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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.

Join us for a quick interactive and hands-on overview of these valuable offerings and meet the FMI membership team and subject matter experts from across your food industry association. Note: This presentation will not be recorded, so be sure to join us live on Monday, May19th!

Pure Strategies, in partnership with FMI, will lead a 90-minute interactive workshop designed to help members apply the upcoming FMI Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) 101 Guide.

Join David Fikes, Executive Director of the FMI Foundation, and Krystal Register, MS, RDN, LDN, the Vice President of Health and Well-being at FMI, to learn what benefits promoting family meals has for both your organization and community.

Store Manager Awards are given to outstanding managers who generate sales growth, effectively communicate company and store goals and objectives, demonstrate team leadership in their store/company, provide exceptional customer service through in-store programs and improve community relations.

Join the FMI Foundation for a discussion of market implications, commercialization timelines, and consumer information resources regarding this new development in food biotechnology. The webinar, free to FMI members, will feature Banks Baker, Senior Director, New Product Strategy for Pig Improvement Company (PIC), North America.

Join us for a quick interactive and hands-on overview of these valuable offerings and meet the FMI membership team and subject matter experts from across your food industry association. Note: This presentation will not be recorded, so be sure to join us live on Monday, June 16th!

Explore scenario-based strategies for handling common situations like shoplifting, loitering, and workplace conflicts. Equip your entire workforce with consistent, professional response techniques that defuse tension before it escalates.

Drawing from data from 2025’s Food Retailing Industry Speaks report, 2025’s U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report, and insights from subject matter experts from FMI and Junior Achievement USA, this webinar will detail how to leverage the Inspiring Careers in Food program to aid in your company’s strategic workforce planning and talent development.

Join us for the first webinar in our "Master Retail Media" series, developed in collaboration between FMI and Inmar, designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of building a successful Retail Media Network. This session will cover Stage 1, focusing on foundational elements and key strategies. You will learn from retail industry experts discussing the initial first steps to establish a retail media strategy.

The FMI Legal Conference is designed for the legal leadership of the retail and wholesale food industries, including general counsel, corporate counsel and invited retained counsel, as well as other corporate executives involved with legal issues. -Food Safety and Supplier Verification -Trends in Food Labeling and Litigation -Crisis Management CLE Credits will be awarded for this conference, pending state approval.

FMI's Future Leader's eXperience is the industry's premier online leadership training program for retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers, designed to bridge the gap between your company's present and future success.

The FreshForward conference is an exclusive event bringing together executives in the food retail and wholesale industry with their supplier and service provider partners to explore the future of fresh. Expect a series of high-level strategic discussions and thought leadership promoting collaboration among attendees.

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.

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.

Learn a compassionate yet effective deterrence strategy that respects dignity while maintaining security. Discover how to train employees to interact empathetically with homeless individuals, leverage mental health resources instead of law enforcement, and implement company-wide protocols that empower frontline staff.

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.

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.

Spot shoplifting behaviors, implement a three-step prevention strategy, and manage grab-and-run incidents safely. Featuring insights from industry experts, this session equips employees with practical, company-aligned solutions to reduce theft while protecting staff and customers.

The annual FMI Midwinter Executive Conference is our signature, invitation-only gathering that attracts more than 1,000 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 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.

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.

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 1,000 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.