National Restaurant Association
It also offers scholarships to foodservice and hospitality management and culinary students, and runs a national program for high school students. It runs an annual restaurant and hospitality industry trade show in the U.S. It also operates the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.in Chicago and conducts research about the restaurant industry in the U.S. The association lobbies for the industry. . The association was founded in 1919. Recent association presidents included Edward R.
Tinsley of New Mexico, the franchisor of K-Bob s Steakhouse restaurant chain, who served from 2006-2007. The association develops food safety training and certification program for restaurant employees. The National Restaurant Association is a restaurant industry business association in the United States with 60,000 member companies, representing a total of more than 300,000 restaurants.
