Award Offered Throughout NGA’s Government Convention & Public Coverage Summit
Washington, D.C. — The Nationwide Grocers Affiliation (NGA), the nation’s main affiliation representing unbiased group grocers and wholesale distributors, acknowledged Invoice Kies right this moment with NGA’s Trade Service Award on the Government Convention & Public Coverage Summit.
The NGA Trade Service Award is awarded to a person or firm whose years of service within the meals business have contributed to raised working relations and understanding between retailers, wholesalers, and producers.
Kies, a 48-year veteran of the meals retail sector, started his profession in public service with the Federal Bureau of Investigation adopted by appointments in The White Home and time within the U.S. Home of Representatives.
“Invoice’s contributions to the grocery store business are unmatched,” stated Greg Ferrara, NGA president & CEO. “His management, perception, and generosity have strengthened each nook of our business. This award celebrates his lifelong dedication to service and excellence.”
Kies entered the grocery store business in 1976, becoming a member of the Meals Advertising and marketing Institute (FMI), the place he rose to senior vice chairman overseeing membership, advertising, media relations, and publications. Invoice’s management helped double FMI’s membership and established key initiatives equivalent to retailer share teams, the Nationwide State Affiliation Council, and 6 new regional workplaces.
In 1991, Invoice turned President and COO of the Impartial Grocers Alliance (IGA), representing greater than 4,000 unbiased supermarkets throughout twenty international locations. At IGA he led groundbreaking efforts together with a nationwide branding marketing campaign on CNN, the formation of a non-public label dealer council, and a significant organizational realignment.
Since founding his personal consulting observe in 1994, Invoice has suggested greater than 250 shoppers, together with Fortune 100 corporations and main commerce associations. Kies is understood all through the business as a trusted advisor and strategic chief with initiatives together with the Pals of the Trade Dinner, which has raised over $1.2 million for charitable causes, and Retail Operations & Insights (ROI), a provider–retailer summit collection selling collaboration and shared development.
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About NGA
NGA is the nationwide commerce affiliation representing the retail and wholesale group grocers that comprise the unbiased sector of the meals distribution business. An unbiased retailer is a privately owned or managed meals retail firm working a wide range of codecs. The unbiased grocery sector is accountable for about 1.2 p.c of the nation’s general financial system and is chargeable for producing greater than $250 billion in gross sales, 1.1 million jobs, $39 billion in wages and $36 billion in taxes. NGA members embody retail and wholesale grocers positioned in each congressional district throughout the nation, in addition to state grocers’ associations, producers and repair suppliers. For extra details about NGA, go to www.nationalgrocers.org.
