Our History
Celebrating 100 Years of History
In 1919, Charlie Chaplin was king of the movies, World War I was a year past, Prohibition was still a year away — and the National Restaurant Association was just getting started. Amid a foodservice industry still in its infancy and a nation poised for growth, the Association was formed. Ever since, we’ve set the table for our industry’s success, championing your interests … turning new ideas and technologies into business-building trends … and investing in the people who drive our industry forward. A century of setting the table for success
2017: We acquire the American Hotel & Lodging Association Educational Institute, the training and certifying body for the hospitality industry. 2016: National Restaurant Association acquires the Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Association, giving members access to MFHA's Cultural Intelligence solutions. 2012: The National Restaurant Association relocates its headquarters in Washington, DC. We certify our 5 millionth restaurant-industry professional in our ServSafe food-safety training program. 2011: The National Restaurant Association launches Kids LiveWell, a new initiative to showcase the restaurant industry’s commitment to offer healthful options for children. We also launch our new ServSafe Foodhandler product in response to California's food- handler rules, training and testing nearly 700,000 food handlers.
Today, thanks to the strength, innovation and resilience of our workforce, our industry has become the nation’s second largest private- sector industry overall. Ours is an industry of trailblazers, the backbone of our communities, the realization of the American Dream. As the National Restaurant Association now marks its first hundred years, we celebrate major milestones of our industry’s history, honor the people who made those achievements possible, and prepare our industry for a next century of firsts, growth and success ahead. 2018: As we move toward our 100th anniversary in 2019, the restaurant industry employs 15 million people, about one in 10 working Americans.
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