GMA Retail Honors Program

GMA’s Retail Honors Program provides an opportunity for members of GMA, the world’s leading food beverage and consumer products trade organization, to recognize their trading partners in the retail community for sustained excellence in performance, collaboration and innovation. Established in 2010, the awards are presented in the fall at GMA’s merchandising, sales and marketing leadership conference, Shopper Momentum.

Contact: Brian Lynch, blynch@gmaonline.org

GMA Food Safety Award

The GMA Food Safety Award honors those individuals or organizations who have demonstrated a longstanding commitment to improving the safety of food.

The recipient of this award must possess at least 10 years of service in the food safety arena and have successfully demonstrated sustained contributions in research, education and information transfer. In addition, the recipient must display innovative and effective strategies to promote a safer food supply while solving significant food safety problems.

Contact: Cindy Wise, cwise@gmaonline.org

CPG Award for Innovation and Creativity

The CPG Award for Innovation and Creativity is given annually by GMA's Associate Member Council to recognize the innovation that occurs every day at GMA member companies. The award allows for the broad submission by manufacturer members of innovative ideas, with an emphasis on leading the industry forward in the 21st Century. Submissions will be judged by AMC members on creativity, willingness to take risks, achieving measurable results and creating a valuable knowledge base for the entire industry. Download the application form.

Sample innovative categories include:

• Collaborating with Trading Partners
• Product Development
• Sales and Marketing
• Supply Chain Improvement
• Manufacturing Excellence
• Productivity Improvement
• Environmental Sustainability 
• Use of New Technology
• Product Reformulation

GMA annually honors two members with CPG Awards. Applications are evaluated in two divisions, with one award given in each:

• Division A: Manufacturers with total sales below $3 billion
• Division B: Manufacturers with total sales of $3 billion and above

Contact: Jackie Lodge, jlodge@gmaonline.org

Joint Reverse Logistics Collaboration Award

Established in 2010 in partnership with the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, Food Marketing Institute, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, National Grocers Association and Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, the Reverse Logistics Collaboration Award is given annually to three retailer-manufacturer teams. The Award recognizes successful collaborative initiatives among trading partners in one or more areas of reverse logistics management.

Eligible projects or programs must demonstrate significant impacts on either unsaleables or reverse logistics functions in the manufacturing or distributing environments; or show that they have enhanced the state of knowledge about best practices in managing unsaleables and attacking root causes. They should also be relevant and applicable to other companies in the CPG industry. Download the application to learn more.

Contact: Jessica Martin, jmartin@gmaonline.org

GMA Excellence in State Government Affairs Award

The Excellence in State Government Affairs Award is presented each year to an outstanding state association executive in recognition of their partnership with GMA to advance public policy initiatives in state and local jurisdictions that benefit the consumer product manufacturers and retailers alike.

Contact: Scott Riehl, sriehl@gmaonline.org

GMA Hall of Achievement

For more than two decades, the GMA Hall of Achievement Award has recognized the service and extraordinary contributions of distinguished CPG industry leaders. The award is presented annually at the Executive Conference.