ARLINGTON, VA — The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) released this week its Online Suppliers Guide, a one stop shop for food retailers and wholesalers to find information on suppliers to fulfill their various product and service needs. The guide is located on FMI’s website at http://fmi.officialbuyersguide.net
“The FMI Online Suppliers Guide is two fold—it delivers multiple solutions for food retailers and wholesalers and provides suppliers a platform to display their offerings to a broad audience,” says Dagmar Farr, senior vice president, member services at FMI.
This extensive resource allows users to search for suppliers by company name, brand or any of a wide range of categories, from advertising and unsaleables to food products, private brands and more. Additionally, the FMI Online Suppliers Guide features an RFP Automator, allowing users to create customized requests and receive personalized responses straight to their inbox. All of these features streamline and accelerate the process for users in search of solutions to achieve strategic goals, improve operations and expand markets.
The FMI Online Suppliers Guide offers an unsurpassed opportunity for all companies wishing to grow their business by making their products and services available to food retailers and wholesalers.
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) conducts programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations on behalf of its 1,500 member companies – food retailers and wholesalers – in the United States and around the world. FMI's U.S. members operate approximately 26,000 retail food stores and 14,000 pharmacies. Their combined annual sales volume of $680 billion represents three-quarters of all retail food store sales in the United States. FMI's retail membership is composed of large multi-store chains, regional firms and independent supermarkets. Its international membership includes 200 companies from more than 50 countries. FMI's associate members include the supplier partners of its retail and wholesale members.
Source: Food Marketing Institute