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Grocery Manufacturers Association

Type: Organization

Name: Grocery Manufacturers Association

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Procter & Gamble

Shopper Marketing Is Going Mainstream

Retail is the center of gravity By Noreen O'LearyShopper marketing may not be sexy, but it gets results. More evidence of this: Grey Group is setting up a new shopper marketing operation to work for client Procter & Gamble now that G2, the agency’s retail ... [Published Adweek Online - May 20 2013]

Entities: Procter & Gamble, Grey Group, Deloitte, A. G. Lafley, Grocery Manufacturers Association

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

US Senate

Gender Gap Among K Street CEOs: $600,000

WASHINGTON -- Gender inequality is alive and well on K Street, Washington's notorious lobbying boulevard, according to a . The report revealed that women CEOs at the top 50 most politically active trade lobbying groups earned on average only 68 cents ... [Published Huffington Post - May 16 2013]

Entities: Thomas Kuhn, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Government Relations, US Senate, Inequality

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

IRS Internal Revenue Service

Washington’s women CEOs earning $600,000 less than male lobby peers

Women led eight of Washington’s 50 most politically active trade lobby groups and earned about $600,000 less than their male counterparts, according to salary data compiled by Bloomberg. The female chief executive officers were paid an average of $1.31 ... [Published Financial Post | Business » Executive - May 16 2013]

Entities: Thomas Kuhn, Steve Largent, Thomas Donohue, IRS Internal Revenue Service

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

NGA Strengthens Industry Relations Efforts Through New Hire

Arlington, VA - The National Grocers Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian P. Lynch as Vice President, Industry Relations, effective June 3. Brian will be responsible for NGA's efforts related to collaboration with associate members, ... [Published National Grocers Association - May 15 2013]

Entities: Wholesaler, Peter Larkin, Grocery Manufacturers Association, collaboration

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

FDA Food & Drug Administration

FDA investigates caffeine-added foods, with world-wide implications

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it will investigate the safety of caffeine in food products, particularly its effects on children and adolescents.The investigation is a response by the food safety authority to a growing trend ... [Published Food & Beverage Online - May 13 2013]

Entities: FDA Food & Drug Administration, Grocery Manufacturers Association, American Beverage Association

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Covanta Energy Corporation

Corporate People News In Brief (May 13, 2013)

)BETHESDA, MD—Lockheed Martin Corporation has appointed Gordon Johndroe as vice president of media relations and international communications, reporting to Jennifer Whitlow, vice president, corporate communications. He will serve as chief spokesperson ... [Published Holmes Report - May 12 2013]

Entities: Horizon Media Inc, Covanta Energy Corporation, Gordon Johndroe, Grocery Manufacturers Association, APCO Worldwide

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

McDonald's Corporation

Check Up: Food companies' idea of healthy draws new heat

The nation's largest food and beverage companies are under renewed attack for what critics see as misleading ads for obesity-promoting foods, especially ads aimed at kids."The trickery that we're trying to stop includes General Mills' false claims that ... [Published Individual.com - May 12 2013]

Entities: Calorie, McDonald's Corporation, General Mills Inc, Nutrition, Sugar

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

GMA Augments Gov’t Affairs Staff

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has added two new directors to its federal affairs staff: Nancy Kohler and David Prestwood.“They will be invaluable additions to our federal affairs team as we pursue our member-driven federal policy agenda ... [Published Progressive Grocer - May 06 2013]

Entities: Government Relations, Patty Murray, Dave Hobson

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 2 reports

Budget cuts won't affect food safety inspections

As federal agencies duke it out over the automatic budget cuts called sequestration, one arena has come out relatively unscathed: food safety.The Food and Drug Administration will not reduce food inspections because of budget cuts, despite warning last ... [Published Californian - May 03 2013]

Entities: Food Safety, FDA Food & Drug Administration, Washington DC, Michael Taylor, Sequestration

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Now You Can Judge Your Food By Its Cover

Have you ever felt like you spend too much time grocery shopping? Does reading labels, lists of ingredients and health claims on food labels cause more confusion than they help? If this is how you feel when you grocery shop a new tool might make things ... [Published Affton-Shrewsbury Patch - May 01 2013]

Entities: Nutrition, Calorie, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Food Marketing Institute

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Grocery Manufacturers Association and Deloitte Post Findings of CPG Industry 'Big Data' Research

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) announced the release of the 2013 report "Formula for Growth (Innovation) Big Data & Analytics", completed in collaboration with Deloitte Consulting.According to a release, the report is the culmination of more ... [Published Individual.com - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Deloitte, Big Data, Grocery Manufacturers Association

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

GMO Labeling Fight Heads to Maine

Twitpic: MOFGAThe growing fight to label genetically modified food (GMOs) came to Maine's capital on Tuesday as hundreds of right-to-know advocates denounced being part of the biotechnology industry's "lab experiment" and added vocal support to a proposed ... [Published Common Dreams - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Genetically Modified Foods, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Monsanto Company, Agriculture, Seed Stock

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...business processes, share information efficiently, and conduct business one way around the world," said Bob Carpenter, president and CEO of GS1 US. "As visionaries, they have elevated their family businesses to become two of the world's most respected brands, while also generously giving their time to lead collaboration with their peers and trading partners to move industry forward. We couldn't have two more deserving honorees for our first-ever GS1 Lifetime Achievement Award."

