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• FMI Statement to FTC on Concerns Regarding the Proposed Acquisition of Medco Health Solutions by Express Scripts, Inc.
  February 6, 2012 – ARLINGTON, VA – Food Marketing Institute (FMI) issued the following statement on behalf of its regulatory counsel, Erik Lieberman, regarding the proposed acquisition of Medco Health Solutions (Medco) by Express Scripts, Inc. (ESI) and its recent letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz:
• Supermarket Chef Showdown Celebrates the Culinary Underdogs
  Recipe Submission Open Until March 15, 2012
  ARLINGTON, VA – February 2, 2012 –The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) fueled the grocery industry’s only culinary rivalry that challenges top food service professionals to square off in a battle for the elite title: The Supermarket Grand Chef. Taking place live on May 1 – 3 in Dallas at the FMI2012 Show, the Supermarket Chef Showdown aims to personify the epicureans in our neighborhood grocery stores.
• FMI William H. Albers Award for Industry Relations Presented to Campbell’s Douglas R. Conant
  ORLANDO, FL – January 31, 2011 – Douglas R. Conant, former president and CEO of Campbell Soup Company, received the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) William H. Albers Industry Relations Award today for his excellence in trading partner relations in the food retail supplier community. The award was presented at FMI’s Midwinter Executive Conference in Orlando, Fla.
• FMI Glen P. Woodard, Jr. Award for Public Affairs Presented to Art Potash, Potash Markets
  ORLANDO, FL – January 31, 2012 – Art Potash, CEO of Potash Markets, received the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Glen P. Woodard, Jr. Award today for his outstanding contributions on behalf of the food industry in government and public affairs. The award was presented at FMI’s Midwinter Executive Conference in Orlando, Fla.
• FMI Presents Herbert Hoover Award to Richard Parkinson, Associated Food Stores, Inc.
  ORLANDO, FL – January 30, 2012 – The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) today honored Richard Parkinson, former president and CEO of Associated Food Stores, Inc., with the FMI Herbert Hoover Award for his humanitarian service in the food retail and wholesale industry. The award was presented at FMI’s Midwinter Executive Conference in Orlando, Fla.
• FMI Presents Sidney R. Rabb Award to K-VA-T’s Steven Smith for Outstanding Service to Community, Consumers and Industry
  ORLANDO, FL – January 30, 2012 – Today, Steven C. Smith, president and CEO of K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., received the Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI) highest recognition, the Sidney R. Rabb Award, for his exceptional service to the consumer, the community and the supermarket industry. The award was presented at FMI’s Midwinter Executive Conference in Orlando, Fla.
• FMI Robert B. Wegman Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence Presented to Danny Wegman, Wegmans Food Markets
  Award Honors Family Legacy and Encourages Creativity
  ORLANDO, FL – January 30, 2012 – Danny Wegman, CEO of Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. received the inaugural Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Robert B. Wegman Award today in honor of his entrepreneurial leadership in the design of retail strategies and imaginative merchandising. The award was presented at FMI’s Midwinter Executive Conference in Orlando, Fla.
• Food Marketing Institute Announces New Director of Member Services, Lucas Darnell, Longtime-Frozen Foods Industry Executive
  ARLINGTON, VA — January 25, 2012 — In an effort to reinforce the organization’s investment in and commitment to the food retail members in which it represents, Food Marketing Institute (FMI) today announces the hiring of Lucas Darnell, a tenured frozen food industry professional, as a director of member services.
• FMI Applauds Merchant Advisory Group Payments Roadmap
  Efforts to Bring All Stakeholders Together to Move the U.S toward More Safe and Secure Payments
  ARLINGTON, VA – January 20, 2012 – On behalf of the nation’s retail and wholesale grocers, the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) supports efforts by the Merchant Advisory Group (MAG) to bring together all stakeholders in the payments chain to create a single, safe and secure payments standard to the benefit of U.S. businesses and cardholders.