1,998
Graduates Since 2020

94%
Completion Rate

83%
Of Employers Chose for Reputation & Content

99%
Graduates Remained at Same Company

Build Leaders Your Business Can’t Afford to Lose

The Future Leaders eXperience is an interactive, industry‑specific leadership program that helps food retail companies develop and retain the next generation of leaders. By bringing retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers together in one shared learning environment, the eXperience builds leaders who understand the full food system and can collaborate, adapt, and lead with impact.



The Value in Future Leaders eXperience

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Leadership

Ignite team performance through relationship building, communication, coaching, and recognition.

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Performance

Effective teams are engaged. Managers learn to inspire teams, a leadership skill that accelerates results.

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Camaraderie

Through our learner-centric approach, facilitators guide rather than teach. Managers own the experience, openly sharing strengths, stories, struggles—and best of all—learning from each other.


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Earning the Food Retail Leader Certificate

Completing the online Future Leaders eXperience courses enables graduates to earn the Food Retail Leader Certificate. These recipients will be recognized in the food industry as qualified and committed food retail leaders, leading to an extra edge in their professional career path.



What Is the FMI Future Leaders eXperience?

The six-course program is part of your team's path to excellence through leadership, coaching and mentoring.

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The Food Retailing Industry Speaks 2025

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Supermarket Store and Department Manager Survey 2023

Feb 6, 2024
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Second Chance Hiring: A Resource Guide

Jul 27, 2023
Through a series of best practices, industry examples and resources, this guide explores the benefits of a second chance hiring program and fosters support for those who are looking to implement the practice within their own company.

Managerial Best Practices

Jan 10, 2023
This report explores managerial best practices at the store/warehouse level to help improve employee retention.

Hiring Refugees: A Resource Guide

Jul 12, 2022
Information on how to directly hiring refugees, sourcing product from refugee owned businesses, distribute and donate crucial resources or even support government policies that facilitate refugee resettlement.

Improving Employee Retention in the Grocery Industry

Dec 17, 2021
As the second in a three-part Gerald E. Peck Fellowship research series that explores workforce attractiveness in the food retail industry, this report explores the challenge of retaining employees and offers recommendations to increase retention.

Workforce Attractiveness in the Food Industry: How to Recruit Gen Z

Jan 28, 2021
This report shows the food industry, particularly food retailers, has an opportunity to showcase the variety of career options available to Gen Z.


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