This past September, Skogen’s Festival Foods celebrated National Family Meals Month™ (NFMM) through new and returning avenues.

In October 2017, our food safety team and some FMI members participated in the SafeMark® Certified Food Protection Manager (CFPM) Exam Review Workshop with Prometric, a leading testing and assessment authority and FMI’s SafeMark exam provider. It turns out that there is a science and a lot of background work that goes into exam and assessment creation.

“Chaotic” seems almost too mild a word to describe the frenetic pace of legislation at the state level. To help prepare for this onslaught of state legislative activity, FMI releases the 50 State Legislative Outlook every January. Like the report, the web tool also previews the upcoming November’s state legislative and governors elections, as well as potential ballot measures that would significantly impact our industry.

Mark Baum, chief collaboration officer of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) talks with Mike O’Brien of Multichannel Merchant about trends in the dynamic world of e-grocery, including delivery and fulfillment, M&A activity, issues around perishable items and Walmart’s latest patent in the space.