Sep 22, 2020 By: Gwen Lee, Senior Manager, Food Safety Programs, FMI The FMI SafeMark® program prides itself on providing food safety training and certification solutions to fit any retail organization's needs. We are happy to announce that our testing …
Sep 21, 2020 By: Hannah Walker, VP of Political Affairs, FMI We have all heard or even caught ourselves saying the old adages, “It’s a marathon, not a sprint” and “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” when we want something to come to fruition sooner rather than …
Sep 18, 2020 By Chad Ross, Manager, Industry Relations & Total Store Collaboration, FMI With help from Root Inc., FMI hosted a virtual session discussing de-escalation (De-Escalate: Tools for Conflict Management in the Grocery Store). Our conversation …
Sep 17, 2020 By: Allison Febrey, Specialist, Health and Well-being/FMI Foundation/ Food & Product Safety, FMI The food industry is rallying around National Family Meals Month™. Here are some of the MANY activities we’ve seen encouraging families to …
Sep 16, 2020 By: Tori Agee, Manager, Political Affairs, FMI Tuesday marked the end of the primary season, and while we have learned a lot over the course of the last six months, one thing is certainly clear – 2020 is the year of the female candidate. …
Sep 15, 2020 By: Cynthia Brazzel, Director, Member Relations and Advocacy for the Western Region, FMI Our essential industry has a responsibility to ensure that our practices foster economic opportunity and racial equity. We need equitable programs that …
Sep 11, 2020 By: David Fikes, Executive Director, FMI Foundation We’ve long known that family meals offer the dynamic duo of benefits, providing better dietary outcomes for the body and improved family functioning for the mind and spirit. Consequently, …
Sep 9, 2020 By: Rick Stein, Vice President of Fresh, FMI Enhancing the fresh supply chain has long been an industry goal, but in the wake of COVID-19 it has become an absolute imperative. Improved data, analytics and visibility are essential to better …
Sep 8, 2020 By: Steve Markenson, Director, Research, FMI I know when Smokey Robinson wrote the lyrics to the hit song “Shop Around” in 1960, he was not singing about grocery shopping. But, based on FMI’s U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends research, “shopping …
Sep 4, 2020 By: Leslie G. Sarasin, President and CEO, FMI Whenever I visit a natural wonder such as the Grand Canyon, the limestone pinnacles of Bryce Canyon National Park or Mammoth Cave National Park in my home-state of Kentucky, I am struck by their …
Sep 3, 2020 By: Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations, FMI After identifying the technology areas of focus for needed capabilities as the industry emerges into a post-pandemic world, we teamed up further with nine companies with thought …
Sep 2, 2020 By: Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations, FMI It’s always nice to be appreciated and appreciation for private brands has only grown during the COVID-19 crisis. They have been able to meet consumer needs when many manufacturer …
Aug 31, 2020 By: Marjorie DePuy, Senior Director, Supply Chain and Sustainability, FMI This pandemic has highlighted myriad intersecting global issues on a community level, first and foremost how critical access to water and sanitation is for life on this …
Aug 27, 2020 By: Adam Friedlander, MS, CFS, Manager, Food Safety and Technical Services, FMI As a millennial food scientist with a passion for food safety education, I recognize the importance of family meals. At the intersection of health and well-being …
Aug 26, 2020 By: Rick Stein, Vice President of Fresh, FMI It was one of the most inspiring and important challenges I’ve heard from a food retail top leader. Albertsons’ President and CEO Vivek Sankaran recently opened FMI FreshForward by lamenting the …
Aug 24, 2020 By Chad Ross, Manager, Industry Relations & Total Store Collaboration, FMI De-escalation is defined by Merriam-Webster as an intransitive verb “to decrease in extent, volume, or scope.” De-escalation is all about assisting and improving a …
By: Hannah Walker, Vice President of Political Affairs, FMI Lately, I often get asked, “Is there really a coin shortage and how does it impact the grocery industry?” Currently, the U.S. is experiencing a coin circulation problem, not a coin shortage, …
Aug 21, 2020 By: Dan Ratner, Senior Director, Member Services, FMI When there’s some type of crisis, most of us will check our social networks to view updates and see if anyone we know has been affected. When you scroll through your latest news feeds, you’ …
Aug 20, 2020 By: Angelyn Pinter, Senior Manager, Education, FMI Any smart business strategy is about developing leaders. Strategy is nothing without effective leaders to execute it. The need for leadership development today, and more importantly the …
Aug 20, 2020 By David Fikes, Executive Director, FMI Foundation As a lover of words, I find them fascinating– especially how linking them can create new and more powerful meanings. Taken individually, words may track in very different directions, but pair …
