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Research conducted on behalf of FMI by Acosta Strategic Advisors looks at the best practices and strategies food retailers are using to create successful strategies for GM/HBC in Grocery.

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

This 2023 Action Guide spotlights key takeaways from the FreshForward Conference on Ecommerce, Meal Planning, and Gen Z.

New research of food industry private brand professionals shows innovation is expanding to include packaging, branding, purchasing, logistics, marketing and more.

This report provides a comprehensive examination of the foundational knowledge, measurement approaches, and strategies used to reduce retail out-of-stocks (OOS)in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry.

Fresh departments have opportunities to meet consumers’ increased demands for health and well-being solutions. Those needs advanced during the pandemic and the new perspectives are expected to endure. Fresh foods is in the sweet spot as retailers experiment with new strategies.

In this session, we’re going to address a growing challenge in the fresh foods industry — the need to enhance the supply chain to reduce costs, gain efficiencies and satisfy consumer needs. This imperative has only grown in importance since the start of the pandemic.

Seminar Recording - highlights of the study FMI's 2021 U.S Grocery Shopper Trends study conducted by The Hartman Group

Workplace violence is a pervasive problem in our society that requires a renewed and urgent approach to preparation, response, and recovery. Gain a better understanding of the changing nature of active assailant threats, the motivations behind them, and steps you should take now to protect your customers and employees.

Grocers – and the wider retail community – are still suffering from $6-7 billion of annual fee increases as a result of shifts to more expensive payment types. Digitalization, the rise of Card Not Present (CNP), supplier consolidation, increasing headline card rates, rising fraud activity, barriers to routing, third party delivery services, and much more, are all factors in a rapidly increasing cost base for retailers.

This digital seminar, where experts from the National Chicken Council and the National Pork Producers Council discuss the updated broiler chicken policy and Proposition 12 regulations in California, is now available on demand. The seminar covers the implications of these changes for retailers and their customers and provides an overview of legal challenges and current status before the Supreme Court.

A new analysis of retail regulatory inspection data from multiple states has revealed some eye-opening results about the current state of inspections. This session is a recording of a live discussion held on February 13, 2023.

This second-annual FMI report spotlights how asset protection professionals have been adapting their strategies to address a wide range of traditional and emerging threats—from natural disasters to active shooters.

The February CPI data showed inflationary price increases are not declining as quickly or uniformly as desired by consumers and the food industry. We anticipate further volatility in inflation in the coming months, and U.S. food prices will remain elevated in the short term. However, economists are cautiously optimistic that the worst of food price inflation is behind us. Our experts offer their thoughts on what lies ahead for food prices in 2023 in a briefing.

This report was developed to better help grocers meet consumer needs and drive business success. It contains idea starters, case studies of companies, partnership ideas and more.

The best practices guide addresses root causes - and potential solutions - of challenges across five retail functional domains: Store Execution, Ordering and Execution, Forecasting, Manufacturing, and Category Management and Merchandising.

This tool was created by FMI's Sustainability Executive Committee to assist sustainability leaders in making the compelling business case for sustainability with senior leadership.

This session covers Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule that aims in part to address problems surrounding the hidden “clawback” fees known as pharmacy DIR fees.

The Collaboration 2.0 project is a multiyear initiative, developed with Market6®, to help the grocery industry improve how grocers and their suppliers work together around key shared business processes to grow sales, profits and customer satisfaction/loyalty.

In this webinar you will hear from Tent Partnership for Refugees and Lutheran Immigrant and Refugee Service on how all companies can provide new opportunities and resources to refugees in need, whether it be directly hiring refugees, sourcing product from refugee owned businesses, distributing and donating crucial resources or even supporting government policies that facilitate refugee resettlement.

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

A follow-up to FMI Foundation research first published in 2020, this new report delves deeper into what consumers want to know about gene edited food products and who they consider to be trustworthy sources in addressing biotechnological applications in food.

The purpose of this project is to determine market potential and consumer willingness-to-pay for eggs with different labels, with primary focus on cage free.

Today’s households continue to see value in cooking, even if doing so has become increasingly complex. Learn how COVID-19 impacted consumers’ cooking habits.

This whitepaper, produced for FMI by Fortium Partners, aims to help FMI members understand the state of Cybersecurity and become equipped with actionable steps to secure their companies.

