Mar 21, 2016

MEDIA ADVISORY

MARCH 21, 2016


WHO:

Food Marketing Institute

Oliver Wyman

WHAT

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Oliver Wyman recently released their first annual journal, Boardroom, which highlights strategic insights to help senior executives successfully guide their companies in the ever-changing food retail environment.

Boardroom provides a platform for the industry’s latest thinking on emerging food retail management and market issues from world-class experts at the respective organizations. In the inaugural issue, leading experts in food retail offer original perspectives on a selection of the most critical issues executives must confront in boardrooms across the country and around the world.

WHY:

Boardroom is an invaluable tool for food retail C-suite executives as they work with their management teams to drive rapid performance improvement; transform merchandising and operations capabilities; and position their businesses for long-term success.

The journal covers issues on the industry’s cutting edge along with evergreen topics that have taken on a new urgency and expanded significance. Topics include: 

  • Growth Strategies: What is the next source of profitable growth and how to survive it?
  • Food Safety: How do you build a culture of food safety in your organization?
  • Cyber and Crisis: How should executives handle crisis management, including cyber security risks, in food retail?
  • Omnichannel: How do you fulfill customer demand via click & collect? How can you capitalize on increasingly omnichannel operations?
  • Health care: What are the opportunities for retailers in consumer-centric health care markets? And are consumers ready for retail health care?

WHERE:

Boardroom has been mailed out in a print edition to an exclusive list of FMI members and Oliver Wyman clients. The online edition is live now for all interested parties to enjoy here.

WHEN:

The journal is available for download immediately. 

Additionally, FMI will host six blog posts over the next six weeks focusing on a core topic in the journal, including a Q&A with Oliver Wyman partners and authors journal articles. These posts will be available on the FMI blog here. 

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About FMI

Food Marketing Institute proudly advocates on behalf of the food retail industry. FMI’s U.S. members operate nearly 40,000 retail food stores and 25,000 pharmacies, representing a combined annual sales volume of almost $770 billion. Through programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations, FMI offers resources and provides valuable benefits to more than 1,225 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI membership covers the spectrum of diverse venues where food is sold, including single owner grocery stores, large multi-store supermarket chains and mixed retail stores. For more information, visit www.fmi.org and for information regarding the FMI foundation, visit www.fmifoundation.org. 

 

About Oliver Wyman

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 50+ cities across 26 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm's 3,700 professionals help clients optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies [NYSE: MMC]. For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com.Follow Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman.