August 17, 2020 by MMR
FMI, FMI - The Food Industry Association, FMI president and CEO Leslie Sarasin, Leslie Sarasin, Store Manager Awards, store managers
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ARLINGTON, Va. – FMI – The Food Industry Association honored its top store managers for 2020 on Monday, recognizing four leaders with Store Manager Awards. “Grocery workers have continued to feed and protect citizens throughout the pandemic, earning the respect and recognition of their communities as true heroes in the public battle to mitigate COVID-19’s
August 3, 2020 by Jeffrey Woldt
FMI, FMI - The Food Industry Association, FMI president and CEO Leslie Sarasin, Leslie Sarasin, Video Forum
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This week’s Video Forum examines developments in the supermarket sector with Leslie Sarasin, president and chief executive officer of FMI: The Food Industry Association. Sarasin talks about the FDA’s recent move to improve food safety, the industry response to COVID-19, and the impact of shifts in consumer behavior.
July 27, 2020 by MMR
FMI, FMI - The Food Industry Association, FMI president and CEO Leslie Sarasin, John Cornyn, Leslie Sarasin, Mitch McConnell
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ARLINGTON, Va. — The Food Industry Association strongly supports liability relief protections that have been proposed by Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and John Cornyn (R-TX) for the next COVID-19 relief bill, the trade association said Monday. “Nine in ten voters agree that grocery store workers (93%), agricultural and food production workers (90%) and farm workers
June 29, 2020 by MMR
FMI, FMI - The Food Industry Association, FMI president and CEO Leslie Sarasin
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ARLINGTON, Va. – FMI: The Food Industry Association announced leadership changes on Monday, including the planned retirement of an executive who helped lead a culture of food safety across the global supply chain. After nearly a decade of shoring up Safe Quality Food Institute’s (SQFI) foundations by updating standards, overseeing a technology overhaul of SQFI’s
June 22, 2020 by MMR
and the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA), FMI - The Food Industry Association, National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), National Grocers Association (NGA), Rx, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS)
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WASHINGTON — FMI – The Food Industry Association, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, National Community Pharmacists Association, National Grocers Association and the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association issued on Monday a joint statement outlining the best practices for pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to follow for documenting signature-free delivery or pick-up of prescription
March 20, 2020 by MMR
FMI, FMI - The Food Industry Association, IFDA, IFDA President and CEO Mark Allen, International Foodservice Distributors Association, Leslie Sarasin
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ARLINGTON, VA – The International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) and FMI-Food Industry Association have formed an ad-hoc partnership aimed at addressing consumer needs for food, water and cleaning products in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The partnership will connect foodservice distributors with excess capacity (products, transportation services, warehousing services) with food retailers and wholesalers
March 16, 2020 by MMR
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WASHINGTON — Retail trade association leaders addressed the issue of product shortages and empty store shelves this weekend, urging consumers to “shop responsibly” and vowing to make sure that food and other products will remain available during the COVID-19 crisis. FMI – The Food Industry Association on Sunday participated in a White House call, promising
January 21, 2020 by MMR
FMI, FMI - The Food Industry Association, FMI board chairman Joe Sheridan, FMI president and CEO Leslie Sarasin, Joe Sheridan, Leslie Sarasin, Wakefern Food Corp.
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ARLINGTON, Va. – The former Food Marketing Institute on Tuesday officially rebranded itself as FMI – The Food Industry Association. The change reflects a strategy to “more broadly represent the food marketplace and embrace a more interconnected supply chain, the trade association said. “FMI provides the most productive forum for connecting and holding constructive dialogue