By: Lucas Darnell, Director of Membership, Food Marketing Institute

Building on the success of FMI’s 2014 Store Manager Survey, we will again be teaming up with The Retail Feedback Group and Harold Lloyd Presents to conduct the first-ever Supermarket Department Manager Survey.
The survey will provide a view from the eyes or our food retail department managers. What do they like about their job? What challenges do they face? How well do they communicate with store management and field supervision? Where are the opportunities to develop the knowledge and abilities of this key management group?
The survey is LIVE NOW at www.FMIdepartment.org. Please distribute this link to your department managers today.
Here are the particulars:
- The survey takes less than 10 minutes
- 3 respondents will be randomly selected to WIN a $100 gift card
- Respond by April 15
- Participation is FREE
- Every participating company will receive a FREE copy of the results
- For a nominal fee, you may purchase a personalized report for YOUR company (minimum 5 company responses)
Aggregated insights and recommendations will be presented by Harold Lloyd and Doug Madenberg at FMI Connect 2016. For more information contact Lucas Darnell.


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