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The Minnesota Restaurant Association is the professional trade association for foodservice operators in Minnesota. The MRA is a not-for-profit organization that protects, educates and promotes the foodservice industry, which we have done successfully for nearly 70 years. Members include family restaurants, supper clubs, fine dining establishments, caterers, country clubs, quick service operations and their suppliers.

The Montana Restaurant Association (MTRA) became affiliated with the Montana Retail Association in 1996. Since then, the Restaurant Association has grown to nearly 300 members and encompasses all facets of the foodservice industry from quick serve to fine dining restaurants on to institutional organizations and industry suppliers.

The Michigan Restaurant Association (MRA) is the recognized leader of Michigan's hospitality industry, providing essential services to the foodservice community. Since 1921, the MRA has served to enhance and nurture the growth and development of Michigan's hospitality industry. For over 85 years, restaurateurs have looked to the MRA for solid information and advice, money saving programs, and networking opportunities with their peers in the industry.

The Massachusetts Restaurant Association (MRA) is a powerful cooperative working on behalf of the food and beverage industry - members include independent restaurateurs, local, regional, and national chains, caterers, hotels, private and public clubs, and purveyors and associates.

The Mission of the Maine Restaurant Association is to Represent, Promote and Educate the food service industry of Maine.

The Missouri Restaurant Association (MRA) represents restaurant and hospitality purveyors in Missouri and adjacent states.

The restaurant trade association movement traces its roots to Missouri. The forerunner of the restaurant movement in America was the Kansas City Business Men’s Association, when in 1916, local operators banded together to resist encroachment on their own businesses.

In this group were early industry leaders such as Myron Green and George Fowler, father-in-law of Joseph Gilbert, Sr. of Gilbert/Robinson, who went on to establish both the Missouri and the National Restaurant Associations.

In 1919, on a heatless Monday” during World War I, these same individuals gathered other restaurateurs from around the nation to form the National Restaurant Association. The NRA was headquartered in Kansas City until 1926, when the office was moved to Chicago.

Though there is little resemblance between the organization as it exists today and that of those early years, two things that have remained the same are MRA’s organizational activities and its focus on the member. MRA’s effectiveness derives from its unity and action of members.

The Mississippi Hospitality & Restaurant Association (MHRA) is a non-profit trade association composed of food service operators, lodging properties, attractions, convenience stores, casinos, suppliers, and manufacturers.

MHRA works daily to address the needs of our members, and respond with top-notch educational programs designed to improve profitability, minimize risk of failure, and educate existing employees in areas of customer service, loss control/security, basic food safety and responsible alcohol service. The MHRA has become a one-stop-shop for the Mississippi hospitality and restaurant industries by actively negotiating discounts on products & services for its members along with providing a host of networking opportunities.

Memphis, TN have some of the the greatest restaurants in the world and since 1947 the Memphis Restaurant Association (MRA) has been supporting and providing a forum for local restaurants operators and foodservice businesses to come together.

The MRA was founded to provide information on ways to improve and maintain a healthy, profitable business, to create a spirit of fellowship among its members and to protect its members from unfair government legislation and unethical business practices.