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New initiative creates Family Meals Month
The food industry has advocated the need for families to have more meals together. Now there will be an entire month devoted to the effort.
January 25, 2015
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The food industry has advocated the need for families to have more meals together. Now there will be an entire month devoted to the effort.
The Food Marketing Institute Foundation has announced a September marketing initiative with U.S. grocers aimed at highlighting food retailers’ unique family meal programs and their commitment to bringing families back to the table, one meal at a time.
Cathy Polley, FMI Foundation’s executive director and FMI VP of health and wellness, explains the initiative to a Midwinter audience Saturday.
The FMI Foundation is calling upon the industry’s collective voice and influence to launch “National Family Meals Month.” This month-long FMI member communications campaign is aimed at giving the grocery industry a unified theme and turnkey promotional tools to encourage consumers to lean on their local supermarket to prepare one more family meal per week at home.
National Family Meals Month was introduced Saturday in Miami Beach during the FMI Foundation annual gala event, which celebrates the accomplishments and investments of the food retail industry in addressing social concerns. Cathy Polley, FMI Foundation’s executive director and FMI vice president of health and wellness, explained that National Family Meals Month will provide FMI members with both the platform and tools for showcasing their mealtime resources.
“Our members are doing more than ever to inspire and support home cooking, from quick dinner solutions, cooking classes and nutrition advice, to shortcuts like pre-prepped ingredients and freshly prepared entrees,” Polley said. “FMI’s resources will give members a new way to showcase these creative meal programs throughout September.”
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“Food retailers are known supporters of their communities and proponents of neighborhood values,” said FMI president and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin. “Their commitment makes them a logical and reliable font of resources and meal solutions encouraging families to eat more meals together – an activity with known societal benefits. This campaign highlights how food retailers and wholesalers fulfill their mission of feeding families and enriching lives.”
Beginning in February, FMI will offer its members a free downloadable toolkit featuring customizable promotional and social media materials that enable grocers and consumer product brands to easily integrate National Family Meals Month marketing into their existing promotional schedules. Members can access the toolkit on FMI’s Family Meals website.
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