Apr 21, 2021 By: Marjorie DePuy, Senior Director, Supply Chain and Sustainability, FMI It’s Earth Week—a time of year filled with climate announcements, ribbon-cuttings for facilities powered by cleaner energy and photos of community tree-planting events. …
Apr 19, 2021 By: Ashley Eisenbeiser, MS, CFS, Senior Director, Food and Product Safety Programs, FMI Leafy greens outbreaks have a long history. From 2009 – 2018 there have been 40 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreaks linked to leafy greens …
Apr 16, 2021 By: Chad Ross, Manager, Industry Relations and Adam Friedlander, MS, CFS, Manager, Food Safety and Technical Services, FMI Each year, hurricanes, tornados, winter storms, floods, fires and a variety of other natural disasters take place, …
Apr 14, 2021 By Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh Foods, FMI I had an ongoing debate with my son when he was young. Green beans weren’t his favorite vegetable, but I kept telling him it’s not that he didn’t like green beans, it’s just that he hadn’t found …
Apr 12, 2021 By: Carol Abel, Vice President, Education Program Development, FMI I bet if you took a moment you could think of at least three people in the food retail industry who started their career as a cashier or bagger and now have a role leading …
Apr 9, 2021 By: Farleigh Lichstein, Director, Education, FMI As supermarkets age, they don’t exactly gain value like the fine wines they sell. However, today’s retailers have some new opportunities for their older stores, particularly when it comes to …
Apr 5, 2021 By: Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh Foods, FMI My co-worker’s husband has become a barbecue aficionado. My son slow cooked a brisket for the first time at home. My grandson was excited to show me his burger-making skills. Is it just me, or …
Apr 1, 2021 By: Angelyn Pinter, Senior Manager, Education, FMI It’s been an interesting time to be an e-learning professional with events going virtual, learning being reimagined and “zoom fatigue” impacting many of us. At the same time, it’s been exciting …
Mar 31, 2021 By Krystal Register, MS, RDN, LDN, Director, Health & Well-being, FMI Over the past year, consumers have flocked to the meat department like never before. Retailers and product suppliers have a prime opportunity to ensure consumers are …
Mar 30, 2021 By Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh Foods, FMI It wasn’t that long ago that the meat industry was grappling with the emergence of enormous pandemic challenges. These challenges included supporting workforce safety, keeping production going …
Mar 29, 2021 By: Leslie Sarasin, President and CEO, FMI FMI and Oliver Wyman recently published Boardroom Volume 6, a special, digital edition of the annual journal. COVID-19 has reminded us more than ever that grocery and supplier collaboration is a vital …
Mar 26, 2021 By: Mark Baum, FMI Chief Collaboration Officer and Senior Vice President of Industry Relations, FMI Like many of you, I have been following the march toward COVID-19 herd immunity for months. I’ve also been considering the personal …
Mar 25, 2021 By Krystal Register, MS, RDN, LDN, Director, Health & Well-being, FMI When gathering around the table for Mediterranean-style family meals, the connections made between food and health and people and joy can grow even stronger. The …
Mar 24, 2021 By: Hilary Thesmar, PhD, RD, CFS, Chief Food and Product Safety Officer and Senior Vice President, Food Safety, FMI FMI’s Food Protection Committee (FPC) establishes annual initiatives to focus work, allow for resource allocation and highlight …
Mar 23, 2021 By: Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh Foods, FMI Our 2021 Power of Seafood report finds the biggest reason behind an increase in grocery seafood sales is consumers are trying to eat healthier (59%). In fact, 72% of frequent seafood consumers …
Mar 22, 2021 By: David Fikes, Executive Director, FMI Foundation As part of an experiential team-building exercise, I used to administer a survival quiz. It was a relatively straightforward test that spelled out a scenario, then provided a list of around …
Mar 17, 2021 By: Marjorie DePuy, Senior Director, Supply Chain and Sustainability, FMI A year into our collective COVID-19 response, most people now have a more informed view of our global supply chains and know the time and materials involved in moving …
Mar 16, 2021 By Adam Friedlander, MS, CFS, Manager, Food Safety and Technical Services, FMI; and Krystal Register, MS, RDN, LDN, Director, Health and Well-being, FMI The time is right to equip families with food safety skills and healthy eating habits at …
Mar 15, 2021 By: Andy Harig, Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability & Policy Development, FMI One of the unusual offshoots of my job at FMI is that certain members of my family now inexplicably hold me responsible for changes to the food industry …
Mar 12, 2021 By: Alexandra Greer, Manager, Member Services, FMI Recently, many events have moved to virtual platforms and now store tours (at least for now) are moving to the virtual world. An insightful experience that is normally featured at the …
