May/June 2016

Beyond the political rhetoric of the presidential election, 2016 has been a very active year in Washington, D.C., so far. A presidential election year leads to a condensed legislative calendar in Congress, but our policy agenda and priorities do not take a day off when Congress is out of session.

Recently FMI, in partnership with global consulting firm Oliver Wyman, jointly released a compilation journal of strategic insights to help senior executives successfully guide their companies in this ever-changing food retail environment.

Not that they'd call this an improvement. 

Those were the takeaways from the two winning presentations out of the six heard at the Capstone conference of the Food Industry Management Program on April 6 at the University of Southern California.

Vice President, Thought Leadership, IRI

The myths examined here and the busting insights offered are based on findings in the recently published 2016 RIS/Gartner Retail Technology Study, now in its 26th year as a must-read report.

Shoppers no longer go to supermarkets for food and products—they arrive expecting an experience with readily available information about all aspects of their food.