NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION

• NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION $1,690,385 In-house, the client's own filings · 7 filings
• PATEL PARTNERS $120,000 Outside firm · 4 filings
• VENABLE LLP $60,000 Outside firm · 3 filings
• CENTER MARKET STRATEGIES, LLC $55,000 Outside firm · 4 filings
• WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP $0 Outside firm · 7 filings

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

• 2026 $849,408 13 filings
• 2025 $1,075,977 12 filings

• Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 19
• Agriculture 14
• Budget/Appropriations 8
• Banking 7
• Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) 7
• Pharmacy 7
• Small Business 7
• Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 7
• Health Issues 4
• Environment/Superfund 1

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 17
• SENATE 17
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 12
• Executive Office of the President (EOP) 11
• Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) 8
• Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 7
• Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 7
• White House Office 3
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2