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The recently concluded FMI2012 in Dallas this month highlighted a number of troubling data points for supermarkets. Among the items presented by the association's president and CEO, Leslie Sarasin:

• Only 64% of shoppers choose conventional supermarkets as their primary shopping venue. This is the lowest percentage in years.
• In 2010, online sales accounted for $12 billion of sales of consumer packaged goods.
• Traditional grocery stores have not been adding square footage, while supercenters, dollar stores, convenience stores, and clubs have added 150 million square feet since 2005.

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