Category: Association News

Last mile fulfillment presents an opportunity for convenience retailers to grow sales and expand customer reach, according to a newly released NACS Research study, “NACS Last Mile Fulfillment in Convenience Retail.” NACS defines last mile fulfillment services as order fulfillment processes that deliver goods to a destination. While more than half of all of convenience […]

FMI – The Food Industry Association is launching a web experience, report and online learning opportunities regarding how food prices are determined and how the COVID-19 shock to the supply chain affected them. The campaign’s objective is to provide broader context and clarity for how prices are set and how food costs play a factor on grocery bills. As part […]

On behalf of the 12,000 supermarket pharmacies operated by its member companies, FMI – The Food Industry Association says it was pleased the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments recently in the case of Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association. FMI’s members both operate pharmacies and sponsor multistate healthcare plans regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 […]

Consumer spending has recovered from the coronavirus pandemic more quickly than expected, but forecasting 2020 holiday sales is like assembling a jigsaw puzzle without all the pieces, National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said Oct. 1. “Completing a puzzle is highly probable given patience, having all the pieces and having the picture on the […]

The Food Industry Association has released its 2020 Power of Foodservice at Retail analysis, which demonstrates that although sales for this traditionally profitable area have been negatively affected by COVID-19, grocers are poised to more effectively compete for food-away-from-home dollars. “Food retail business owners navigated state and local challenges to operations and adapted by redistributing labor across the store, and foodservice employees embarked on their new roles maintaining […]

FMI – The Food Industry Association has announced an ambitious assortment of signature events for 2021 and 2022. “Our goal is to help our members and their teams prepare for post-crisis planning and operations, and thereby accelerate stronger and deeper collaborative partnerships,” said FMI President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin regarding the announcement. “We acknowledge that as an […]

The National Confectioners Association’s Young Professionals Network has opened the application for the 2021 class of its Future Leadership Program. It provides professional development resources, including mentorship opportunities and complimentary registration to NCA’s signature events, to young professionals aspiring to leadership roles in the confectionery industry. “A successful future for the chocolate and candy industry depends on […]

Krystal Register, director of health and well-being for FMI- The Food Industry Association – offered the following comments on the United States Department of Agriculture’s 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s final report, which was released recently. “The key to effective and achievable recommendations is that they be both science-based and practical for consumers to apply to their lifestyles. Food retailers have created […]