The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), Scottsdale, Ariz., presents its Industry Collaboration Leadership award this year to Food Marketing Institute (FMI) chairman, Frederick J. Morganthall II, president and COO of Harris Teeter Inc. The award recognizes an industry leader who demonstrates excellence in fostering collaboration among trading partners and programs throughout his or her career that better serve the consumer.
Morganthall addressed the topic of partnering head-on. “Collaboration is a requirement,” he says of the union between the FMI and the GMA. “We can't find solutions to problems ranging from government to food safety without working together.”