Deep Dive into the Producer Price Index

While overall food inflation has stabilized, November Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) data shows that a few specific food categories continue to pose ...

Let's Tackle the Real Causes of Food Inflation to Feed American Families

While it has been encouraging to see inflation cool in recent months, it’s been equally frustrating that the current political dialogue has lacked an in-depth, meaningful discussion of the economic subtleties....

A Deep Dive into Summer Food Prices

FMI's Andy Harig recently spoke with Dr. Ricky Volpe, professor of agribusiness at Cal Poly, to explore what the data says about the true drivers of food price ...

Progress on Supply Chain Efficiency & Performance

Out-of-stocks are one of the most frustrating experiences for online and in-store shoppers. In some industry verticals, shoppers experience stockouts as frequently as every third shopping trip....