VM+SD Editor Joins Supermarket Group

Alicia Hanson, associate editor of VM+SD, has been invited to serve on the retail store development committee of the Food Marketing Institute, Washington, D.C.-based educational and trade association for food suppliers and retailers.

FMI represents 1500 member companies operating approximately 26,000 retail stores with a combined annual sales volume of $340 billion. The annual FMI Show (the Supermarket Industry Convention & Educational Exposition) will be held May 1-3, 2005, in Chicago. The annual Retail Store Development Conference will be held Oct. 23-25, 2005, in San Francisco.