FMI: What Is Your Meat IQ?

According to the 2021 Power of Meat, one of the silver linings of the pandemic has been extra time—extra time to study, extra time to experiment and extra time to perfect skills. And it seems lots of people have been pouring that extra time into enhancing their meat cooking skills.

Grocery Produce Sales Driven by Healthy Living and At-Home Cooking

April 8, 2021 FMI

FMI—The Food Industry Association, today releases the 2021 Power of Produce, which finds produce department sales reached $69.6 billion in 2020—an 11.4% increase.

New FMI Report Finds Grocers Invested $24B to Meet Increased Consumer Demands and Operate Safely Amid Covid-19

March 31, 2021 FMI

One year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, FMI-The Food Industry Association today released a new report, Receipts from the Pandemic: Grocery Store Investments Amid COVID-19 and the Resulting Economics of an Essential Industry, sharing that the food retail industry invested $24 billion in response to the dramatic changes in Americans’ shopping and food consumption habits amid the pandemic.

Next Steps for Enhancing Meat Industry Strategies

The meat industry has worked hard to address its challenges — and has succeeded in getting past the worst of it.

Meat Purchases and Confidence at Record Highs

Americans are buying more beef, pork, poultry, and lamb than ever as increased time at home during the pandemic sent meat grocery sales soaring by 20% (IRI) from 2019 to 2020.