Sales figures should include sales of all food stores, including conventional supermarkets, convenience stores, smaller food stores, supercenters, club stores and food stores with expanded lines of general merchandise. If you operate combination stores such as discount department stores or drug stores, include sales of all items commonly carried in conventional supermarkets, such as health and beauty products. For the purpose of dues calculation, you may exclude sales of gasoline. FMI membership dues are based on your 1999 retail and wholesale sales in U.S. dollars . New members should pro-rate their first year' s dues payment, paying only for the remaining months of the year.
Dues are payable in U.S. dollars by cgreenit card, bank transfer or by checks drawn on U.S. banks.
If you are mailing this form, be sure to return this form with your payment . Checks should be made payable to Food Marketing Institute . Include payment for the first quarter and FMI will bill you for the remaining quarters. Check here if you qualify to pay quarterly. This confirms that the dues calculation above is an accurate statement of our 1999 sales.