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FMI’s Power of Private Brands 2023 Finds Price and Value Aren’t Only Motivators Behind Grocery Shoppers Purchasing More Private Brands

October 5, 2023 FMI

FMI – The Food Industry Association, releases the second installment of the 2023 Power of Private Brands series which surveyed grocery shoppers about their private brand shopping habits. Shoppers overwhelmingly report that they are not only buying private brands more often, but that they are drawn to private brands by factors that go beyond the affordable price and overall value typically associated with store brands. …

Parents’ Grocery Shopping Habits Reveal Evolving Shopper Behaviors

August 28, 2023 FMI

The most recent survey of grocery shoppers’ spending habits and attitudes by FMI – The Food Industry Association reveals surprising differences between the shopping habits of parents and those of consumers as a whole.  …

FMI Endorses Senate Legislation Banning SNAP Processing Fees

July 24, 2023 FMI

FMI – The Food Industry Association welcomed the introduction of the Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions (EBT) Act (S. 2449) by Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Peter Welch (D-VT), Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, to prevent the levying of processing and other related fees on grocers for purchases made with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. …

89% of Grocers Believe Optimizing Fulfillment is Key to Improving Digital Profitability

July 21, 2023 Incisiv

Recent research by Incisiv, conducted in collaboration with The Food Industry Association (FMI) and in partnership with RELEX, highlights the importance of strategic fulfillment in achieving digital profitability. …

FMI Food Safety Management Program Recognized by FDA

July 18, 2023 FMI

FMI – The Food Industry Association announces that its food safety management program, Safe Quality Food (SQF), successfully completed a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pilot program and that the SQF Food Safety Code: Food Manufacturing, Edition 9 plus the SQF Addendum for the Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule are in alignment with the Preventive Controls for Human Foods Rule, one of the key rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act. …