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January 14, 2008 — Liz Minyard (center), former co-chair and co-CEO of Minyard Food Stores, received FMI's Sidney R. Rabb Award in a presentation by FMI President and CEO Tim Hammonds (left) and FMI Board Chair Steve Smith.

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January 14 , 2008 — Barry Scher (center), vice president of public affairs at Giant Food Inc. and Ahold USA, received FMI's 2008 Glen P. Woodard, Jr., Public Affairs Award.

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January 14, 2008 — PepsiCo Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Indra K. Nooyi called for an industrywide campaign to fight obesity by reducing the calories people consume and increasing the calories they burn through exercise — her calories-in, calories-out strategy.

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January 14, 2008 — Safeway Inc. Chairman, President and CEO Steve A. Burd challenged the industry to join his campaign to reduce healthcare costs by promoting competition in the medical marketplace and giving employees incentives to adopt healthier lifestyles.
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January 14, 2008 — General Barry McCaffrey (Ret.) shared his insights into how the war in Iraq has changed the world.

January 14, 2008 — The conference featured a panel discussion on sustainability, including (from left) Ruth Kinzey of The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, Adam Paulisick of The Nielsen Company, Dan McGovern of Sustainable Food News and Robert Garrity of Giant Eagle, Inc., and chair of the FMI Sustainability Task Force.

January 14, 2008 — A panel discussed the issues and opportunities presented by animal cloning, featuring (from left) Mark Walton, Elliot Entis, David Stark and Sharon Bomer Lauritsen of the Biotechnology Industry Organization.

January 15, 2008 — Martin Lindstrom, Brand Futurist and author of BrandChild and BrandSense speaks at Midwinter.

January 15, 2008 — The Reinventing Recalls Panel discussed specific recommendations for making our food recall system more timely, efficient and effective.

January 15, 2008 — A panel at Midwinter 2008: Connecting the Dots between Food and Health.

January 15, 2008 — Dr. Larry J. Sabato, Author and Director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, speaks at Midwinter.