Consumer Brands Association (Pka: Grocery Manufacturers Association)
Based in VA
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AI Overview
With $28.3M in lobbying spend across 44 quarterly filings, Consumer Brands Association (Pka: Grocery Manufacturers Association) is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. They deploy 19 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 15 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.
$28.3M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
19
Lobbyists Deployed
15
Issues Lobbied
Spending Trend
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| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $2.0M |
| 2019 | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $2.4M |
| 2024 | $3.2M |
| 2025 | $9.1M |
Issues Lobbied
Lobbying Firms
Lobbyists
What They Lobby About
These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Chemicals, Food Industry, Trade, Budget/Appropriations, Defense and 10 more
- •Consumer Product Labeling Reform
- •Uniformity in Consumer Product Ingredient Disclosure
- •National Bioengineered Food Disclosure P.L. 114-12-6
- •Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
- •Food Safety Modernization Act
- •Defense Food Ingredient Restriction HR 1625
- •Consumer Product Labeling Refor
- •NAFTA Renegotiation
- •Section 232 Investigations of Steel & Aluminum
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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