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New Insights from FMI and NIQ Reveal Food Shoppers Increasingly Prioritize Product Information

The latest consumer insights on transparency, the fourth report in a series from FMI — The Food Industry Association and NIQ (NielsenIQ), demonstrate that grocery shoppers have prioritized product transparency at an increased rate over the last five ...

FMI Announces 2023 Community Uplift Award Recipients

FMI – The Food Industry Association today announces recipients of the 2023 Community Uplift Awards. Out of 18 nominations, three community uplift programs were selected by a panel of judges as recipients for their standout efforts in addressing food ...

FMI Celebrates Eight Outstanding Programs for Their Impact on Communities

FMI –​The Food Industry Association today announces the recipients of the 2022 Community Uplift Awards. Out of 14 contest nominees, eight were selected as winners for their standout efforts in addressing food insecurity, neighborhood health needs ...

FMI Hosts Reunion of Food Retail Consumer Affairs Professionals

FMI—The Food Industry Association hosted a reunion this weekend of more than 20 former food retail consumer affairs professionals in Washington, D.C., and the group notably included six recipients of FMI’s Esther Peterson Award for Consumer Service. ...

Consumer Demand for Food Transparency Remains Strong as Omnichannel Rises

FMI—the Food Industry Association and NielsenIQ today released the Transparency in an Evolving Omnichannel World report, revealing continued high demand among consumers for transparency from food retailers and manufacturers, particularly in a more ...

Hy-Vee, Northgate Gonzalez Market and Cub Foods Receive FMI’s Community Uplift Awards

The Food Industry Association today announces the recipients of the 2021 Community Uplift Awards , following the evaluation of 21 laudable program nominees. Among these nominees, Hy-Vee, Northgate Market and Cub Foods stood out for their especially ...

FMI Signature Research Finds Grocery Shopping Has Fundamentally Changed

For the past four decades, FMI—The Food Industry Association has tracked the grocery shopping habits of U.S. customers through the U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report. The 2021 edition, prepared in partnership with The Hartman Group, explores how the ...

Starbucks and Produce Alliance to Talk Race, Inclusion and Diversity Nov. 2

Jacquelyn Howard, vice president, global supply chain, The Starbucks Coffee Company, and Melissa Melshenker Ackerman, president of the Produce Alliance, will discuss racial justice, inclusion and diversity in the food system during the first Digital ...

FMI Releases 71st Annual The Food Retailing Industry Speaks Report

The annual The Food Retailing Industry Speaks (Speaks) report, released today by FMI—The Food Industry Association, finds that in 2019 the food retail industry saw strong operational performance, which helped the industry face challenges in 2020. At ...

Americans Are Staying Strong with Family Meals During the Pandemic – And Plan to Do So After

A new study conducted by the FMI Foundation shows that Americans are using family meals to stay strong – physically and emotionally – during the global pandemic; and they plan to continue this positive practice when the world returns to a new normal....

FMI JOINS U.S. PLASTICS PACT, COMMITTING TO AN AMBITIOUS CIRCULAR ECONOMY VISION FOR 2025

Today, FMI – The Food Industry Association has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative, solutions-driven initiative rooted in four ambitious goals intended to drive significant systems change by unifying diverse cross-sector approaches, ...

FMI Recognizes Notable Achievements and New Leadership Positions

The Food Industry Association today recognizes the appointment of several new leadership roles and acknowledges the significant contributions of an individual who championed a culture of food safety across the global supply ...

FMI Establishes Virtual Event and Trading Partner Platform: Midsummer 2020

COVID-19 has significantly disrupted and is changing the way the food industry and trading partners conduct business, which is why today FMI – The Food Industry Association announces a new, virtual trading partner program like its highly successful ...

Top Food & Ag Groups Release Consumer Research Measuring Market Potential for Gene-Edited Products

The FMI Foundation in partnership with the American Seed Trade Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation, and the Farm Foundation, today released a consumer research study measuring market potential for gene-edited ...

New Study Confirms Value of Family Meals

A new study published in The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior(JNEB) builds on years of previous research studies and demonstrates the value of family meals. This study showed that more frequent family meals were associated with better ...