Tag: NGA
NGA promotes three senior executives
- General News
The National Grocers Association (NGA) today announced promotions for three key senior staff executives.
NGA helps retailers with SNAP online purchases
- Retail
The National Growers Association Foundation has launched a website to answer retailers' questions about online SNAP purchasing.
Study shows independent grocers hold their own in a challenging marketplace
- Retail
The 2023 edition of the Independent Grocers Financial Study, joint research between the National Grocers Association (NGA) and FMS Solutions, documents small grocers' operational and financial performance in a continued complex marketplace.
NGA tv ad calls out retail power buyers
- Retail
The National Grocers Association, the national trade association representing the independent supermarket industry, is unveiling a new TV commercial that shines a spotlight on the unfair and discriminatory tactics of dominant food retailers that harm the ability of Main Street businesses to compete and serve communities throughout the U.S.
NGA calls on White House to include independent retailers in supplemental health benefit programs
- Retail
The National Grocers Association (NGA), the national trade association representing the independent supermarket industry, sent a letter to White House officials asking for a convening of stakeholders to address the growing problem of the exclusion of independent grocers and their customers from important health benefit programs funded by health insurance plans.
NGA comments on proposed WIC food package revisions
- Retail
NGA, the trade association representing the independent supermarket industry, has provided comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on its proposed rule on revisions to food packages in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
NGA reveals 2023 Creative Choice Award winners
- General News
The National Grocers Association, the trade association representing the independent supermarket industry, along with sponsoring partners The Kellogg Company and Unilever, have revealed the winners of their annual Creative Choice Awards, which honors and recognizes the best marketing and merchandising programs in the grocery industry.
NGA Foundation receives grant to advance SNAP online programs
- Retail
The National Grocers Association Foundation has been awarded a $5 million grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service to establish a technical assistance center that will guide grocers through the process of implementing online Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) grocery purchasing.
Grocer, NGA member testifies in Senate committee hearing on Kroger-Albertsons merger
- Retail
NGA member and CEO of Fresh Encounter Inc., Michael Needler Jr., a third-generation independent grocer who operates nearly 100 grocery stores in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Florida, testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights on the effect of enhanced consolidation and buyer power in the marketplace.
NGA: FDA’s new traceability rule will disproportionately affect smaller grocers
- General News
The National Grocers Association, the national trade association representing the independent supermarket industry, responded to the final ruling on the proposed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule, “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods.”