January 21, 2023 by MMR
Executive Leadership Awards, FMI
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Arlington, Va. – FMI, The Food Industry Association, on Saturday announced its Executive Leadership Awards recipients for 2023. The seven executives — Rick Brindle, Elizabeth Chace-Marino, Ron Edenfield, Bob Obray, Art Potash, Gordon Reid, and Joe Sheridan — have exemplified food industry excellence through first-rate company leadership, community impact and customer service, according to FMI. The
December 15, 2022 by MMR
FMI, FMI president and CEO Leslie Sarasin, Gold Plate Awards
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Arlington, Va. – The FMI Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2022 Gold Plate Awards. The winners were named during a livestreamed Gold Plate Awards Celebration, co-hosted by FMI Foundation Executive Director David Fikes and FMI President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin. The Gold Plate Awards highlight outstanding family meal programs implemented by the
November 14, 2022 by MMR
FMI, food safety, SQFI
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ARLINGTON, Va. – The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of FMI – The Food Industry Association — announced Joe Wieland and Karen Vanegas as recipients of the 2022 SQF Excellence Awards at SQF Unites in Orlando, Fla. Wieland was recognized with the Excellence in SQF Auditing Award while Vanegas received the Excellence in
November 14, 2022 by MMR
FMI, hunger, Tufts, White House
2022, Issue 11-14-2022, Issues
ARLINGTON, Va. — FMI – The Food Industry Association and The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University recently hosted a gathering of food and nutrition sector leaders to forge solutions and spur collective action to support the historic White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and
October 28, 2022 by MMR
FMI, nutrition, Tufts University, White House
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ARLINGTON, Va. — FMI—The Food Industry Association and The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University on Friday hosted a gathering of food and nutrition sector leaders to forge solutions and spur collective action to support the historic White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health,
June 23, 2022 by MMR
FMI, PBMs
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ARLINGTON, Va. – FMI – The Food Industry Association praised the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee’s passage of the bipartisan Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 (S. 4293). The new legislation addresses several anticompetitive practices used by many of the drug middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) while giving the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and
May 19, 2022 by MMR
FMI, FMI - The Food Industry Association, FMI president and CEO Leslie Sarasin, Mark Baum, Tom Duffy
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ARLINGTON, Va. — FMI – The Food Industry Association is launching a new initiative aimed at boosting general merchandise & health and beauty care (GM & HBC) sales in grocery stores. Led by consumer goods and retail industry veteran Tom Duffy, FMI’s new program will aim to “establish community engagement, a portfolio of insights and
April 18, 2022 by Jeffrey Woldt
FMI, Jeffrey Woldt, Midwinter Executive Conference
2022, Issue 04-18-2022, Issues
ORLANDO, Fla. — After a two-year, COVID-induced hiatus and subsequent postponement from January to March 2022, FMI – The Food Industry Association convened its Midwinter Executive Conference at the Hyatt Regency Orlando hotel. The gathering of supermarket industry leaders and their counterparts from the consumer packaged goods and technology sectors was notable for the level
April 18, 2022 by MMR
FMI, Jonathan Mayes of Albertsons Cos., Midwinter Executive, Mike Stone of Mollie Stone’s Markets, Neal Berube of Associated Food Stores, Steve Cahillane of Kellogg Co., Todd Schnuck of Schnuck Markets Inc. and Norman Mayne of Dorothy Lane Market Inc. Conference
2022, Issue 04-18-2022, Issues
ORLANDO, Fla. — FMI – the Food Industry Association, recognized six executives with leadership awards at its recent Midwinter Executive Conference here. The industry leaders honored were Neal Berube of Associated Food Stores, Jonathan Mayes of Albertsons Cos., Steve Cahillane of Kellogg Co., Mike Stone of Mollie Stone’s Markets, Todd Schnuck of Schnuck Markets Inc.
March 30, 2022 by MMR
board of directors, FMI, Midwinter Executive Conference
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ORLANDO – FMI -The Food Industry Association at the Midwinter Executive Conference on Wednesday announced its 2022 board of directors. To maintain continuity and resolve during this uncertain time in the food industry, the association said Randy Edeker, president and CEO of Hy-Vee Inc., will continue to serve as chairman of FMI’s board of directors and joins other officers extending
February 28, 2022 by Jeffrey Woldt
FMI, Inflation, Jeffrey Woldt
2022, Issue 02-28-2022, Issues, Opinion

It’s clear that high inflation, which some overly optimistic economists had predicted would be a short-lived phenomenon, is now a persistent problem. Nowhere is the financial squeeze it causes more immediately evident to most Americans than at the supermarket. Leslie Sarasin, president and chief executive officer of FMI – The Food Industry Association, and Ricky
January 11, 2022 by MMR
FMI, FMI president and CEO Leslie Sarasin, Midwinter Executive Conference
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ARLINGTON, Va. – FMI – The Food Industry Association said Tuesday that it will pause plans for its Midwinter Executive Conference, slated for later this month, and focus on reconvening the industry, in-person, when it is more feasible to host this type of high-impact, industry dialog. FMI president and CEO Leslie Sarasin offered the following