...interested in promoting health, nutrition and exercise. Sims based her comments on research conducted by the Food Marketing Institute, an industry group that annually tracks consumers attitudes and buying patterns at supermarkets.

...Michael Sansolo, a senior vice president of the Food Marketing Institute. Three of every four consumers say they prepare...with them, nutritionists say. On the Net: Food Marketing Institute: http://www.fmi.org Cornell University...

...2,000 from Philip Morris. -- $1,000 from food processing giant ConAgra. -- $1,000 from the Food Marketing Institute, a trade group for major supermarket chains. -- $1,000 from the National Restaurant Association. In addition...

...Demand is high for discounts on grocery products. According to a recent survey of 1,002 people by the Food Marketing Institute, more than 45 percent of shoppers use grocery coupons almost every time or fairly often when they go to the...

...longer, compared with 58 percent in 1996. The new survey, conducted by Research International USA for the Food Marketing Institute, had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. A summary of the poll's findings said ''consumers...

...retail last year was prepackaged, or "case-ready," compared with 23 percent in 1997, according to the Food Marketing Institute, the supermarket industry's trade association. "The consumer pays about the same price and he gets a better...

...Pearson is incoming chairman of the industry's Food Marketing Institute. About 76 million cases of food-borne illness...store procedures," Mitchell said. On the Net: Food Marketing Institute: http://www.fmi.org Food and Drug Administration...

...surveys. In stores with the computerized kiosks, about half of the customers use them, a recent study by the Food Marketing Institute found. The retail research firm IHL Consulting Group projects that, with advancements in technology, self-checkout...