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Life on the Verge of a Meltdown – Personalizing Shopping with a Toddler

Grocery shopping with a toddler is like shopping with a ticking time bomb. You have a finite amount of time to get your shopping completed before the inevitable meltdown ...

How to Get Involved with National Family Meals Month™

AFFI and FMI provide opportunities for manufacturers and retailers to get involved in National Family Meals ...

Can’t Decide on a Family Meal?

Everybody is joining the Family Meals Movement – are you? One of the best ways to join the movement is to start with National Family Meals Month this September. ...

Proclaiming Family Meals Month in Every State: A College Student’s Perspective

State resolutions/proclamations are an excellent way to support the National Family Meals Month™ programs that are being implemented by the retailers and suppliers across the country....

Wakefern Shares the Importance of Family Meals with the Whole Company

For National Family Meals Month™ (NFMM) 2018, Gold Plate Award-winner Wakefern Food Corp. encouraged family meals throughout their entire company. Natalie Menza-Crowe, director of health and wellness at Wakefern Food Corp., shared insights about ...

A Unique Approach to Celebrate National Family Meals Month

Each family has its own unique challenges to achieving a regular family mealtime. The Kellogg Company, a 2018 Gold Plate Award Winner, focused its National Family Meals Month campaign on helping WIC families have one more meal each ...

Family Meals Newest Spokespeople: Kids!

For National Family Meals Month™ (NFMM), three-time Gold Plate Award winner Skogen’s Festival Foods took on the challenge that parents face daily: engaging ...

Photo Friday: Proclaim It Family Meals Month

Last week the FMI Foundation attended the House Conference District Director Fly-in, where local district directors gathers on Capitol Hill to hear about national initiatives they can take back to their ...

Crashing Tailgate Parties – A Unique Way to Promote More Family Meals

Every September, National Family Meals Month™ is celebrated throughout the US, and in the upper Midwest of America, many families also enjoy meals together at tailgate parties in the parking lots of college and NFL football games throughout the ...

Bringing the Power of One More Family Meal to the Screen

Gold Plate Award-winner, GIANT Food Stores, “Power of One More Family Meal” campaign reached 65 million people in-store, at home, and in their communities....

More Fruits and Veggies and More Family Meals - A Winning Combination

Gold Plate Award winner, Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH),and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Foundation, partnered this past September to educate more families about the value of shared, produce-packed ...

Stir It Up! 2019 Delivers Top Awards for Best in Family Meal Fare and Raises $1.2M for the FMI Foundation

Each year at the FMI Foundation’s signature fundraising event, Stir It Up!, we replicate the culinary adventures that shoppers can experience every day in food retail stores across the nation. The 2019 Stir It Up! competition winners exemplified ...

Stir It Up! Spices Up The Competition

In a few days, spatulas will hit the frying pans, whisks will whip the mixing bowls, and various spices will delight your taste buds. Let’s just say, it’s game on at Stir It Up!, FMI Foundation’s signature fundraising event celebrating family ...

Unifying the Food Retail Industry in 2018

The FMI Foundation worked to unite the food retail industry using three main campaigns: National Family Meals Month™, Unified Voice Protocol and Stir It ...

Photo Friday: A Night of Family Meals and Nutrition

The FMI Foundation hosted a Family Meals Reception before the start of the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo this past Friday. Food retail dietitians and nutrition advocates celebrated family meals with Mitty the Spokesmitt and enjoyed a ...

Celebrating Outstanding Family Meals Programs: Gold Plate Awards

In the fourth year of the campaign, NFMM far exceeded expectations in the level of participation of the food retail ...

Two FMI Gold Plate Winners Collaborate for National Family Meals Month 2018

What do Coborn’s grocery stores and American Heart Association’s (AHA) Healthy For Good ™ program have in common? Both are National Family Meals Month 2017 Gold Plate Award winners!...

Retailers Stay Within the Circle of Trust with Food Safety

Year after year, FMI’s U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends Report shows consumers consistently trust their grocery store when it comes to food safety. This year, 93 percent of shoppers trust their grocery store to ensure the food they purchase is safe. No ...

Photo Friday: National Family Meals Month™ Featured in Times Square

To kick off the fourth annual National Family Meals Month™, this new infographic with the message "More Matters at the Table and On Your Plate" appeared in Times Square on September 4. This represents a unique collaboration to combine the September ...

FMI Kicks-Off National Family Meals Month™

FMI and AFFI staff kick off the fourth annual National Family Meals Month with a staff family potluck ...