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May 6, 2013
GMA beefs up government affairs staff

Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, has announced the addition of two new directors to the association’s federal affairs staff, Nancy Kohler and David Prestwood.

April 17, 2013
Nutrition labeling goes digital

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) on Wednesday launched an interactive web-based tool for consumers that supports the Facts Up Front nutrition labeling initiative launched by GMA and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) in 2011.

April 4, 2013
Grocery Manufacturers Association names new legal head

The Grocery Manufacturers Association has named Karin F.R. Moore as VP and general counsel.

February 25, 2013
Food industry fires back at obesity book

The head of the Grocery Manufacturers Association took exception this week to a new book which portrays consumers as hapless victims preyed upon by food industry giants that peddle addictive products.

January 31, 2013
Grocery industry group names communications head

The Grocery Manufacturers Association has promoted Sean McBride to EVP communications and membership services, effective Jan. 1.

January 21, 2013
E. & J. Gallo Winery, Campbell Soup Company receive innovation and creativity award

E. & J. Gallo Winery and the Campbell Soup Company have won the 2013 CPG Awards for Innovation and Creativity.

January 21, 2013
Smucker, Wegman and Morgenthal join grocery elite

The Grocery Manufacturers Association inducted J. M. Smucker Company chairman Tim Smucker and Wegmans CEO Danny Wegman into its Hall of Achievement and presented Harris Teeter president and COO Fred Morganthall the award for Industry Collaboration Leadership.

November 12, 2012
Wegman and Smucker honored by GMA

The Grocery Manufacturers Association named Danny Wegman and Timothy Smucker as the 2013 inductees into the trade group’s Hall of Achievement.

September 6, 2012
GMA names VP industry affairs

The Grocery Manufacturers Association has named Elise Fennig as VP industry affairs.

August 27, 2012
GMA honors PepsiCo, E. & J. Gallo Winery for innovation

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and its Associate Member Council (AMC) have awarded E. & J. Gallo Winery and PepsiCo Inc. with the 2012 CPG Awards for Innovation and Creativity.

August 27, 2012
Grocery group celebrates industry icons

The Grocery Manufacturers Association inducted Richard Jurgens, chairman and CEO of Hy-Vee, Inc. and Dean Pappas, CEO of Clement Pappas and Company, Inc., into its Hall of Achievement.

July 13, 2012
GMA exec heads to Hillshire Brands

A Grocery Manufacturers Association executive is taking on a new role at Hillshire Brands.

May 31, 2012
Hy-Vee executive newest GMA hall of fame inductee

Ric Jurgens spent the past 43 years working for and building Hy-Vee into a strong regional chain and later this summer his accomplishments will be acknowledged by the Grocery Manufacturers Association when he receives the organization’s Hall of Achievement Award.

November 11, 2011
GMA names VP industry affairs

Pamela Bailey, president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, has announced the appointment of Jennifer Kaleda as VP industry affairs, operational effectiveness.

October 24, 2011
GMA emphasize work of food and beverage industry on Food Day

The Grocery Manufacturers Association has highlighted the U.S. food and beverage industry's accomplishments on Food Day, which celebrates the more than 15 million Americans who work to provide billions of consumers with safe, healthy, convenient and affordable food.

October 19, 2011
GMA adds health and nutrition talent

The Grocery Manufacturers Association has named Robert Burns, Ph.D., as VP health and nutrition policy.

September 23, 2011
Food associations get "Up Front" about nutrition

The Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Food Marketing Institute have launched a new consumer education campaign around the front-of-pack nutrition labeling system launched in January by the food and beverage industry.

August 3, 2011
GMA names food safety leader

The Grocery Manufacturers Association has named George Dunaif, Ph.D., DABT, VP food safety and technical services.

June 22, 2011
CPG companies get much needed boost from technology

WASHINGTON — The vitality of consumer packaged goods companies is healthy again, according to a new report issued by the Grocery Manufacturers Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers on Wednesday.

June 22, 2011
CPG companies get much needed boost from technology

WASHINGTON — The vitality of consumer packaged goods companies is healthy again, according to a new report issued by the Grocery Manufacturers Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers on Wednesday.

May 24, 2011
GMA names EVP global strategies

Pamela Bailey, president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), has announced the appointment of Sean Darragh as EVP global strategies, a newly created position within the association.

February 22, 2011
Bruce Foods CEO to serve on GMA's board

The Grocery Manufacturers Association has tapped the leader of a food manufacturer to serve on its board of directors.

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