SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Food Marketing Institute on Tuesday presented the William H. Albers Award to Joe Burke, vice president of retail industry affairs at Coca-Cola Refreshments....More
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Food Marketing Institute on Tuesday presented the Robert B. Wegman Award for entrepreneurial excellence to Norman Mayne, chief executive officer, Dorothy Lane Market....More
Monday's FMI Midwinter show was packed with educational sessions and events such as a panel on Hurricane Sandy, the SN Marketer of the Year presentation, educational workshops for independents and FMI Rabb Award presentation....More
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — SN presented its 2013 Marketer of the Year Award to Safeway’s Diane Dietz Monday evening during the FMI Midwinter Executive Conference....More
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It's no longer just about consumers doing less cooking. Now it’s also about big shifts in who is making the shopping decisions, what dayparts are critical, and what shoppers demand from stores....More
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The FMI Show, the longtime signature event of the Food Marketing Institute, will return to annual frequency beginning in 2014....More
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Food retailers are challenging Washington to recognize that regulations aren't the best way to make progress on a host of business issues....More
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Food Marketing Institute on Monday presented Ric Jurgens with its most prestigious honor, the Sidney R. Rabb Award for excellence in serving the consumer, the community and the industry....More
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Food Marketing Institute presented its Glen P. Woodard Award to longtime industry advocate Anne McGhee Curry at FMI Midwinter Executive Conference here on Monday....More
Thomas Blischok, chief retail strategist and senior executive advisor, Booz and Co., discusses his FMI Midwinter panel’s focus on how shoppers will change in the next decade, and how retailers and suppliers should respond, in this video interview....More
In this video interview, Danny Wegman, CEO of Wegmans Food Markets, offers a progress report on Wegmans’ “Eat Well, Live Well” program, and discusses the food retail industry’s efforts to combat obesity and promote healthier living....More
Carl Schlicker, chief operating officer of Ahold USA, discusses his company’s acquisitions, online shopping in the U.S., and his long tenure at Ahold on the eve of his retirement, in this video interview by SN Editor-in-Chief David Orgel and Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert....More
Leslie Sarasin, president and CEO of Food Marketing Institute, discusses the leadership theme at FMI Midwinter, and also looks ahead to regulatory and legislative issues of 2013 as well as FMI’s long-term strategic plan, in this video interview....More
The industry has gathered in Scottsdale, Ariz., for the FMI Midwinter Executive Conference, and we are taking an insider’s look through interviews with conference speakers and other industry leaders....More
ARLINGTON, Va. — Food Marketing Institute here will be focused on the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act in the year ahead, as well as regulations related to health care reform, according to Leslie G. Sarasin, president and chief executive officer....More
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Food For All, the turnkey charitable-giving organization that has grown its services beyond hunger relief, is getting a new name to reflect that expansion....More
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — E. & J. Gallo Winery and the Campbell Soup Co. received 2013 CPG Awards for Innovation and Creativity from GMA during the association's 2013 Chairman's Lecture....More
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — When the GMA presents a collaboration award to the FMI's chairman, you'd expect to hear the recipient underscore the importance of working together....More
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Call them the dynamic duo. Danny Wegman, CEO, Wegmans Food Markets, and Tim Smucker, chairman, The J.M. Smucker Co., received Hall of Achievement Awards here during the 2013 GMA Chairman's Lecture....More
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The first-time co-location of Food Marketing Institute's Midwinter Executive Conference with the Grocery Manufacturers Association's Chairman's Reception, Lecture and Dinner helped set the stage for enhanced trading partner interactions, according to attendees here this week....More
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