FMI Offers Webinar Series On Food Retailing 2013 Research

ARLINGTON, VA – The Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI) research on “Tomorrow’s Trends” uncovered cornerstone changes that will shape the grocery retailing industry over the coming years. On May 15, FMI will launch an eight-session webinar series on topics such as food retailing trends, local food movements and social media.

The webinars will offer a platform to hear and react to how these market-driven trends will create a dynamic consumer shopping environment and impact retailer and manufacturer competitive strategies.

FMI President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin presented an overview of the analysis, Food Retailing 2013: Tomorrow’s Trends Delivered Today, at FMI’s professional development conference, Future Connect, in Orlando earlier this month. In turn, FMI’s strategic retail analytics and consumer insights research partners – Booz and Company, Catalina, CROSSMARK, and Nielsen – convened a “think tank-approach” to their findings, which revealed a market poised for opportunity and innovation.

A white paper on the trends overview will soon be available for download.

Complete list of FMI’s webinars:

Archived webinars from the conference can be found on the Future Connect website.

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) conducts programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations on behalf of its nearly 1,250 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI’s U.S. members operate more than 25,000 retail food stores and almost 22,000 pharmacies with a combined annual sales volume of nearly $650 billion. FMI’s retail membership is composed of large multi-store chains, regional firms and independent operators. Its international membership includes 126 companies from more than 65 countries. FMI’s nearly 330 associate members include the supplier partners of its retail and wholesale members.

Source: Food Marketing Institute