The Food Retailing Industry Speaks 2011 (PDF Download)

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FMI's The Food Retailing Industry Speaks (Speaks) is the annual state of the industry report — a must-have for everyone in the food industry. The report reviews the impact of the economy on food retailing and evaluates the industry’s performance in sales, profits, margins and a wide variety of productivity measures. It presents detailed information on supermarket operations as well as store-level benchmarks in space, item, checkout, personnel and inventory productivity. The report also provides an in-depth review of strategic and competitive trends. The 2011 report also looks into special areas, including: - Mobile marketing - Social media marketing - Advertising budgets - The impact of the current economic environment on human resource decisions such as hiring, relocation allowances, turnover, bonuses, salary and benefits - Healthcare updates - Nutritional labeling guidance programs - Insights into macro trends such as private brands, organic, sustainable product sales and supermarket-prepared food trends - New store trends - LEED-building trends - The prevalence of new departments and services