Founded in 1919, the National Restaurant Association is the leading business association for the restaurant industry. Together with the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, the Association's mission is to represent, educate and promote a rapidly growing industry that is comprised of 858,000 restaurant and foodservice outlets employing 11.6 million people.

The National Restaurant Association's 52,000 member companies represent more than 254,000 restaurant establishments.

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The Manufacturers Representatives Educational Research Foundation (MRERF) is a nonprofit organization:

• Dedicated to enhancing public awareness of the value of the independent multiple-line selling organization
  
• Dedicated to providing professional education for the representative community
  
• Dedicated to funding research concerning the representative function of business and
  
• Dedicated to providing information on the value of the function to the marketplace.

As the rate of change accelerates, the representative must lead the way by providing both customers and principals with professional sales and marketing services. The best way to do so is through research and education. The Foundation is committed to providing the representative with professional education through certification and sales training, academic study for greater understanding of the function, and information to the business community on the value of the function in the marketplace.

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