For 110 years the Michigan Grocers Association has represented the vital business interests of the state’s food industry.
 

Today its membership consists of nearly 900 supermarket, grocery, and convenience stores across the state of Michigan.
 

MGA’s Associate Members include 100 food and beverage manufacturers, distributors, and equipment and service suppliers.
 

Two-thirds of all Michigan supermarkets (grocers with annual sales of ³ $2 million) are MGA members.
 

The Michigan Grocers Association includes the state’s largest food chains, but 96% of its retail members are independent, family-owned businesses.  Even in today’s environment of business consolidation, acquisition and mergers, those small businesses still operate 50% of MGA member stores.
 

MGA President & CEO Linda M. Gobler has more than 20 years of experience as a respected resource for Michigan elected officials and their staffs.  Ms. Gobler is often cited as one of Lansing’s most effective business advocates.  In 2003 Ms. Gobler was elected by her colleagues across the USA as Chairman of the national Food Industry Association Executives.  She currently serves as Immediate Past Chairman.

MGA members account for the bulk of Michigan's $14.5 billion in annual supermarket sales.

 

Like other service sector industries, the retail food business is labor-intensive.  MGA retail members employ 70,000 Michigan citizens.  Our diverse Associate membership employs another 22,000 in the state.  Our industry employes 1 in every 130 people in the state of Michigan.

MGA’s membership includes 532 authorized WIC (Women, Infants & Children) locations and 676 retail stores authorized to participate in the USDA Food Assistance Program (Bridge Card, formerly called Food Stamps).
 

The MGA sponsored Food Aid for Michigan program raised $1.03 million from 1985 to 2004 for food bank distribution centers across the state.

MGA members include 700 on-line agents and 719 instant game sales agents.

Michigan Grocers are some of the largest volume off-premise alcohol beverage retailers in the state.  MGA members hold 734 SDM licenses (beer and wine only), 339 SDD licenses (spirits), and 55 SDD Resort Licenses (licenses issued in quota-filled areas to promote economic development).

More than 255 MGA member locations include in-store pharmacies.  Four MGA members – Kroger, Meijer, and Spartan – are among the top 18 U.S. grocery chains ranked by prescription sales.