The Voice of Food Retail
FMI provides leadership to retailers and wholesalers of food and consumer products, as well as to their supplier partners, by fostering their growth and promoting their role in feeding families and enriching the lives of their customers.
FMI represents food retailers and wholesalers and develops and promotes policies, programs and forums supporting its members, their customers and supplier partners, and other industry stakeholders in the areas of:
government relations
food and product safety and defense
education
industry collaboration and networking
research
health and wellness
social, environmental and sustainability programs
communications
By pursuing these activities, FMI provides leadership and advocacy for the food and consumer product industry worldwide as the industry innovates to meet the changing needs of its customers.
FMI represents 1,500 food retailers and wholesalers. Our retail membership is composed of large multi-store chains, regional firms and independent supermarkets with a combined annual sales volume of $680 billion (three-quarters of all retail food store sales in the United States). FMI membership includes:
26,000 retail food stores
14,000 pharmacies
Associate members are supplier partners of its retail and wholesale members
200 companies from more than 50 countries
FMI is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia:
2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22202
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Pictured are members of the FMI board executive committee (L to R): Frederick J. Morganthall, II, president of Harris Teeter and vice chair of the FMI board, Jeffrey Noddle, chairman and CEO of SUPERVALU INC. and past chair of the FMI board, Richard N. Jurgens, president, CEO and chairman of Hy-Vee, Inc., and vice chair of the FMI board, Leslie G. Sarasin, president and CEO, Food Marketing Institute, Norman S. Rich, chief executive officer, Weis Markets, Inc. and vice chair of the FMI board, and Steven C. Smith, president and CEO of K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., and chairman of the FMI board.