By Cathy Polley, RPh, Vice President, Health & Wellness; Executive Director, FMI Foundation Today we launched our 22nd annual survey with Prevention that explores consumers’ health and nutrition attitudes and how these beliefs influence the way they grocery shop. Shopping for Health offers valuable shopper insights regarding the growing trend at retail to provide patient-centered care, specifically opportunities for pharmacy, nutrition and merchandising to come together as a support system in the supermarket aisles. The report demonstrates the shopper connection between food and health, giving insights into how many shoppers are making at least some small changes to their ...

By: Cathy Polley, RPh, Vice President, Health & Wellness, FMI & Executive Director, FMI Foundation We all know the Golden Rule—do unto others as you want others to do unto to you. When it comes to health and wellness in food retail, the Golden Rule has a bit of a twist—take care of employees and they will, in turn, take care of customers. That’s the message I heard loud and clear from FMI Connect presenters at the Health and Wellness Zone, the health and wellness education track and at Learning Lounge workshops. To support this mantra, here are some of ...