Supplier Diversity

We provide opportunities for minority, women-owned enterprises, and other diverse-owned businesses to be exposed to a broader audience of potential customers and best practices by partnering with food retail companies.

Supplier Diversity Next/Best Practices Guide

Supplier Diversity Best Practice GuideThis best practice guide captures supplier diversity best practices in the food industry by engaging FMI Supplier Diversity Committee members to share their industry insights, best practices, and lessons learned. The member committee has a wealth of talent and showcases the varied experiences across the food industry from both large and small companies on how supplier diversity is important to them and how they have incorporated it into their business practices.

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FMI Supplier Diversity Resources

Supplier Diversity Next/Best Practices Guide

This guide captures supplier diversity best practices in the food industry by engaging FMI Supplier Diversity Committee members to share their industry insights, best practices, and lessons learned.

The Food Retailing Industry Speaks 2023

This report provides the food industry with important operational and financial benchmarks, as well as insights into strategic and tactical decisions among both food retailers and suppliers.

U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2023 Series

This report series explores food shoppers' journeys and behaviors.

FMI Supplier Diversity Study 2016 - 2017

The insights gleaned from this study reinforce supplier diversity as a business imperative and clarify the importance of such efforts to job creation, business expansion, community efforts, philanthropy, taxes, sustainability and mentorship.

Impacting Sales: A Holistic Approach to Supplier Diversity In the Food Retail Industry

Envisioned by FMI’s Supplier Diversity Committee, this report provides statistical data, background information and examples of practical ways food retailers can leverage Supplier Diversity as a means of growing sales.
Supplier Diversity Leadership

Leadership

The FMI Supplier Diversity Committee’s mission is to establish and share best practices to further enhance, develop and promote the growth of minority/women and other diverse owned business enterprises interested in working within the food retail industry. In addition, the committee works to provide a platform for these business enterprises to gain exposure to a broader audience of potential customers.

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