Tim Smucker and Danny Wegman Honored With GS1 Lifetime Achievement Awards [Published Individual.com - May 22 2013]

...reported on a dramatic single-year die-off of monarch butterflies, key pollinators of many other crops and plants, attributed in part to an, "explosive increase in American farmland planted in soybean and corn genetically modified to tolerate herbicides." Genetically modified crops have also been found to escape agricultural settings, spreading into the wild with unknown and untold ecological conseque...

Connecticut Senate Poised to Pass GMO Labeling Legislation [Published Equities.com - May 22 2013]

"I bet they get paid less in the media too" said lobbyist Sam Geduldig of Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford. "What are you guys doing about that?"

Gender Gap Among K Street CEOs: $600,000 [Published Huffington Post - May 16 2013]

...industry as part of NGA, an organization that is respected and highly valued by independent retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers," Lynch said. "Building on the strong momentum Peter Larkin, the NGA staff and its membership have established, I look forward to taking proactive industry engagement and collaboration to the next level."

NGA Strengthens Industry Relations Efforts Through New Hire [Published National Grocers Association - May 15 2013]

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Shopper Marketing Is Going Mainstream [Published Adweek Online - May 20 2013]
Get Connected [Published Packaging Machinery Technology - May 18 2013]
Gender Gap Among K Street CEOs: $600,000 [Published Huffington Post - May 16 2013]
Washington’s women CEOs earning $600,000 less t... [Published Financial Post \| Business » Executive - May 16 2013]
IOM: Studies Do Not Support Reduction in Sodium... [Published Food Ingredients First - May 16 2013]
Washington Women CEOs Earn $600,000 Less Than M... [Published Bloomberg - May 16 2013]
NGA Strengthens Industry Relations Efforts Thro... [Published National Grocers Association - May 15 2013]
Despite legal threat, Maine lawmakers support g... [Published Individual.com - May 15 2013]
Bill calling for GMO labels in Maine passes com... [Published Sun-Journal - May 14 2013]
FDA investigates caffeine-added foods, with wor... [Published Food & Beverage Online - May 13 2013]
Corporate People News In Brief (May 13, 2013) [Published Holmes Report - May 12 2013]
Check Up: Food companies' idea of healthy draws... [Published Individual.com - May 12 2013]
Meaty Questions [Published CRO - May 11 2013]
Why The FDA Takes So Long To Regulate Harmful S... [Published Think Progress - May 10 2013]
Packaging makeover has Maison Orphée looking good [Published Globe and Mail - May 09 2013]
USFRA Appoints New Vice President Of Development [Published Agri Marketing - May 08 2013]
FDA investigates caffeine-added foods, with wor... [Published Australian Food News - May 08 2013]
Bioengineered foods labeling bill introduced in... [Published Food Business News - May 07 2013]
Understanding GMO foods [Published Gambit Weekly - May 06 2013]
GMA Augments Gov’t Affairs Staff [Published Progressive Grocer - May 06 2013]
GMA beefs up government affairs staff [Published Retailing Today - May 06 2013]
FDA to investigate gum, other products with add... [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - May 06 2013]
Food Manufacturers and Retailers Express Suppor... [Published Individual.com - May 06 2013]
Industry ties run deep for Obama's FCC pick [Published The Hill - May 05 2013]

Blogs

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Washington’s women CEOs earning $600,000 less t... [Published Financial Post \| Business » Executive - May 16 2013] Women led eight of Washington’s 50 most politically active trade lobby groups and earned about $600,000 less than their male counterparts, according to salary data compiled by Bloomberg. The female chief executive officers were paid an average of $1.31 ...
Why The FDA Takes So Long To Regulate Harmful S... [Published Think Progress - May 10 2013] (Credit: Next Generation Food) On Thursday, Wrigley announced that it would be pulling its controversial new “Alert Energy” gum — each stick of which contains as much caffeine as half a cup of coffee — from the market out of “respect” for the ...
Some Things Never Change: The Chemical Industry... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - Apr 26 2013] Daniel Rosenberg, Senior Attorney, Washington DC This month, New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg and New York Senator Kristen Gillibrand introduced the Safe Chemicals Act , for the new Congress. The bill would repair a badly broken federal law – ...
Renewable Fuels Association president makes eth... [Published Autoblog Green - Mar 26 2013] Filed under: Ethanol , Legislation and Policy , USA Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has made its case against Big Oil getting its way, stopping E15 and fulfilling the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Now, Bob Dineen, president and CEO ...
Sorry, Michelle, but cheerleading isn’t enough ... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Mar 01 2013] Shutterstock Encouragement isn’t enough — we need laws. Mrs. Obama — can I call you Michelle? — do you have a minute? I know you’re on tour right now , but I think you and I need to have a little chat. First off, childhood obesity is a major crisis, ...

Press Releases

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Grocery Manufacturers Association Announces Fin... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - Apr 22 2013]
Facts Up Front Nutrition Education Initiative L... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - Apr 17 2013]
The Hershey Company to Make Nutrition Informati... [Published Business Wire - Apr 17 2013]