JACK: For those who may not know, give our readers a brief history of FMI and the role it has played over the years in the grocery industry. DOUG: This year FMI celebrates forty-five years. The roots of our FMI name date back to the merger of two leading associations that served the industry since the 1930s, the Super Market Institute and the National Association of Food Chains. This combination resulted in a new name, the Food Marketing Institute, along with its more commonly used acronym, FMI. In 2002, the board of directors approved a plan to join FMI’s food retail and wholesale members with the grocery wholesaler members of Food Distributors International (FDI). And in 2003, FMI acquired the Safe Quality Food (SQF) supplier certification program from the Department of Agriculture of Western Australia. The SQF program is designed to manage
FMI, The Food Industry Association Advancing a Safer, Healthier, and More Efficient Consumer Food Supply Chain By Jack Trlica, LPM Editor-in-Chief
Winter 2022
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