History
The Southeastern Food Processors Association is an outgrowth of the Georgia Canners Association which had been in existence for almost 30 years, holding its organizational meeting June 16, 1942. Mr. W. Ennis Parker, Pomona Products Company, Griffin, Georgia, was elected President of the Association at that time and re-elected in 1943.
In January, 1975, the Georgia Canners Association extended its membership to freezers and became the Southeastern Canners and Freezers Association. The Association's boundaries encompassed Georgia and Florida and in 1978 boundaries were extended to include Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina. In 1980, Kentucky was added.
In 1979 the Association's name was changed to Southeastern Food Processors Association, Inc. In 1984, the Association voted to broaden the scope throughout the South Eastern United States.
Food processors enjoy the opportunity to interface with a wide range of associate members who supply the industry. The Southeastern Food Processors Association has a history of stability established by those members who have conscientiously worked to maintain and support it.
Purpose
The primary purpose of the SFPA is:
To provide a forum in which members of the food industry in the southeastern United States will be provided the opportunity to seek solutions in the management of business in this unique segment of industry.
- To maintain closeness with the ever-changing "state of the art" of the food industry.
- To share in the exchange of techniques of management which respond to the dynamics of the business area.
- To foster intro-industrial relationships.
- To foster and preserve within the industry a feeling of responsibility for rendering maximum service to the consuming public.
- To generate a spirit of enthusiasm, co-operation, and personal relationship among the members.
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