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The Power of Produce identifies the biggest trends in consumer purchasing and consumption of fruit and vegetables.

This analysis quantifies the operational costs of actions food retailers took amid the COVID-19 pandemic to respond to the crisis and meet these new consumer demands while remaining focused on maintaining the health and safety of employees and customers.

This report explores a range of issues from the health and well-being focus of seafood shoppers to seafood cooking behaviors and needs and seafood sustainability consumer trends.

As the first in a three-part Gerald E. Peck Fellowship research series that explores workforce attractiveness in the food retail industry, this report shows the food industry, particularly food retailers, has an opportunity to showcase the variety of career options available to Gen Z.

This project, devised and managed for FMI by Wisner Marketing, provides a roadmap for FMI retailer and wholesaler members to maximize the value of their private brands within the context of a shopper-centric approach.

The U. S. Grocery Shopper Trends COVID-19 Tracker wave nine updates grocery shopping habits for online shopping; continued concerns about the coronavirus; shoppers' willingness to use grocery store pharmacies for flu shots; how grocery shoppers plan to celebrate upcoming holidays; and how Americans plan for food and drink around spectator sports.

This year’s report takes a wider view than before. As always, Speaks focuses on how the industry fared in the prior year, which in this case was 2019, including with some comparisons to 2018. In addition, this year’s report looks at how the industry has been impacted in 2020 by the first few months of the pandemic.

The omnichannel shopper –an evasive target that has proven far easier to define than to capture. And now in 2020, a dramatic, unexpected, and possibly permanent change to both buying behaviors and economic circumstances driven by COVID-19.

For fresh products, it is essential to get the demand forecasts right. Specifically, grocers must get them right on the day-level to capture demand variation throughout the week.

Over the past decade, consumer demand for personalization in retail has changed the way the industry operates. In order to drive loyalty, retailers must have the right price, the right promotion, and the right products for their customers.

Robots have finally come to the floor of the retail store after proving their value in dozens of industries. This white paper offers the first limited ROI data as robots attempt to prove their value in reducing out of stocks (OOS) in supermarkets.

The U. S. Grocery Shopper Trends COVID-19 Tracker wave eight revisits topics explored in the first wave of this research including consumers concern about the virus; anxiety about ability to feed the household; the nature of shopping trips; reliance on online grocery channels; cooking trends; and trust in grocery stores.

Leverage this guide with your team to prepare and respond to tense encounters as we continue to keep workplaces safe.

The U.S. Grocery Shopper COVID-19 Tracker wave seven explores store brands, reliance on frozen food to keep the pantry stocked, and usage of prepared/RTE options from the grocery store.

The 2020 U.S Grocery Shopper Trends study, conducted by the Hartman Group, explores where shoppers’ habits were going in 2020 prior to the pandemic and where they are now.

Leverage this guide with your team to prepare, respond and recover from civil unrest.

Consumer expectations for future shopping behavior. To assess the impact of COVID-19 on U.S. grocery shopper perceptions and behaviors, FMI is conducting online tracking surveys.

Latinx and Black shoppers adjust their grocery shopping. To assess the impact of COVID-19 on U.S. grocery shopper perceptions and behaviors, FMI is conducting online tracking surveys.

Overview: COVID-19 impact on grocery shopping. To assess the impact of COVID-19 on U.S. grocery shopper perceptions and behaviors, FMI is conducting online tracking surveys.

The purpose of this project was to determine market potential and consumers’ beliefs, knowledge, understanding, and acceptance of gene-editing technology and gene-edited foods with the ultimate goal of providing valuable information to producers, retailers, consumers, and policy makers

Gain further insights on strategic thinking, establishing aspirations and evaluating capabilities to establish a viable foodservice operating model, while keeping consumer needs at the forefront.

This report looks at the demographics of the omnishopper and the overall scope of products and categories considered for the online size of the prize, in the face of quickly changing food-at-home buying habits.

Defining the role emerging issues play in the food industry and helping companies strategically prepare for the new realities of marketplace, Accenture’s analysis focuses on how best to prepare for future consumer needs.

The 2019 Retailer Contributions to Health & Wellness report demonstrates how grocery stores are contributing to the health of their customers, including offering nutrition guidance, pharmacy solutions and overall health and wellness resources

Lowering dwell times can have profound positive impacts on a company’s supply chain, reaching far beyond carrier satisfaction and distinction as a facility or shipper of choice.

The Power of Bakery 2019 overlays shopper attitudes with actual sales and household shopping/buying data and identifies important red flags and opportunities to help manufacturers and retailers optimize innovation, merchandising, marketing and branding.

This backgrounder provides an overview of the potential for gene editing to provide solutions to food supply challenges and consumer driven food quality demands through the lens of implications for the food retail industry.