The Food Marketing Institute Arlington, Virginia Phone: 202-452-8444 Web Address: http://www.fmi.org Conducts programs in research, education, industry relations and public
affairs 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 about 26,000 retail food stores with a combined
annual sales volume of $340 billion — three-quarters of all retail food
store sales in the United States .Its international membership includes
200 companies from 50 countries.