Caroline Sar Joins NGA as Marketing Manager 

Sar joins the NGA communications team in the Washington, D.C., office. She brings experience as a project manager, operations analyst and digital marketing analyst. Her duties will include creating and coordinating marketing strategies across the association, managing NGA’s websites, and developing marketing pieces to communicate with NGA members.

New Online Toolkit Offers Guidance to Grantees Looking for Partners in Retail Grocery

The toolkit was put together to help GusNIP grant recipients, or grantees, acclimate themselves to the challenges involved in partnering with grocery stores.  It contains 54 resources, including project planning guidance, information on point-of-sale technology, background on the grocery industry and more, including a grocery project-planning tool.

National Grocers Assoc. Calls on House & Senate Antitrust Subcommittees to Hold Hearings on Revealing Grocery Report from Federal Regulators

One of the report’s eye-opening findings is how major chains penalized suppliers that didn’t deliver on time during the pandemic, ensuring that their own stores would be stocked while the shelves of smaller competitors were barren.

Rouses’ Marcy Nathan Honored as Women Grocers of America’s Woman of the Year

Marcy Nathan leads big-picture creative strategy, guiding campaigns, day-to-day creative and branding at Rouses Markets. Leading a talented in-house team, she manages public relations and broadcast media strategy, and is the editor-in-chief of the quarterly Rouses Magazine, which celebrates the culture of food to a readership approaching 500,000.

NGA Strengthens Advocacy Team with New Hires

November 8, 2022 National Grocers Association

The National Grocers Association (NGA), the trade association representing the independent supermarket industry, has hired John Richard as its senior manager of government relations and policy analysis, and Ryan Cagney as its manager of political affairs and fundraising.