The fifth edition of "The Power of Meat," a joint study by the American Meat Institute (AMI) and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), finds that the recession is continuing to impact food purchasing and consumption behavior, including the meat department.
New products, processor-retailer relationships and consumer trends will be key topics at the Food Marketing Institute's (FMI) "Future Connect" conference this Oct. 12-14 at Dallas' Hyatt Regency.
Social media use is on the rise, but are
consumers using sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Cafemom.com to make food
decisions? According to a recent study, the answer is not very often.
Having canceled its May "Future Connect" conference due to the influenza outbreak, the supermarket industry's largest organization, the Food Marketing Institute, said today that it has rescheduled the executive event for October 12-14.
Influenza concerns prompted the Food Marketing Institute to postpone its Future Connect leadership conference and MARKETECHNICS events, scheduled for May 4-8 in Dallas.
The Food Marketing Institute’s “Future Connect” conference, May 4-6, in Dallas will have several topics of interest to refrigerated and frozen food product developers.
At a time when consumers demand value, branded retail food companies no longer can afford a dysfunctional approach to R&D. Gone are the days of emphasizing development over consumer research.
Supermarket industry media reported yesterday that the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) signed a "joint memorandum of understanding" to consider merging their annual executive conferences.
The American Meat Institute said it hired the sales analysis firm, ethnoMetrics Inc., Stevensville, Mich., to "enhance the purchase experience" of those buyers and sellers.