Category: Association News

The Consumer Brands Association has added eight consumer packaged goods companies to its roster. These additions contribute to a 46 percent growth in dues revenue and a 35 percent increase in membership since the association’s relaunch as Consumer Brands. “When we debuted as Consumer Brands, we promised to build a new kind of trade association […]

As the nation enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing challenges to the nation’s coin circulation continue to negatively impact food retailers that rely on cash transactions to conduct business and consumers’ access to the legal tender they need to purchase food and household items. The U.S. Coin Task Force recently issued its report, “The […]

March is Frozen Food Month, an important reminder that frozen foods are a convenient and delicious way to eat healthily within a family’s food budget, according to the American Frozen Food Institute.  AFFI highlights the benefits of frozen food with its 2022 Frozen Advantage Toolkit. “The frozen category feeds 99.4 percent of American households and fuels the American economy […]

The National Grocers Association has announced California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo as the winner of the 2022 Student Case Study Competition. The annual competition featured teams competing in person at the 2022 NGA Show, held Feb. 27-March 1 at the Caesars Forum Convention Center in Las Vegas, with the final round held […]

The Specialty Food Association  Trendspotter Panel gathered in person at the 2022 Winter Fancy Food Show. Running Feb. 6-8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, SFA’s show featured thousands of products from around the world, with companies ranging from established to startup. “Health, comfort and sustainability are threads throughout several trends coming out of the Winter Fancy Food Show,” […]

The National Grocers Association has submitted its public comments to the Federal Trade Commission on the state of competition in the grocery sector. The NGA offered a first-hand account of how economic discrimination has harmed independent community grocers and consumers across the country. The comments were solicited by the FTC as it continues its study […]

More than 2,700 grocery leaders, professionals in attendance over 3 days of events The National Grocers Association and Clarion Events on March 2 announced the successful conclusion of The NGA Show, which delivered a nearly 20 percent increase in attendance from grocery retail industry professionals to the Caesars Forum Convention Center in Las Vegas for […]

Suzanne Schmitz, a Save A Lot owner in western New York, received the Woman of the Year Award on Monday from the Women Grocers of America. Sponsored by Shelby Publishing Co., the honor was presented during the 2022 NGA Show at the Caesars Forum Convention Center in Las Vegas. The award goes to a female […]

The National Grocers Association, the trade association representing the independent grocery industry, presented the Thomas K. Zaucha Entrepreneurial Excellence Award to Michael Needler Jr., president and CEO of Fresh Encounter Inc. The award, sponsored by Mondelēz International Inc., is presented annually to an independent retailer that demonstrates persistence, vision and creative entrepreneurship throughout the year. […]

The 2022 board of directors for the National Grocers Association was announced Monday during the NGA Show at the Caesars Forum Convention Center in Las Vegas. Nine people and one appointee will serve along with the re-elected board members. They were recommended by the NGA Board nominating committee and approved via a vote by membership. […]