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FMI Private Brands Summit Unveils New Report Making the Case for Private Brands’ Focus on Well-being

A new report by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) discusses how to strategically position one’s own brands for success in context with the rising opportunities in health and well-...

Food Marketing Institute Represents Food Retail Industry at New York Stock Exchange’s Closing Bell® During National Family Meals Month™

Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Chief Public Policy Officer, Senior Vice President, Government, and Public Affairs, Jennifer Hatcher, participated in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Closing Bell® with United States Department of Agriculture’s (...

Food Retail Study Determines Transparency Yields Greater Brand Loyalty

A new report released today from Label Insight and FMI revealed that grocery shoppers exhibit loyalty to those products that create deeper relationships through information exchange. The Transparency Imperative report found that shoppers ...

New Study from Acosta and Food Marketing Institute Reveals Best Practices for Increasing Health & Beauty Care and General Merchandise Sales in Grocery Stores

With the grocery channel challenged for growth, the Health & Beauty Care (HBC) and General Merchandise (GM) departments offer high development opportunities, attractive shopper demographics and high-ticket value visits. Combined, over $80 billion ...

FMI Honors USDA Official Andrea Gold with Consumer Service Award

FMI presented its 2018 Esther Peterson Award for Consumer service to Andrea Gold, director of the retailer policy and management division, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), at United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and ...

Food Retailers With a Comprehensive Approach to Earning Shopper Loyalty Can See Sales Rise Dramatically, According to a New FMI and Precima Report

The best way for food retailers to gain an advantage over digital retailers and other competitors is to have a large, loyal customer base. To achieve this, it is critical for retailers to take a next generation approach to customer loyalty and view ...

New FMI and IRI Report Reveals Private Brands Make a Big Comeback

Private brand performance within the grocery channel dramatically increased in the past year, posting annual sales of $138 billion across multi-outlet plus convenience store retail channels in the United States in 2017, according to new insights ...

FMI Comments on USDA Proposed National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) filed comments this week on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) Proposed Rule for the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, which sets forth ...

FMI Commends Senate Vote on 2018 Farm Bill

Food Marketing Institute Senior Director of Technology & Nutrition Policy, Hannah Walker, today released the following comments on the Senate’s passage of its Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (S. 3042)...

FMI Disappointed with SCOTUS Ruling to Keep the High Cost of Credit Card Fees Hidden

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor (5-4) of American Express and its rules prohibiting retailers from steering customers to use other less expensive credit cards....

FMI Issues Statement on Passage of the U.S. House Farm Bill

FMI released the following statement from Hannah Walker, senior director, technology and nutrition policy, on the passage of H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of ...

FMI: Supreme Court Decision on Marketplace Fairness Levels Competition In Food Retail

a 5-4 decision in the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, the Supreme Court today voted to overturn a 1992 ruling (Quill Corp v. North Dakota) that prevented states from collecting sales tax on remote transactions unless the taxed company has a ...

New Study Names Retail Foodservice as the Profit Intersection for Health, Convenience and Fresh

FMI today released an update to its 2018 Power of Foodservice at Retail analysis that offers more perspective on purchase behavior and ways to connect with consumers who, in general, are cooking less. The analysis demonstrates that a modern lens on ...

New Survey Finds Shoppers Want to Know More Details about their Grocery Products than What is On Traditional Package Labels

These survey findings underscore the importance of a new digital tool – known as SmartLabel® – that enables consumers to get easy access to this extra, detailed information about the products they use and consume. Nearly 28,000 food, beverage, ...

FMI Welcomes the Appointment of Geoff Freeman to lead the Grocery Manufacturers Association

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin offered the following comments today on the appointment of Geoff Freeman to lead the Grocery Manufacturers ...