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FMI – The Food Industry Association – Repositions Itself for the Future

FMI today launches a renewed brand identity as FMI - The Food Industry Association, reflecting its strategy to more broadly represent the food marketplace and embrace a more interconnected supply chain. FMI views retail as the heart of the food ...

FMI Welcomes Passage of Trilateral Trade Agreement

This tri-lateral trade agreement maintains and secures existing supply chains and will result in continued growth in U.S. food and beverage exports. FMI thanks House and Senate leadership for their efforts to pass legislation that benefits American ...

FMI Pleased the House Voted to Move USMCA Forward

On behalf of the Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI) 1000 member companies, FMI's Vice President of Tax, Trade, Sustainability & Policy Development, Andy Harig, offered the following statement on the House’s passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada ...

FMI Disappointed 2019 Spending Bill Lacks Correction of Retail Glitch

Andy Harig, vice president, tax, trade, sustainability & policy development for FMI expressed dissatisfaction that this oversight in the tax code has prevented retailers from implementing operational improvements inside their businesses and ...

Food Retailers Expand Grocery Health and Wellness Programs

FMI released the 2019 Retailer Contributions to Health and Wellness report today, finding grocery stores are expanding the health and wellness programs they offer to shoppers....

FMI Applauds Agreement on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) released the following comments from Andy Harig, vice president, tax, trade, sustainability & policy development, on the announcement of a path forward for the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Agreement....

Pharmacy Coalition Applauds Needed Pharmacy Patient Reforms in Bipartisan Drug Pricing Package

A coalition of national pharmacy groups today applauded the latest version of the bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act, released Friday by the Senate Finance Committee, which they say addresses backdoor clawback fees charged by large ...

Private Brands Research Series Showcases the Complexity of Consumer Shopping Expectations

Newly released consumer research by FMI and its insights provider IRI® reveals that food retail private brands have greater influence on where grocery customers shop. Today, 46% of consumers say store brands influence their store choice, versus just ...

FMI Foundation Advances Smarter Era of Food Safety with Academic Scholarships

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Foundation in partnership with the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of FMI, awarded 15 academic scholars with the 2019 Food Safety Auditing Scholarship and Education Travel Grant at the SQF ...

FMI and FitForCommerce Release Premier Omnichannel Benchmarking Index

FMI and FitForCommerce, a boutique digital and omnichannel consultancy, today released the industry's first exploration in how leading grocery retailers are meeting customer demands for digital and omnichannel shopping ...

Food Waste Reduction Alliance Enters into Agreement with Federal Agencies’ ‘Winning on Food Waste Initiative’

The Food Waste Reduction Alliance – founded by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and National Restaurant Association – today announced a formal agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the ...

FMI Commends USDA’s Effort to Provide Regulatory Framework for Hemp

Today, Food Marketing Institute (FMI) applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) release of a federal regulatory framework for domestic hemp, which establishes a domestic hemp production program as set forth in the 2018 Farm Bill....

FMI Partners with SABER on Business Status Reporting System for Crisis Management

FMI today announces it has joined forces with SABER, the Single Automated Business Exchange for Reporting, to offer food retailers a streamlined system for identifying a store’s business status following a natural disaster or other crisis ...

FMI Releases Annual Exploration of Grocery Foodservice

FMI’s 2019 Power of Foodservice at Retail finds that 63% of consumers continue to incorporate time-saving solutions in the form of semi- and fully-prepared items for dinner, but opportunities exist for grocers to garner greater visibility as the ...

Celebrity Adds Muscle to Family Meals Month

As National Family Meals Month™ is observed for the fifth year in a row this September, celebrated chef and culinary personality Robert Irvine adds his star power to the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Foundation’s campaign to encourage Americans to ...