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Future Leaders is the industry's premier training program for retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers, designed to bridge the gap between your company's present and future success with new leadership development.

FMI, in partnership with member plus partner Early Alert, will host a briefing on the upcoming hurricane season forecast. The goal is to provide the most up-to-date forecast to help the food retail industry prepare for potential weather-related incidents throughout the hurricane season. This digital briefing is open to all FMI members. In addition to weather-related notifications, Early Alert shares real-time information on the pandemic and health outbreaks, civil protest plans, and weather-related information.

Join your industry colleagues on June 7th, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, as the FMI Foundation hosts a digital seminar focused on two tools successful companies use to help them reach their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion goals and make their workplace a stronger, healthier place. Effective Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training Modules for Employees and the active use of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) have a proven track record for helping employee recruitment, retention, engagement, and satisfaction. Contribute to the conversation as guest experts Jackie Wong, McKinsey Group, and Jonathan Mayes, diversity consultant, share their expertise and insights about creating effective DEI training modules and leveraging ERGs for business success.

Join us for a digital seminar to discuss results from this year’s Power of Private Brands 2023: Innovation that Drives Winning Private Brands. Innovation in this sector is often thought of as developing new products or finding new ways to keep prices low. But innovation is crucial in many other aspects of the business as well, including brand development, marketing, logistics and supplier relationships. This seminar examines opportunities geared to three outcomes: driving consumer purchases, enhancing retailer/wholesaler strategies, and improving supply and assortment

Nonfood leaders are coming together for an interactive and immersive event focused on a shopper’s transition from impulse to loyalty within nonfoods categories such as, general merchandise, household and health and beauty care. Attendees will access a collective experience diving into the innovative mindset needed to compete and stay relevant in today’s dynamic marketplace. This invitation-only business conference is carefully curated to bring together a select group of food retail professionals to include product suppliers, wholesalers and retailers.

In this session, the speaker, Harold Lloyd will discuss strategies on how to be prepared for new competition. Harold will share seven (7) specific actions to take prior to the (re)opening of a competitor and address when it's the best time to implement action.

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.

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.

FreshForward is an exclusive executive-level event that brings together C- suite executives in the food retail and wholesale industry with their supplier and third party provider partners in the fresh foods supply chain to explore the future of fresh at retail. Expect a series of high-level strategic discussions and thought leadership presentations promoting interaction and collaboration among attendees.

The Annual Business Conference (ABC) provides a tremendous opportunity for CPG suppliers to interact with their retailer/wholesaler trading partners.

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.

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 Midwinter Executive Conference is FMI's signature, invitation-only annual gathering that attracts more than 1,000 senior-level executives in the food retail marketplace. It is a prestigious member-only event offering an opportunity for a diverse group of top industry leaders, including retailers, wholesalers, independent operators, suppliers and manufacturers, to converge and gain insights relevant to the success of their businesses. Supplier partners quality for at least 2, and up to an unlimited amount of invitations, depending on their level of membership.

The SQF Conference brings together 800+ food safety and quality professionals in the growing, processing, manufacturing and retail industries who are committed to protecting their brands, buyers & consumers through third party certification.

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 FMI Asset Protection and Grocery Resilience 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.

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 Midwinter Executive Conference is FMI's signature, invitation-only annual gathering that attracts more than 1,000 senior-level executives in the food retail marketplace. It is a prestigious member-only event offering an opportunity for a diverse group of top industry leaders, including retailers, wholesalers, independent operators, suppliers and manufacturers, to converge and gain insights relevant to the success of their businesses. Supplier partners quality for at least 2, and up to an unlimited amount of invitations, depending on their level of membership.

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 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 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.