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FMI taps Krystal Register to lead health and wellness programs

Wegmans dietitian joins grocery trade group as nutrition issue expert

Russell Redman

June 1, 2020

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Krystal Register-FMI-health wellness nutrition expert
A registered (RDN) and licensed (LDN) dietitian nutritionist, Krystal Register spent 12 years at Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans Food Market.FMI

FMI-The Food Industry Association has hired longtime Wegmans Food Markets retail dietitian Krystal Register to spearhead health and well-being programs and activities.

In the newly created role as director of health and well-being, Register also will serve as the issue expert on all health and wellness and nutrition policy, operations and communication issues for the association’s membership, FMI said Monday.

“Krystal’s sterling reputation in the nutrition community contributes to her being a trusted authority within the nutrition and dietetics field and has demonstrated her ability to work seamlessly with her peers in retail dietetics, as well as dietitians in other practice areas, such as clinical, public health, community, and nutrition policy, which will augment FMI’s work representing member programs,” Hilary Thesmar, chief food and product safety officer at FMI, said in a statement.

A registered (RDN) and licensed (LDN) dietitian nutritionist, Register spent 12 years at Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans, developing and executing the grocery chain’s wellness programs, health messaging, employee training and in-store promotions, according to FMI. She also participated in community events, including the annual NBC4 Health and Fitness Expo and DC Gluten-Free Education Day, as well as in Smithsonian Food History programming. In addition, she often provided nutrition insight for local media outlets.  

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“I look forward to building this role and responsibility with Krystal and supporting her as she works with FMI to enhance health and well-being programs for our member companies as they develop, implement and evaluate their programs to improve the health of their customers,” commented Thesmar, who also serves as senior vice president of food safety programs at FMI.

FMI added that Register’s background also environmental and nutrition science studies plus clinical nutrition and personal coaching experience. 

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Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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