ARLINGTON, Va. — The Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association will co-locate their executive conferences beginning in January 2013, it was announced at the recent FMI Midwinter event.
GMA will co-locate its signature Chairman’s Lecture and Hall of Achievement Awards, which includes the Chairman’s Reception and Dinner, at FMI Midwinter. GMA will cease operating its late-summer, stand-alone executive event beginning in that year. The move doesn’t impact this year’s GMA Executive Conference, which will be held in Colorado Springs in late August.The changes were planned to enable more targeted interactions and. . .