The Food and Beverage Association of America is a not for profit, philanthropic, trade organization for executives of the food and beverage industries of the New York metropolitan area.
History
It was established in 1956 and in 1957 six New York hotel banquet managers and food and beverage managers met, Keith Glenn, Herman Nerz, Oscar Gabler, Joseph Sanady, Charles Frowenfeld and Bernie Heffler exchanging information that might be helpful to each.
References
Food and Beverage Association of America Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA