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.
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
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
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
ARLINGTON, Va. — FMI – The Food Industry Association has named Christine Pollack as vice president of government relations, and promoted FMI senior director of state government relations Elizabeth Tansing to vice president of state government relations. Tansing will oversee the association’s state issue management as well as the resources for member companies and state
In the 72 years that FMI has issued “The Food Retailing Industry Speaks” report, the survey of retail and wholesale companies is unlikely to have uncovered such a confluence of promise and peril as it has today. With COVID-19 acting as the catalyst, the supermarket sector experienced unprecedented demand and buttressed its standing over the
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Biden administration’s announcement of vaccine mandates for businesses raises serious questions for retailers and supplier companies, two trade associations said on Friday. “The announcement yesterday by President Biden of an employer mandate on vaccinations and testing for employees, including fines and penalties for businesses that fail to comply, raises a tremendous
NEW YORK — The pandemic allowed grocery retailers to stem the multiyear trend that had them losing share of consumer spending on food to restaurants and other prepared-food purveyors. And though Americans are again consuming more meals away from home, there’s reason to be optimistic that grocers can maintain some of the market-share gains as
The nation’s grocers have had to adapt quickly to changing conditions over the past year and a half. In this week’s Video Forum, Leslie Sarasin, president and chief executive officer of FMI, talks about the resilience shown by the industry during the COVID pandemic. She also discusses changing shopping patterns, the ramifications of consumers’
ARLINGTON, Va. – FMI – The Food Industry Association, which represents more than 12,000 supermarket pharmacies operated by food retailer member companies, on Thursday lauded the Senate Judiciary Committee for passing the bipartisan Prescription Pricing for the People Act (S.1388). Introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), this legislation would require the Federal
NEW YORK — Online shopping and more meals eaten at home are two food retailing trends that emerged during the pandemic and are likely to stick around in the future. “Online grocery shopping took off and we saw six years worth of growth take place in about six weeks,” FMI president and chief executive officer
ARLINGTON, Va. — The pandemic has altered consumers’ relationship with food in ways that are likely to outlast the public health emergency, according to the latest U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report from FMI. FMI has tracked the grocery shopping habits of U.S. consumers for four decades through its annual U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report. The