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A two-day educational event where supply chain professionals meet and connect over key challenges and changes in the food retail supply chain. Discover solutions to enhance productivity, performance, efficiency and resilience in a new climate. Near-term practical solutions and longer-term threats will be addressed as well as thought leadership and business solutions that benefit your business.

FMI invites you on Thursday, September 10, at 4:00 p.m. ET to join for a webinar presented in partnership with Oliver Wyman’s Private Capital team. Independent Grocery and Financial Sponsors: Understanding Your Options, Protecting Value, and Preparing for What’s Next ***Please note: This webinar is intended for FMI Independent Operators.***

Exclusive to FMI members, the FMI Annual Business Conference (ABC) offers joint business planning opportunities to discuss your growth strategies, consumer insights, pricing and promotional plans, new product introductions, and omni-channel supply chain performance enhancements. New to ABC, we now offer an open-environment tabletop option for FMI nonfood members with product categories covering general merchandise, household, health and beauty care.

As retailers face increasingly complex challenges related to safety, security, loss prevention, fraud, and organizational resilience, strong asset protection leadership is more important than ever. FMI's Asset Protection Fall Summit, co-hosted by Lunds & Byerlys and Coborn's in Minneapolis, Minnesota, brings together industry professionals to share best practices, discuss emerging threats, and identify practical solutions to protect people, products, and operations. The Summit offers valuable insights, peer connections, and real-world strategies that attendees can immediately apply within their organizations. For companies committed to strengthening resilience and reducing risk, this is a can't-miss event, and we encourage you to consider sending a member of your team to participate. Please contact Tom Cosgrove for more details at tcosgrove@fmi.org.

The meat category continues to outperform expectations, but consumer behaviors, merchandising strategies, and seasonal opportunities are evolving quickly. What has changed over the past six months, and what should retailers be doing now to drive sales through football season, the holidays, and beyond?

Private brands continue to be a critical driver of growth, differentiation, and customer loyalty across food retail. FMI's Private Brands Leadership Council Fall Summit, hosted this year at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., brings together senior private brands leaders from across the industry to discuss emerging trends, strategic sourcing, regulatory developments, AI, consumer insights, and the future of private brand growth. As the Council's premier annual in-person event, it helps shape FMI's private brands priorities and provides valuable peer-to-peer learning. For any organization with a meaningful private brands business, this is a can't-miss opportunity, and we encourage you to ensure your private brands leader is represented. Please contact Tom Cosgrove for more details at tcosgrove@fmi.org.

Join fellow 2026 GroceryLab participants for one of four Beyond the Lab virtual experiences designed to continue the connections, conversations and momentum started in Detroit. Explore new research on what shoppers want AI to accomplish—saving money, saving time and living happier—and discuss implications for value, convenience, personalization, trust and loyalty. Together, translate shopper insights into industry action.

Vice presidents, directors and managers in energy, refrigeration, store development and sustainability gather to learn from the best in the food retail industry about energy efficiency and conservation, as well as store design and merchandising.

Continue the connections and conversations that began at GroceryLab during this interactive virtual experience exclusively for 2026 participants. Reconnect with fellow industry leaders, engage around emerging ideas and explore opportunities to apply GroceryLab lessons within your organization. This experience is part of the four-part Beyond the Lab series. Stay tuned for more information about the topics we’ll explore together next.

The FMI State Issues Retreat is an annual event that brings together food retail grocery associations and food and grocery company government relations professionals from each state to discuss state and local legislative and regulatory issues.

The annual FMI Midwinter Executive Conference is our signature, invitation-only gathering that attracts more than 1,700 food industry executives spanning all facets of the marketplace. It is a prestigious member-only event offering an opportunity for a diverse group of top industry leaders to converge and gain insights relevant to the success of their businesses, including retailers, wholesalers, independent operators, suppliers, manufacturers and solution providers. Depending on their level of membership, suppliers qualify for at least two, and up to an unlimited number of invitations.

Reconnect with the GroceryLab community for an interactive virtual experience focused on continued learning, practical application and peer engagement. Exchange perspectives, explore new approaches and build on the ideas and relationships developed in Detroit. This experience is part of the four-part Beyond the Lab series, created exclusively for 2026 GroceryLab participants. Stay tuned for information about the topics we’ll explore.

The Annual Meat Conference offers a complete education and networking experience as well as exhibits showcasing the latest in new meat and poultry products and the products and services retailers need to increase their bottom line.

The Safe Quality Food Institute’s SQF Unites Conference gathers 600+ food safety and quality professionals from around the world to discuss and learn about the latest trends in food safety certification and the SQFI program. Attendees include retailers, producers, food processors, educators, regulators, training center and certification body personnel. The SQFI is a division of FMI.

The FMI Asset Protection and Grocery Resilience Conference provides an opportunity for loss prevention, risk management, workplace safety and crisis management professionals in the food retail industry to network and collaborate on all aspects of protecting people, reputation, and property.

Keep the GroceryLab momentum moving forward through an interactive virtual experience focused on connection, application and peer engagement. Engage with peers, share how ideas are being put into practice and continue the conversations shaping transformation across the food industry. This experience is part of the four-part Beyond the Lab series exclusively for 2026 GroceryLab participants. Stay tuned for additional details.

The Financial Executive and Internal Audit Conference is design and developed by your peers. This year's conference promises to deliver a robust education and networking program that meets your professional and educational needs.

Vice presidents, directors and managers in energy, refrigeration, store development and sustainability gather to learn from the best in the food retail industry about energy efficiency and conservation, as well as store design and merchandising.

The annual FMI Midwinter Executive Conference is our signature, invitation-only gathering that attracts more than 1,700 food industry executives spanning all facets of the marketplace. It is a prestigious member-only event offering an opportunity for a diverse group of top industry leaders to converge and gain insights relevant to the success of their businesses, including retailers, wholesalers, independent operators, suppliers, manufacturers and solution providers. Depending on their level of membership, suppliers qualify for at least two, and up to an unlimited number of invitations.

The Annual Meat Conference offers a complete education and networking experience as well as exhibits showcasing the latest in new meat and poultry products and the products and services retailers need to increase their bottom line.

The annual FMI Midwinter Executive Conference is our signature, invitation-only gathering that attracts more than 1,700 food industry executives spanning all facets of the marketplace. It is a prestigious member-only event offering an opportunity for a diverse group of top industry leaders to converge and gain insights relevant to the success of their businesses, including retailers, wholesalers, independent operators, suppliers, manufacturers and solution providers. Depending on their level of membership, suppliers qualify for at least two, and up to an unlimited number of invitations.

The Annual Meat Conference offers a complete education and networking experience as well as exhibits showcasing the latest in new meat and poultry products and the products and services retailers need to increase their bottom line.

The annual FMI Midwinter Executive Conference is our signature, invitation-only gathering that attracts more than 1,700 food industry executives spanning all facets of the marketplace. It is a prestigious member-only event offering an opportunity for a diverse group of top industry leaders to converge and gain insights relevant to the success of their businesses, including retailers, wholesalers, independent operators, suppliers, manufacturers and solution providers. Depending on their level of membership, suppliers qualify for at least two, and up to an unlimited number of invitations.

The annual FMI Midwinter Executive Conference is our signature, invitation-only gathering that attracts more than 1,700 food industry executives spanning all facets of the marketplace. It is a prestigious member-only event offering an opportunity for a diverse group of top industry leaders to converge and gain insights relevant to the success of their businesses, including retailers, wholesalers, independent operators, suppliers, manufacturers and solution providers. Depending on their level of membership, suppliers qualify for at least two, and up to an unlimited number of invitations.