Food Industry Glossary

Like every industry, the food retail industry has special terms we use to describe aspects of our business. This glossary can help newcomers to to the food retail industry learn terminology and help seasoned food industry experts keep up-to-date.
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63% of grocers surveyed 

report investing in food waste reduction
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Additional Food Industry Knowledge

Get To Know the Organic Food Shopper

May 23, 2017
I’ve combed through our recent research reports on fresh foods and pulled out some of the topline findings around organic for some specific departments. These findings help form an organic shopper persona that can be important to your business ...

Looking for Sales Growth? Reconsider Your GM & HBC Categories

Feb 7, 2017
Progressive Grocer recently reported about new research released during the FMI 2017 Midwinter Executive Conference that outlines the opportunity for grocery stores to increase sales by reconsidering their store’s General Merchandise (GM) and Health ...

The FMI Worry Index Then and Now

Jan 31, 2017
Arguably, nothing registers the changes confronting the industry better than the Worry Index feature in The Food Retailing Industry Speaks (Speaks) research. Comparing and contrasting the worry index lists from various years provides a real sense of ...

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