Apr 8, 2022 By Jennifer Hatcher, Chief Public Policy Officer and Senior Vice President, Government Relations, FMI, and Christine Pollack, Vice President, Government Relations, FMI On April 4, we had the privilege of attending a White House event with …
Apr 8, 2022 By: Krystal Register, MS, RDN, LDN, Senior Director, Health & Well-being, FMI Consumers, retailers, policy makers, researchers, healthcare providers and industry leaders are making the connection between food and health, and the trend has …
Apr 6, 2022 By: Steve Markenson, Director, Research & Insights, FMI The answer is from YOU. We know because the industry tells us each year when we ask, as we have been doing every year for more than 70 years. The first ever The Food Retailing Industry …
Apr 4, 2022 By: Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh Foods, FMI The farmer from down the street skillfully cultivating a lettuce patch, community field workers carefully inspecting the ripeness of strawberries and clean water from a local reservoir hydrating …
Mar 31, 2022 By: Carol Abel, Vice President, Education Program Development, FMI Today’s supermarkets are not your parents’ grocery stores. They have evolved to incorporate sweeping technological advancements that enhance customer service, inventory …
Mar 30, 2022 By Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations, FMI Every year, more than 2 million workers become victims of workplace violence (WPV), and close to half of human resource professionals say their organization has experienced a WPV incident. …
Mar 29, 2022 By: Steve Markenson, Director of Research, FMI and Dan Ratner, Senior Director of Member Services, FMI After two full years of being separated and unable to participate in-person at events, it was a breath of fresh air (literally and …
Mar 28, 2022 By: Cynthia Brazzel, Senior Director of Member Relations & Advocacy, Western Region, FMI Maybe it’s like Fred Rogers said, “Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.” About 100 …
Mar 25, 2022 By: Carol Abel, Vice President of Education Program Development, FMI The 2022 Midwinter Executive Conference starts next week in Orlando, FL and top industry executives will gather in-person for the first time in over two years. Discussions …
Mar 24, 2022 By Krystal Register, MS, RDN, LDN, Senior Director, Health & Well-being, FMI, and Peter Matz, Director, Food & Nutrition Policy, FMI Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) is defined as evidence-based nutrition treatment provided by a …
Mar 22, 2022 By: Krystal Register, MS, RDN, LDN, Senior Director, Health & Well-being, FMI Grocery stores are becoming a destination for health and well-being by providing programs and resources that help shoppers and employees on their journey for a …
Mar 17, 2022 By Steve Markenson, Director, Research & Insights, FMI and Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh Foods, FMI After two years of looking at people through screens, it was so nice to see real people at the Seafood Expo North America (SENA) this …
Mar 16, 2022 By: Mark Baum, Chief Collaboration Officer and Senior Vice President of Industry Relations, FMI In 2017 and 2018, FMI and Oliver Wyman joined forces to examine emerging food industry challenges which informed the formulation of FMI’s three- …
Mar 15, 2022 By Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations, FMI FMItech at Midwinter promotes conversations, explorations and private exchanges to enhance your technology strategy. We bring together FMI Midwinter attendees focused on technology, …
Mar 14, 2022 How Retailer Transparency Enables Policy Makers to Promote Public Health By: Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations, FMI and Krystal Register, MS, RDN, LDN, Senior Director, Health & Well-being, FMI Have you ever wondered how much …
Mar 11, 2022 By: Chad Ross, Manager, Industry Relations & Total Store Collaboration, FMI As Jim Rohn, the entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker once said, “Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communications skills so that when …
Mar 10, 2022 By: Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh Foods, FMI For over 30 years, I served as a fresh foods merchandising and marketing executive at a food retailer. As a result, the experience of perusing the produce aisle is deeply etched into my bones. …
Mar 9, 2022 By: Krystal Register, MS, RDN, LDN, Senior Director, Health & Well-being, FMI Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day, also known as “RDN Day” is celebrated annually during National Nutrition Month® on the second Wednesday in March. The …
Mar 8, 2022 By Leslie Sarasin, President and CEO, FMI FMI Midwinter Executive Conference Chairman and Co-Founder and CEO of Boxed.com, Chieh Huang, has a storied career starting his wholesale technology platform after a successful background in both law …
Mar 7, 2022 By Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations, FMI In today’s world, the margin separating a completely average day from a day where yet another violent incident takes place feels razor thin. False and misleading narratives have undermined …
