Sustainability

Shoppers Look for Proof of Sustainability Practices

The take from an upcoming FMI consumer insights research report about transparency is that shoppers want ...

Sustainability Plays Important Role in Private Brands

Our annual private brands research sheds light on sustainability through the eyes of both consumers and the ...

Sustainable Shopper Segments

Shoppers are focusing more and more on sustainability, but do they just talk the talk, or do they actually walk the ...

Food Industry Pursues Wide Range of Sustainability Efforts

Retailers and suppliers are making sustainability a priority with quantified goals and time frames for a range of strategies, such as responsible sourcing, energy use, and food and package waste ...

How Sustainability Considerations Influence Meat Purchases

About a third of shoppers consider animal welfare, the planet and social responsibility in their purchase ...

FMI State Issues Retreat Roars Back with Focus on Sustainability

For the first time in more than twenty years, State Issues Retreat left its traditional August timeframe and was held in mid-July in Park City, Utah. Attendees discussed state legislative policy on extended producer responsibility, mandatory ...

Acting on Concerns about Food and Packaging Waste

Reducing food and packaging waste has become a bigger priority for consumers and food industry companies — for reasons ranging from financial to ...

The Model Store: How Supply Chain Challenges and Sustainability are Driving Decisions

As the last few years have shown, it’s an ever-evolving operational climate for doing business. Food retailers building new stores or remodeling existing locations are simultaneously dealing with supply chain challenges and the drive toward ...

Younger Consumers Spotlight Sustainability

Millennials and Gen Z are more interested in environmental sustainability and they show a greater willingness to pay more for ...

How Sustainability is Driving Shopper Decisions

Despite high inflation and overall economic uncertainty this year, FMI’s latest data shows sustainability remains consistent as an important factor influencing shopper decisions. The consumers most likely to be interested in sustainability are ...

A Green Blueprint for Energy-Efficient Stores

While retailers simultaneously pursue other sustainability efforts, such as reducing food and packaging waste, they are increasingly focusing on their physical locations. After all, on a global level, buildings are responsible for 40% of energy ...

Moving Beyond Problem Solving to Supersized Solution Scheming

In this video, FMI President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin gives a state of the industry address focusing on six imperative issues confronting the food industry and how FMI adds ...

State Legislatures Focus on Sustainability in 2023

In the first four months of 2023, FMI has seen the introduction of hundreds of sustainability bills across the nation. These include bills to prohibit per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, polystyrene foam packaging, single-use ...

Photo Friday: Sustainability in the Grocery Store

I recently joined Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (SLO) professor and agriculture economist Dr. Ricky Volpe's class on “Food Retail Management.” Along with 45 students, we met with Jonathan Tan from The Ratio Institute, a nonprofit certifying body for ...

We Are Living in a Material World

Part of the reason sustainability can feel so difficult is that you have a seemingly endless series of obstacles, limited resources, and constantly moving goal posts. Under these conditions, how do you know if you’re moving in the right direction? ...