National Grocers Association (NGA)

Food industry groups expressed satisfaction at the news that the House and Senate conferees working on financial reform regulation have reached a compromise on the regulation of interchange swipe fees.

Retailers across the industry spectrum, including those in the grocery channel, applauded the Senate’s passage last week of an amendment to the pending Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S. 3217).

The 2010 National Grocers Association (NGA) Best Bagger champion, Kyle Perry of Martin's Super Markets in Osceola, Ind., will go head to head with David Letterman Tuesday, March 9 on “The Late Show with David Letterman.”

The nation’s top grocery store baggers are heading to Las Vegas next week to compete in the 2010 National Grocers Association’s (NGA) Best Bagger Championship, presented by ConAgra Foods.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. will sponsor the 24th annual National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) Best Bagger Championship, to be held Feb. 11, 2010, at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas.

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and GS1 US yesterday launched Rapid Recall Exchange, an online service developed to enable prompt and accurate information exchange between retailers/wholesalers and suppliers regarding food and product recalls and withdrawals.

Former President George W. Bush will be the opening keynote speaker for the 2010 National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) Annual Convention and Supermarket Synergy Showcase (S3), to be held Feb. 9 to Feb. 12, 2010, at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas.

The industry isn’t ready for the implementation of the GS1 DataBar on coupons, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) said this week after reviewing results from a survey on the issue conducted earlier this year.