Mark Batenic

IGA, Inc. owns and operates supermarkets. The company was founded by J. Frank Grimes in 1926 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Consumer Goods Forum operates as a business association. The company was founded in and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.

GS1 AISBL is a Belgian company that provides supply chain standards to communicate with industry's customers, partners, and suppliers. The non-profit company is based in Brussels, BE, and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company offers GS1 barcodes/GTINs that are necessary for most online and traditional retailers. The company optimizes the supply chain and life cycle management for Technical Industries. The company provides tools to calculate the check characters pair for the GMN and validate the structure and composition of the basic UDI-DI used for regulated healthcare medical devices. GS1 ID Keys give companies efficient ways to access information about items in their supply chains and share this information with trading partners. The company was founded in 1971, and the CEOs are Kathryn E. Wengel and Renaud de Barbuat.

National Grocers Association operates as a national trade association representing the retail and wholesale grocers that comprise the independent sector of the food distribution industry. It represents affiliated associations, manufacturers, and service suppliers, as well as other entrepreneurial companies. The company is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Food Marketing Institute, Inc. develops, promotes, and conducts programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.