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New FMI 2024 Reports Examine Grocery Shopping Trends for The Holidays and Retail Foodservice

Consumers Feel Confident Managing their Grocery Budgets Ahead of the Holiday Meal Season and More Seek Prepared Food Items for Hybrid ...

19th Annual Power of Meat Reports Strong Meat Consumption, Evolving Consumer Trends

The number of Americans who describe themselves as meat eaters (80%) and the number of households that purchase meat (98%) remain steady from ...

Meat Institute, FMI Announce 2024 Leaders of Tomorrow Program Winners

To kick off the 2024 Annual Meat Conference, the Meat Institute and FMI – The Food Industry Association announced 10 winners for the 2024 Leaders of Tomorrow ...

FMI Research: More Consumers Eating Seafood at Home, but Seafood Unit Sales Return to Pre-Pandemic Level

Boston, Ma. - Today, at Seafood Expo North America, FMI- The Food Industry Association releases the Power of Seafood 2024 report, which finds seafood volume and dollar amounts have decreased.....

New Research Identifies Opportunities for Aligning on Consumer Eating Occasions

Insights revealed today from FMI – The Food Industry Association, Oliver Wyman and Circana demonstrate new opportunities for food industry trading partners to cater to shoppers’ expanding definitions of value....

New Frozen Foods Research Reveals Steady Shopping Behavior among Americans

New research finds that frozen foods maintain their relevance to grocery shoppers and offer a suite of valuable benefits that meet their mealtime needs. g ...

Inflation Causes Increase in Seafood Price, Drop in Consumption After Record Sales During Pandemic

FMI – The Food Industry Association today released the Power of Seafood 2023 report, revealing seafood department sales totaled $16.2 billion in 2022, a 3.8% decrease over 2021 as inflation raised the prices of fresh and frozen ...

18th annual Power of Meat report: meat purchases rise above pre-pandemic levels, consumers look for value

Americans are buying more fresh meat than before the COVID-19 pandemic and are seeking value in terms of price, convenience and better-for attributes in meat purchases, according to the 18th annual Power of Meat report released today by the Meat ...

Consumer Produce Consumptions Unchanged Despite Inflationary Price Increases

FMI – The Food Industry Association today released the Power of Produce 2023 report at the Southeast Produce Council’s annual Southern Exposure event, revealing produce department sales grew 4.8% to $74.5 billion in 2022 even as inflation increased ...

FMI Statement on January CPI Food Price Numbers

Today, FMI  Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig issued the following statement on the January 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers reflecting continued volatility in food price ...

Retail In-Store Bakery Performance on the Rise

FMI – The Food Industry Association today releases its inaugural Power of In-Store Bakery 2022 report, revealing that consumer engagement with in-store bakery items remained high with virtually all shoppers (95%) eating them at least occasionally ...

FMI Expresses Concerns about Expanded Scope of Final Food Traceability Rule Well Beyond FDA’s Statutory Authority

FMI Chief Public Policy Officer Jennifer Hatcher issued the following statement on FDA's recently released final rule establishing additional traceability recordkeeping requirements for companies that manufacture, process, pack, or hold foods on the ...

New FMI Report Reveals Consumer Playbook for Foodservice at Retail

FMI – The Food Industry Association today released its Power of Foodservice at Retail 2022 report, revealing key insights into consumer demand for foodservice at retail. This report comes at a critical time when a quarter of shoppers (25%) are ...

New FMI Survey Finds U.S. Food Industry is Investing Heavily in Customer Experience Amid Economic Volatility

Despite a challenging year marked by a persisting pandemic, historic inflation, supply chain bottlenecks, and labor shortages, the food industry is making significant investments to meet shoppers’ evolving tastes, according to FMI—The Food Industry ...

FMI Unveils The State of Fresh Foods at Retail

FMI – The Food Industry Association today unveiled its inaugural The State of Fresh Foods report, which highlights findings from the-soon-to-be-released The Food Retailing Industry Speaks 2022 analysis and substantiates unwavering momentum for fresh ...