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Food Marketing Institute Elects New Directors to its Board

FMI introduced new directors to its board during its annual meeting at the FMI Midwinter Executive Conference in Miami this week. FMI Board Chairman Joe Sheridan, president and COO, Wakefern Food Corp, announced the following ...

FMI Foundation Announces 2018 Gold Plate Award Winners

FMI Foundation revealed the winners of its 2018 Gold Plate Awards that recognize the partners who were major contributors in turning National Family Meals Month™ into a countrywide movement this past year. The awards distinguish elite contributors ...

FMI Honors Executive Leadership Awards in Trading Partner Excellence, Innovation, Service and Statesmanship

FMI today announced its leadership awards at the Midwinter Executive Conference, individuals who embody the principals and ideals of the namesakes for these awards – Rabb, Albers, Hoover, Woodard, Peterson and Wegman. FMI recognized the 2019 award ...

FMI Reveals 2019 Fresh Food Analysis Agenda

FMI today announces a comprehensive agenda to evaluate the power of fresh foods through in-depth consumer ...

FMI Statement on SCOTUS Decision to Hear Appeal in Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media

FMI President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin offered the following statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear the association's appeal in Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader ...

FMI Applauds Rule Establishing a Single Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

On behalf of the nation’s food retailers and wholesalers, Food Marketing Institute (FMI) welcomes the publication of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) final National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard rule. The rule provides a ...

New Report: FMI Evaluates the Power and Focus on Shopper Health and Well-Being at Retail

FMI Foundation today unveils a pre-release of its 2019 Power of Health and Well-being in Food Retail, an exploration into the consumer mindset of what wellness means to them and what they expect from their grocery stores. The analysis explores the ...

FMI Applauds the Passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) offers the following statement from Hannah Walker, senior director, technology and nutrition policy, on the passage of the Farm Bill legislation....

Three Years in, SmartLabel Provides Consumers Digital Information for Majority of Products in U.S. Grocery Stores

GMA and FMI today marked the third anniversary of the digital transparency tool SmartLabel®, which provides easy and instantaneous access to detailed information from 826 brands on more than 36,000 food, beverage, personal care, household and pet ...

Robert Irvine Stirs Up Family Meals with FMI Foundation

Celebrated chef and culinary personality Robert Irvine will take the stage to emcee the food industry’s most sizzling fundraising event, Stir It Up!. The event will take place at FMI’s Midwinter Executive Conference on January 27 in Miami, Florida, ...

15 Extraordinary Students Recognized with 2018 FMI Foundation Food Safety Auditing Scholarship

The FMI Foundation in conjunction with the Safe Quality Food Institute recognized 15 recipients of the 2018 Food Safety Auditing Scholarship and Education Travel Grant at the SQF International ...

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 ...