1,556
Graduates Since 2020

94%
Completion Rate

83%
Of Employers Chose for Reputation & Content

99%
Graduates Remained at Same Company

Resilient Leaders

Bridge the gap between your company’s present and future success with comprehensive leadership development for your staff. A strong workforce improves the grocery environment and enhances the customer experience.



The Value in Future Leaders eXperience

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Leadership

Ignite team performance through relationship building, communication, coaching, and recognition.

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Performance

Effective teams are engaged. Managers learn to inspire teams, a leadership skill that accelerates results.

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Camaraderie

Through our learner-centric approach, facilitators guide rather than teach. Managers own the experience, openly sharing strengths, stories, struggles—and best of all—learning from each other.


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Earning the Food Retail Leader Certificate

Completing the online Future Leaders eXperience courses enables graduates to earn the Food Retail Leader Certificate. These recipients will be recognized in the food industry as qualified and committed food retail leaders, leading to an extra edge in their professional career path.



What Is the FMI Future Leaders eXperience?

The six-course program is part of your team's path to excellence through leadership, coaching and mentoring.

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Boardroom Volume 10

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This 10th anniversary edition covers the topics that matter most to food retail executives and decision-makers, from supply chain resilience and workforce dynamics to consumer behavior shifts and technological innovations.

Grocery Shopper Snapshot - January 2025

Jan 27, 2025
This brief report provides an update on shoppers' expectations for the year ahead, evolving grocery habits and the role of technology in grocery shopping.

Grocery Shopper Snapshot: Hispanic Edition

Oct 11, 2024
This brief report provides insight into Hispanic grocery shopping habits, including attitudes, behaviors and purchase drivers.

The Food Retailing Industry Speaks 2024

Jun 27, 2024
The food industry is experiencing enormous change. The latest version of The Food Retailing Industry Speaks relays many shifting developments and describes how the industry has worked hard to make progress in the face of all this change.

Supermarket Store and Department Manager Survey 2023

Feb 6, 2024
A store manager can make or break a grocery store, and the role has seen its share of change following the pandemic. This survey details store and department managers' job satisfaction, challengers, opportunities, and more.

Second Chance Hiring: A Resource Guide

Jul 27, 2023
Through a series of best practices, industry examples and resources, this guide explores the benefits of a second chance hiring program and fosters support for those who are looking to implement the practice within their own company.

Best Practices for Effective Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training Modules

Mar 16, 2023
This guide is a collection of FMI member wisdom on effective diversity, equity and inclusion modules, gathered through a survey on member practices and the resources they use to address DEI concerns.

Managerial Best Practices

Jan 10, 2023
This report explores managerial best practices at the store/warehouse level to help improve employee retention.

Hiring Refugees: A Resource Guide

Jul 12, 2022
Information on how to directly hiring refugees, sourcing product from refugee owned businesses, distribute and donate crucial resources or even support government policies that facilitate refugee resettlement.

Improving Employee Retention in the Grocery Industry

Dec 17, 2021
As the second in a three-part Gerald E. Peck Fellowship research series that explores workforce attractiveness in the food retail industry, this report explores the challenge of retaining employees and offers recommendations to increase retention.

Workforce Attractiveness in the Food Industry: How to Recruit Gen Z

Jan 28, 2021
This report shows the food industry, particularly food retailers, has an opportunity to showcase the variety of career options available to Gen Z.


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