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FMI Welcomes EPA Announcement to Reconsider Costly Refrigeration Rule

Today, FMI – The Food Industry Association applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin for his announcement that EPA plans to reconsider the costly Technology Transition Rule....

FMI Reaffirms Commitment to Reduce Food Loss and Waste through Collaboration with Federal Agencies

Today, FMI reaffirmed its commitment to reducing food waste as a founding member of the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, which renewed its Memorandum of Understanding with USDA, EPA and FDA to reduce food loss and ...

FMI Submits Comments on Proposed Food Waste National Strategy

Today, FMI provided comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics put forth by EPA, USDA, and ...

New Insights from FMI and NIQ Reveal Food Shoppers Increasingly Prioritize Product Information

The latest consumer insights on transparency from FMI — and NIQ (NielsenIQ), demonstrate that grocery shoppers have prioritized product transparency at an increased rate over the last five years....

FMI Announces 2023 Community Uplift Award Recipients

Our 2023 Community Uplift Award recipients include The GIANT Company, Hy-Vee, Inc. and Brookshire Grocery Company. In addition, FMI recognizes three companies as honorable mentions in each ...

FMI Celebrates Eight Outstanding Programs for Their Impact on Communities

FMI –​The Food Industry Association today announces the recipients of the 2022 Community Uplift Awards. Out of 14 contest nominees, eight were selected as winners for their standout efforts in addressing food insecurity, neighborhood health needs ...

FMI Hosts Reunion of Food Retail Consumer Affairs Professionals

FMI—The Food Industry Association hosted a reunion this weekend of more than 20 former food retail consumer affairs professionals in Washington, D.C., and the group notably included six recipients of FMI’s Esther Peterson Award for Consumer Service. ...

FMI Advances Broad Sustainable Packaging Playbook Backed by Industry

In advance of Earth Day 2022, FMI presents our industry-sponsored Sustainable Packaging Playbook, which serves as a strategy document to assist food retailers and their suppliers in advancing efficient design, responsible sourcing and circular ...

Consumer Demand for Food Transparency Remains Strong as Omnichannel Rises

FMI—the Food Industry Association and NielsenIQ today released the Transparency in an Evolving Omnichannel World report, revealing continued high demand among consumers for transparency from food retailers and manufacturers, particularly in a more ...

Hy-Vee, Northgate Gonzalez Market and Cub Foods Receive FMI’s Community Uplift Awards

The Food Industry Association today announces the recipients of the 2021 Community Uplift Awards , following the evaluation of 21 laudable program nominees. Among these nominees, Hy-Vee, Northgate Market and Cub Foods stood out for their especially ...

FMI Signature Research Finds Grocery Shopping Has Fundamentally Changed

For the past four decades, FMI—The Food Industry Association has tracked the grocery shopping habits of U.S. customers through the U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report. The 2021 edition, prepared in partnership with The Hartman Group, explores how the ...

Recycling Leadership Council Announces Blueprint for America’s Recycling System

Representing the nation’s food retailers and their product supplier partners as a member of the RLC, Andy Harig, vice president of tax, trade, sustainability and policy development at FMI, offered comment on the release of the ...

Starbucks and Produce Alliance to Talk Race, Inclusion and Diversity Nov. 2

Jacquelyn Howard, vice president, global supply chain, The Starbucks Coffee Company, and Melissa Melshenker Ackerman, president of the Produce Alliance, will discuss racial justice, inclusion and diversity in the food system during the first Digital ...

FMI Releases 71st Annual The Food Retailing Industry Speaks Report

The annual The Food Retailing Industry Speaks (Speaks) report, released today by FMI—The Food Industry Association, finds that in 2019 the food retail industry saw strong operational performance, which helped the industry face challenges in 2020. At ...

Americans Are Staying Strong with Family Meals During the Pandemic – And Plan to Do So After

A new study conducted by the FMI Foundation shows that Americans are using family meals to stay strong – physically and emotionally – during the global pandemic; and they plan to continue this positive practice when the world returns to a new normal....