The Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Arlington, Va., announced that it will retire the 2017 FMI Show, known as FMI Connect, originally scheduled to be held in Chicago June 2017.

Consumer confidence in food safety is at its highest point in seven years, with 88 percent of shoppers “completely” or “somewhat” confident in the safety of food at the supermarket.

Supermarket sales grew a meager 0.12 percent in 2009 and same-store sales decreased 0.82 percent, illustrating the complex and challenging marketplace in which food retailers operate every day.

The Food Marketing Institute, Arlington, Va., said it hired Robert Garfield as senior vice president for the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI).