FMI - The Food Industry Association
The trade association for the food retail and wholesale industry, representing grocers, wholesalers, and suppliers on policy, food safety, and business practice, and owner of the SQF food safety certification program.
Peer societies
Five societies FMI - The Food Industry Association is read alongside.
NGA
National Grocers Association
The trade association representing the independent supermarket industry, advocating for family owned and…
33 companies named
NACS
National Association of Convenience Stores
The international trade association for the convenience and fuel retailing industry, serving retailers and…
193 companies named
SFA
Specialty Food Association
The trade association for the specialty food industry, connecting makers, importers, and retailers through…
16 companies named
NAMI
North American Meat Institute
The trade association representing companies that process and package meat and poultry, working on food…
13 companies named
ABA
American Bakers Association
The voice of the wholesale baking industry, representing bakers and suppliers of bread, rolls, and other…
Who backs FFIA
Every company FMI - The Food Industry Association names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| Anheuser Busch | Meeting sponsor | ABL CCC FCACC GMCC MCCI +3 |
| Kroger logo with text: Fresh for Everyone. | Scholarship Sponsor | APA CRC GMC HF ICC +3 |
| Meijer | Scholarship Sponsor | ACS DRC GRC GFWI ICC +1 |
| Perdue | Meeting sponsor | DSCC GTCC JC MCC SACC |
| KraftHeinz | Meeting sponsor | AMSA ASN CDCC NGA |
| Diversey (1) | Meeting sponsor | IAFP MBAA |
| Mars Snacking Logo | Meeting sponsor | NACS NAMA |
| Brookshire Grocery Company (500x200) Logo | Scholarship Sponsor | TACC |
| Chomps Logo | Meeting sponsor | NACS |
| Nature Valley Logo | Meeting sponsor | CDF |
| Nestle Purina logo | Meeting sponsor | PCT |
| Primo Brands | Meeting sponsor | NACS |
| Eagle Foods | Meeting sponsor | Only FMI - The Food Industry Association, so far |
| Hershey's logo | Meeting sponsor | Only FMI - The Food Industry Association, so far |
| Ibotta | Meeting sponsor | Only FMI - The Food Industry Association, so far |
| Inmar Logo 2025 | Meeting sponsor | Only FMI - The Food Industry Association, so far |
| Key Foods logo | Scholarship Sponsor | Only FMI - The Food Industry Association, so far |
| Lavazza Logo | Meeting sponsor | Only FMI - The Food Industry Association, so far |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
FMI Midwinter Executive Conference 2026 sponsors. Read September 27, 2026. Midwinter 2026 sponsors, read from logo alt text and image file names; several unnamed logos (and logos whose file names looked like reused templates) omitted; partner universities omitted.
Who backs FMI - The Food Industry Association's peers, but not FMI - The Food Industry Association
Companies named publicly by at least one of FMI - The Food Industry Association's five peer societies, and not found in FMI - The Food Industry Association's reviewed public records.
The outside view
The trade association for the food retail and wholesale industry, representing grocers, wholesalers, and suppliers on policy, food safety, and business practice, and owner of the SQF food safety certification program.
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Their shape
The League
Far-flung, and stronger for it.
The League is a federation of many, where the value lives in the connections between its members and chapters. Its gift is reach and resilience, its challenge is holding a shared identity across all its parts.
Also reads toward The Guild and The Citadel.
Strengths
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