The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) is a trade association of the food industry. It represents the world's largest branded food, beverage and consumer product companies.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association was founded in 1908 as the Grocery Manufacturers of America. It is headquartered at 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C..
On January 1, 2007 GMA merged with the Food Products Association and formed the world's largest trade association representing the food, beverage, and consumer products industry (GMA/FPA). Effective January 1, 2008, the association adopted the single name Grocery Manufacturers Association.
On March 16, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt Washington, First Lady Michelle Obama called on the GMA to help her with her Let's Move! campaign to reduce childhood obesity.
In 2012, it developed the Sustainability Summit with the Food Marketing Institute.
On December 5, 2013, the Grocery Manufacturers Association sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration announcing GMA's plan to petition the FDA to establish a rule allowing food made with genetically modified products to be labeled as 'natural'. This has led many in the organic and natural foods movement to call for a boycott of the GMA along with Monsanto because of their support for unlabelled distribution of GMO foods.
Gary Rodkin, former CEO of ConAgra Foods
Ken Powell, Chairman and CEO of General Mills
William B. Cyr, President and CEO of Sunny Delight Beverages
Jeffrey Ansell, Chairman, President and CEO of Sun Products
J.P. Bilbrey, President and CEO of The Hershey Company
J.S. Brown III, President and CEO of Bruce Foods
John Bryant, President and CEO of Kellogg Company
Mark Clouse, President for North America of Mondelēz International
Sean Connolly, CEO of Hillshire Brands
Brian C. Cornell, CEO of Pepsico Americas Foods
James R. Craigie, Chairman and CEO of Church & Dwight
George E. Deese, Chairman and CEO of Flowers Foods
J. Alexander M. Douglas Jr., President for North America of The Coca-Cola Company
Brian J. Driscoll, CEO of Diamond Foods, Inc
Stanley K. Dunbar, President and CEO of Moody Dunbar
Gregg L. Engles, Chairman and CEO of Dean Foods
Jeffrey M. Ettinger, Chairman, President and CEO of Hormel
Tom Ferriter, President and CEO of Bush Brothers and Company
Joseph E. Gallo, President and CEO of E & J Gallo Winery
Robert J. Gamgort, CEO of Pinnacle Foods
David N. Geise, Chairman and CEO of Furmano Foods
William G. Gisel Jr., President and CEO of Rich Products
Paul Grimwood, Chairman and CEO of Nestlé USA, Inc
Kenneth E. Guise Jr., President and CEO of Knouse Foods
James B. Hannan, CEO and President of Georgia-Pacific
Melanie L. Healey, Group President for North America of Procter & Gamble
Kevin J. Hunt, President and CEO of Ralston Foods
Bradley C. Irwin, President and CEO of Welch's
William R. Johnson, Chairman, President and CEO of the H.J. Heinz Company
Donald R. Knauss, Chairman and CEO of Clorox
Kees Kruythoff, President for North America for Unilever
Christopher D. Lischewski, President and CEO of Bumble Bee Foods
Reid V. MacDonald, President and CEO of Faribault Foods
Apu Mody, President for North America of Mars, Incorporated
John S. Morgan, Chairman and CEO of Morgan Foods
Denise M. Morrison, President and CEO of Campbell Soup Company
Gregory R. Page, Chairman and CEO of Cargill
Randy C. Papadellis, President and CEO of Ocean Spray
Clement Pappas, CEO of Clement Pappas
Christopher J. Policinski, President and CEO of Land O'Lakes
C. Larry Pope, President and CEO of Smithfield Foods
Gary J. Prince, President of Bimbo Bakeries USA
Richard K. Smucker, CEO of The J.M. Smucker Co.
Thomas Stokes, President and CEO of Tree Top, Inc.
W. Anthony Vernon, President for North America of Kraft Foods
David J. West, President and CEO of Del Monte Foods
Alan D. Wilson, Chairman, President and CEO of McCormick & Company
David J. Yanda, President and CEO of Lakeside Foods
