Sales and Marketing Executives International, Inc. combines the strength of an international, non-profit professional association with local chapters to provide ongoing seminars, workshops and activities designed to promote excellence through shared experience and to create success through shared knowledge. SMEI is the only worldwide educational and relationship-building forum created for sales and marketing professionals and entrepreneurs who seek professional growth in experience, leadership skill and peer contact. With affiliate chapters around the world, members benefit from both the strength of an international organization and the resources that a local chapter provides through ongoing seminars, lectures and networking opportunities.

The Salt Institute is the world's foremost source of authoritative information about salt (sodium chloride) and its more than 14,000 known uses. The Institute is a non-profit association of salt producers founded in 1914.

Shop.org is the association for retailers online.

The Snack Food Association is the international trade association of the snack food industry representing snack manufacturers and suppliers. SFA represents over 800 companies worldwide.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 175,000 individual members, the Society's mission is to serve the needs of HR professionals by providing the most essential and comprehensive resources available. As an influential voice, the Society's mission is also to advance the human resource profession to ensure that HR is recognized as an essential partner in developing and executing organizational strategy. Founded in 1948, SHRM currently has more than 500 affiliated chapters within the United States and members in more than 100 countries.

The Specialty Coffee Association of America is the trade association that focuses on quality coffee. Members are Retailers, Roasters, Roaster/Retailers, Producers, Exporters, Importers, Manufacturers of Coffee Processing-Roasting-Brewing Equipment and other Allied Products.

The Sugar Association continues with its mission of educating health professionals, media, government officials and the public about sugarôs goodness. The Sugar Association's member companies are producers and growers of sugar in the United States.

Welcome to the Web site of SN (Supermarket News), the only nationally circulated weekly trade magazine for the food distribution industry. This Web site keeps readers up to date between weekly issues by posting daily news briefs and offering a free daily email-alert service. Executives use SN's coverage as their primary information source for industry news, trends, and product features. The publication's readership includes retailers, manufacturers, brokers, analysts, association executives and others connected to the industry. The publication is recognized as the authoritative voice in its field because it operates with the largest and most experienced staff of news gatherers and editors in the industry. Its weekly print magazine circulation insures its news timeliness, and its daily online reporting has become a very popular feature.

To help supermarkets compete by capitalizing on almost twenty years of experience to select the right product and promotion for each company, market and situation.

Supermarket Strategic Alert provides efficient, fact-packed short cuts for everyone who sells to, competes against, or works with supermarkets in the US and worldwide.