FMI is picking up the Decades of Donations research on the vital role supermarket play in their community food supply. Following 2005 research, FMI surveyed 74 member food retailers and 44 food bank executives for the 2012 data, asking how they contribute to the demand of food in light of economic changes.

Raven Solomon and Jacquelyn Howard discuss generational and racial barriers in the workplace and how to replace them with empathy and synergy that fosters productive working relationships, drives business results, and prepares organizations to compete in the not-so-distant future.

Developed under the Gerald E. Peck Fellowship with Saint Joseph's University and authored by Nancy Childs, Ph.D, Gerald E. Peck Fellow, this report explores the use and potential of grocery shopping apps.

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Webinar Recording - a panel conversation with industry leaders who have experienced unthinkable crises directly. Listen in as we seek their advice, share best practices, and hear how they’ve sought healing alongside their associates and communities.

In this session, attorneys from Steptoe and Johnson LLP review the current legal landscape for green claims for packaging at the federal and state level, and how companies can develop compliance programs to ensure liability exposure is minimized.

In this digital seminar, FMI is joined by Alain Brandon, Vice President, Government Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility for Loblaw Companies. He discusses the EPR Packaging experience in Canada, including the lessons he has learned during his decade implementing various packaging EPR programs and key takeaways for U.S. retailers as they face state legislation and regulation on this topic.

The FMI Regulatory, GR, and Food Safety teams hosted a digital seminar to provide information on the FDA's Food Traceability Rule released in November 2022. The rule imposes new recordkeeping obligations across the supply chain, and compliance is required by January 2026. The program covered what is included in the rule, how independent operators can prepare and comply with the regulation, and the resources available from FMI to assist with compliance.

It’s not just the foods we eat that impact our mental and physical health; it’s also the company we keep when eating. Research shows that family meals, however you define family, are associated with better overall individual nutritional intake, better weight management, and stronger social interactions.

Finding the Profitable Path to Your Digitally Engaged Grocery Shoppers: Executive Workbook 2018 helps companies think through their organizational structure, partnering and strategy to adopt at the pace of change upon us.

To support our work with the White House Conference, FMI collected insights, stories, and recommendations from our members – food retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers. The FMI Collective Report puts forth preliminary food industry commitments, recommendations for government actions, and showcases examples from member nutrition, health and well-being initiatives and community outreach and engagement programs that demonstrate the important role the food industry plays in impacting hunger, nutrition, and health.

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

The purpose of this document is to assist in preventing contamination of leafy greens, to increase communication across the entire supply chain, to protect consumers and the safety of products they consume, and to facilitate effective response to food safety incidents should they occur again.

Following the Profitable Path to Your Digitally Engaged Grocery Shoppers: Executive Workbook 2019 examines seven key digital imperatives to help you think through your organizational structure, partnering opportunities and strategy to adopt at the pace which is upon us.

A unique guide commissioned by FMI and prepared by the law firm of Hogan Lovells US LLP that interprets the complex federal food labeling regulations specifically for food retailers.

The focus of this briefing is on how the current domestic state of play with supply chain disruptions, ongoing labor shortages, and inflation coupled with the conflict in Ukraine is impacting the price of food at the grocery store.

A listing of health and wellness programs among more than 50 retailers.

This report updates the 2013 Food Retailing and Wholesaling Audit Study by documenting changes in key benchmarking information and capturing new data points specific to the internal auditing function at FMI member and non-member companies.

Key benchmarking information specific to the financial performance and business environment in fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

FDA recently published the Food Traceability Final Rule (FSMA Section 204). In this session, FMI staff and outside counsel discuss the elements in the final rule, review what has changed, and begin the discussion about implementation of the regulation.

Invaluable resource to help manage and reduce the costs of unsaleables in the total supply chain. PDF Download FREE. Also available in print starting at $20.

The 2015 FMI WWA Deloitte Consulting Shopper-Centric Retailing Study focuses on the gaps between merchandising practices common in today's Consumer Package Goods (CPG) manufacturer-retail environment and the practices that can be applied for the industry to become more effectively shopper-focused.

An alliance of food manufacturers, retailers and foodservice operators announced the release of a toolkit to help businesses in the food sector reduce the amount of food waste sent to landfill.