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20032002• NGA launches a new convention “concept show” format at the Paris LasVegas Hotel to produce successful programs for independent retailersand wholesalers.• Photo: Steve Smith, NGA’s former chairman and the president andchief executive officer of K-VA-T Food Stores, is the only food industryexecutive to meet with President George W. Bush and other corporateleaders in the White House to be a part of “Business StrengtheningAmerica.” As part of NGA’s Grocers Care program, NGA joins in thepresident’s call to promote volunteer service.• NGA launched the process to modified theNGA strategic plan that includes a missionstatement, a statement of philosophy andvalues, and a working agenda.• Photo: Newt Gingrich talks about healthcare at NGA board meeting.2005• NGA Chairman Jay Campbell testifies beforethe Antitrust Modernization Commission on theimportance of the Robinson-Patman Act to thegrocery industry and the need to preserve a diversemarketplace for the benefit of consumers.• NGA, along with Coborn’s, D’Agostino Supermarketsand Affiliated Midwest, files a class-action lawsuitagainst Visa, MasterCard and the largest banks foralleged price-fixing of credit card interchange fees.2006• NGA submits testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommitteeurging an investigation of the collective and discriminatory price-fixing ofcredit card interchange fees by Visa, MasterCard and the largest banks.• NGA retailers and wholesalers, as part of Grocers Care, join with the WhiteHouse Commission on Remembrance to promote and observe a Momentof Remembrance at 3 p.m. on Memorial Day to honor and pay tribute toAmerica’s soldiers who continue to sacrifice for America’s freedom.• Photo: Tom Wenning, Executive Vice President of NGA participates inFDIC on ILC banking testimony.2008• NGA approves the addition of manufacturer/service suppliers to the NGA Board of Directors.• Kraft Foods inaugurates the Thomas K. Zaucha Entrepreneurial Excellence Award with MichaelA. Provenzano Jr., president and CEO of Pro’s Ranch Markets, the first award recipient.• Photo: Two movies based on NGA’s Best Bagger Competition are released – “NationalLampoon’s Bag Boy” and the documentary “Ready, Set, Bag!”16 | NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION WWW.NATIONALGROCERS.ORG