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FMI Statement on October CPI Food Price Numbers

Today, FMI - The Food Industry Association Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig issued the following statement on the October 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers reflecting continued food price ...

FMI Announces New Board Members Representing Breadth of the Food Industry

Today, FMI announces new additions to its Board of Directors elected at the association’s September Board meeting. The new Directors continue to reflect FMI’s commitment to representing the breadth of the product supplier and retailer/wholesaler ...

FMI Statement on September CPI Food Price Numbers

FMI - The Food Industry Association Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig issued the following statement on the September 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) ...

FMI Statement on August CPI Food Price Numbers

Today, FMI Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig issued the following statement on the August 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers that reveal food price inflation rates continue their incremental ...

FMI Statement on May CPI Food Price Numbers

Today, FMI - The Food Industry Association Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig issued the following statement on the May 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers that reveal another month of moderating food ...

FMI Applauds House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Approval of Trucking Legislation

FMI welcomed the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s bipartisan passage of three bills that would collectively strengthen our nation’s trucking sector and enhance the resilience of the supply ...

FMI Statement on April CPI Food Price Numbers

Today, FMI Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig issued the following statement on the April 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers that reveal a slight easing of food price ...

The Food Industry Touts New Economic Impact Data on National Ag Day

On National Ag Day, a national day of recognition of agriculture’s role in society, FMI – The Food Industry Association joins 24 other food and agriculture groups to release the seventh-annual Feeding the Economy economic impact ...

FMI Statement on January CPI Food Price Numbers

Today, FMI  Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig issued the following statement on the January 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers reflecting continued volatility in food price ...

FMI Statement on December CPI Food Price Numbers

Today, FMI Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig issued the following statement on the December 2022 Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers reflecting still elevated but moderating food price ...

FMI Statement on November CPI Food Price Numbers

Today, FMI Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig issued the following statement on the November 2022 Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers reflecting still elevated but moderating food price ...

FMI Applauds Swift Action by Congress to Avert a Rail Shutdown

FMI – The Food Industry Association Chief Public Policy Officer Jennifer Hatcher issued the following statement regarding the Senate’s 80-15 vote to pass legislation preventing a rail shutdown on the heels of the House ...

FMI Urges Congressional Action to Avert Rail Shutdown

FMI welcomed the commitment from Congressional leaders to pass legislation that would prevent a rail shutdown from occurring on December 9 after rail stakeholders failed to reach consensus in recent ...

FMI Statement on October CPI Food Price Numbers

FMI Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig issued a statement on the October 2022 Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers reflecting continued food price ...

FMI Welcomes Agreement to Keep Our Nation’s Rail Networks Open

FMI President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin issued a statement on the successful negotiations between freight rail networks and rail worker unions to ensure our nation’s railroads remain operational and able to deliver critical products Americans rely ...