Voice of The Food Industry Blog

Unlocking Total Store and Omnichannel Success with Nonfoods

Nonfoods play a critical, yet often underestimated, role in grocery retail. While fresh and center-store categories command attention, nonfoods at grocery stores account for 8% ($253 billion) of the U.S. nonfoods ...

It Costs Less, but Shoppers Think it is Expensive

The path to the seafood department is not as heavily traveled as it was at the height of the pandemic a few years ago....

What is the State of the Food Industry? How does FMI Know?

The first ever Speaks report appeared in 1949. More than seventy-five years later, this report continues to provide the food retail industry with important benchmarks, facts and ...

What’s Driving Your Retail Health Strategy?

Do you find yourself engaging in more conversations lately about the impact of GLP-1 medications and healthy benefits cards?...

Gather Around the Table for National Nutrition Month

March is here, which means it’s time to celebrate National Nutrition Month® 2025, a campaign led by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics....

Fresh Produce Potlucks: A Delicious Choice Backed by Research

The demand for fresh produce is growing. Fresh fruit and vegetable sales hit an all-time high of $92.3 billion, proving that more people are recognizing the benefits of eating ...

Who’s Who: 2025 Store Manager Award Nominees

Each year, nominations stream in from peers and food retail companies for FMI’s Store Manager Awards, highlighting store managers who exemplify dedication, innovation and resilience.....

Celebrating Excellence: Food Safety Auditing Scholarship Recipients at the 2025 SQF Unites Conference

Each year, the FMI Foundation and SQFI invite 15 Food Safety Auditing Scholarship recipients to the event to gain key industry connections, soak up knowledge about different elements of food safety processing, and connect with their fellow ...

5 Trends in Food Retail Asset Protection

Arguably, the role of asset protection professionals has changed significantly over the last few years. These leaders must be versatile as they face new and similar threats daily....

Why The Food Industry Should Engage with Edition 10 of the SQF Code

Food retailers and suppliers are uniquely positioned to provide critical feedback. You understand the challenges of food safety from supplier to shelf to refine a program that benefits the entire food supply ...

Heatwave Challenges: How the Cold Supply Chain Keeps Food Moving

Imagine a truck filled with fresh seafood leaving a dock in Florida, bound for a grocery store in Kansas. The driver, well aware of the Spring season’s rising heat.....

Grocery Shopper Snapshot: How are Consumers Feeling?

As grocery prices rise and food concerns grow, shoppers are adapting in real-time. Almost eight out of 10 say they feel in control of their household expenditures on ...

Processing, Packaging and Distribution: How to Protect the Food Supply Chain

Companies of every size must share cyber resources and information to bolster the modern food supply chain and empower all participants to better defend against growing ...

Three Essential Ways to Advance Fresh Foods

Fresh food is essential to driving shopper loyalty and grocery retail success. It is front and center in food industry differentiation strategies....

Technology Transformation in the Grocery Industry

The grocery industry's future is undeniably digital. The 10th anniversary edition of Boardroom Journal details these innovations as catalysts for reimagining how we engage with customers, manage operations and create ...