Voice of The Food Industry Blog

Rethinking Fresh Merchandising to Accelerate Shopper Experience

We expect elevated experiences in certain situations. A high-end restaurant. Premium seats at a big game. Those moments are designed to impress us. But sometimes the experiences.....

How Grocers, Wholesalers and Food Retailer CFOs Should Read Retail Media

FMI’s new retail media framework gives grocers, fresh food and private brand leaders, as well as CFOs, a credible way to read the numbers both in the store and inside the budget ...

GroceryLab: Advancing the Art and Science of Grocery

At its core, GroceryLab is designed to help us address one fundamental challenge: How we better serve consumers by improving the art and science of producing, delivering and selling grocery products....

World Food Safety Day Reminds Us That Trust Travels the Entire Supply Chain

Food safety depends on every link in the food chain working together, from suppliers and retailers to consumers preparing meals at ...

Connecting Nutrition Counseling to the Grocery Store Experience

As a registered dietitian, I’ve spent years helping individuals navigate decisions about food, health, and daily habits. Food choices are rarely just about nutrients; they reflect budget.....

FMI Announces 2026 Store Manager Awards Finalists

What does it mean to go above and beyond as a store manager? Rebuilding trust with shoppers one delivery at a time, to refinishing café furniture in a home garage.....

Protecting People & Property with Learnings from the AP&GR Conference

Now in its fourth year, the Asset Protection and Grocery Resilience (APGR) Conference has earned its reputation as the “can’t-miss” event for professionals in the food retail industry....

Preparing for the 2026 Hurricane Season: Food Safety and Retail Readiness

With a little preparation, grocery stores can weather hurricane season without compromising operations or food safety....

A Long-Awaited Regulatory Reset: Advancing Pragmatic Refrigeration Policy

After years of sustained advocacy, litigation and engagement across multiple administrations, FMI and its members are seeing meaningful progress on the Technology Transitions Rule and the Leak Management (Refrigerant Management) ...

Human Connection Is Grocery Infrastructure

As ecommerce grows, AI-enabled shopping expands and agentic commerce begins to emerge, more of the grocery journey will be shaped by digital systems before a shopper enters the store. That shift makes the physical experience more important, not less....

Why Retail Media Needs a Measurement Reset

FMI’s new retail media framework provides the food industry with a standardized way to demonstrate what is working and what is ...

Winning in Nonfoods Starts with Closing the Perception Gap

Nonfood categories generated $5.6 billion in new sales last year, and grocery retailers need to have a nonfoods strategy to capture the sales....

Managing Legal Risk, Q&A with Sarah Brew

For those in the industry, food is always center stage – companies spend their days adapting and evolving to meet changing consumer expectations....

Personality Types Among Grocery Stores

Every year, our U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report focuses on a question that is worthy of our consideration. For our 2026 report, we decided to concentrate on the in-store experience—Why do shoppers still go to the grocery ...

Here’s What You Should Watch on Food Price Inflation

Andy Harig recently joined Dr. Ricky Volpe, professor of agribusiness at California Polytechnic State University, for a discussion to examine what is influencing food prices and what consumers can expect in the months ...