Washington, D.C. – The Nationwide Grocers Affiliation (NGA), the commerce affiliation representing the impartial grocery store business, launched the next assertion from NGA Head of Authorities Affairs Stephanie Johnson about USDA’s ultimate stocking requirements:
“The Nationwide Grocers Affiliation (NGA) welcomes USDA’s ultimate stocking requirements, which reinforce the significance of entry to a broad vary of actual meals. SNAP stays a extremely efficient public-private partnership, and these requirements assist guarantee individuals can get hold of nutritious choices in communities throughout the nation.
Unbiased grocers play a important function in delivering these meals, notably in rural and high-cost areas the place entry may in any other case be restricted. Rooted within the communities they serve, neighborhood grocers taking part in SNAP prioritize alternative, high quality, and repair, and are important to sustaining a powerful and accessible meals provide chain.
As USDA strikes ahead with implementation, NGA encourages continued collaboration with retailers to make sure the requirements are workable throughout all shops and areas. On the identical time, Congress and USDA ought to construct on this progress by increasing confirmed applications like Double Up Meals Bucks and GusNIP, which additional incentivize wholesome consuming and enhance entry to contemporary, regionally sourced meals.”
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In regards to the Nationwide Grocers Affiliation
NGA is the nationwide commerce affiliation representing the retail and wholesale neighborhood grocers that comprise the impartial sector of the meals distribution business. An impartial retailer is a privately owned or managed meals retail firm working a wide range of codecs. The impartial grocery sector is accountable for about 1.2 p.c of the nation’s general financial system and is accountable 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.
