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FMI Report: Ecommerce Fueling Growth and Innovation in Private Brands

Today, FMI released its latest report, The Power of Private Brands 2025: Industry Strategies to Sustain Momentum, revealing how ecommerce is reshaping food retail private brands.....

FMI’s Power of Private Brands 2024 Identifies Increased Industry Investment

The Power of Private Brands 2024: Industry Strategies to Sustain Momentum report, released today, surveyed food industry executives about the importance of private brands to their business and the strategies to further brand development and grow ...

FMI Announces Promotions to Key Leadership Positions

FMI is proud to announce the recent promotions of several key team staff members to elevated roles within the organization, furthering FMI’s commitment to serving the food ...

FMI’s Power of Private Brands 2023 Finds Price and Value Aren’t Only Motivators Behind Grocery Shoppers Purchasing More Private Brands

FMI – The Food Industry Association, today releases the second installment of the 2023 Power of Private Brands series which surveyed grocery shoppers about their private brand shopping habits....

FMI Study Finds Grocers Poised to Jumpstart Innovation with Supplier Partners

More than 80% of respondents to a recent FMI survey of industry executives for its report, The Power of Private Brands 2023: Innovation that Drives Winning Private Brands, said they plan to increase private brand investments moderately or ...

As The Food Industry Invests More in Private Brands, Key Growth Strategies Emerge

FMI—The Food Industry Association today releases its second installment of 2022 Power of Private Brands, which surveys food retailers and manufacturers about their private brands growth strategies. Retailers report having strong goals over the next ...

Key Attributes Beyond Just Price Drive Shoppers to Private Brands

FMI—the Food Industry Association today releases its 2022 Power of Private Brands report, revealing that 40% of consumers have bought more private brands since before the pandemic, and three-quarters of these shoppers plan to continue this trend. ...

Mystery Shoppers Reveal New Opportunities for Private Brands in Ecommerce

FMI—the Food Industry Association, released its Power of Private Brands 2021: Accelerating Private Brands in Grocery Ecommerce report today, revealing critical insights on the current state of private brand promotion on digital ...

Food Industry Makes Significant Investments in Private Brands

Today, FMI, the food industry association, releases the 2021 Power of Private Brands report, which finds 91% of food retailers and manufacturers surveyed plan to significantly or moderately increase their investment in private brands in the next two ...

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 ...

Frozen Foods are a Pandemic Powerhouse

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) and FMI—the Food Industry Association today released the second Power of Frozen report during AFFI’s Frozen Food Convention (AFFI-CON). The Power of Frozen 2021 identifies megatrends influencing the demand ...

New FMI Research Outlines Opportunity for Private Brands Due to Increased Consumer Demand During COVID-19 Pandemic

FMI—The Food Industry Association, today releases its 2020 Power of Private Brands report, which finds increased consumer demand for private brands due to the COVID-19 pandemic and opportunities for senior leaders in food retail and manufacturing to ...

FMI Gathering of Private Brand Professionals Goes Online

FMI – The Food Industry Association today reveals a new way of approaching its annual gathering of private brand professionals, Sept. 29 – Oct. 1. In light of the pandemic and the significant disruption to the grocery business, FMI will host an ...

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 ...

FMI Responds to U.S. PIRG Survey on Food Recalls

FMI Chief Food and Product Safety Officer and SVP Food Safety, Hilary Thesmar, PhD, RD, CFS, offered the following comments on the U.S. PIRG study, which independently offered recommendations for communicating food recalls in ...