FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Grocery Manufacturers Association Celebrates a Century of Leadership
Contact:
Scott Openshaw, Director, Communications, 202-295-3957
Brian Kennedy, Director, Communications, 202-639-5994
August 12, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In conjunction with its 100th anniversary, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today released GMA: Celebrating a Century of Leadership, a video presentation that chronicles the association’s history, leadership, mission and agenda for the future.
“Since its founding in 1908, GMA has served as the voice of the food, beverage and consumer products industry in Washington, D.C.,” said GMA President and CEO Cal Dooley. “And in 2008, GMA continues this tradition, providing leadership on the wide variety of challenges and opportunities facing our member companies. From supply chain efficiency and enhanced customer and channel collaboration to food safety and energy policy, GMA is serving as a laboratory for new ideas, helping our member companies serve their customers better and faster than ever before.
“As we celebrate a century of leadership, I would like to personally thank all of the individuals who have served GMA in a leadership or staff capacity over the last 100 years. It is their dedication and ingenuity that makes GMA what it is today: a supply chain, advocacy and scientific powerhouse on behalf of the food, beverage and CPG industry,” concluded Mr. Dooley.
GMA: Celebrating a Century of Leadership, and its companion print booklet are available at www.gmaonline.org.
For more information or questions, please contact Ginny Smith, GMA director of marketing, at gsmith at gmaonline.org.
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Based in Washington, D.C., the Grocery Manufacturers Association is the voice of more than 300 leading food, beverage and consumer product companies that sustain and enhance the quality of life for hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the globe. Founded in 1908, GMA is an active, vocal advocate for its member companies and a trusted source of information about the industry and the products consumers rely on and enjoy every day. The association and its member companies are committed to meeting the needs of consumers through product innovation, responsible business practices and effective public policy solutions developed through a genuine partnership with policymakers and other stakeholders. In keeping with its founding principles, GMA helps its members produce safe products through a strong and ongoing commitment to scientific research, testing and evaluation and to providing consumers with the products, tools and information they need to achieve a healthy diet and an active lifestyle. The food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry in the United States generates sales of $2.1 trillion annually, employs 14 million workers and contributes $1 trillion in added value to the economy every year.
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