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Maine Grocers & Food Producers Association Recognizes Fork Food Lab as the 2024 Impact Award Recipient

FREEPORT, MAINE (October 22, 2024) – The Maine Grocers & Food Producers Association (MGFPA) is proud to announce Fork Food Lab, now of South Portland, as the honoree of the MGFPA 2024 Impact Award. Bill Seretta, Executive Director, alongside Corinne Tompkins, Deputy Executive Director, accepted the award on behalf of the lab. Their commitment to supporting Maine’s food manufacturing entrepreneurs was recognized in a celebration attended by colleagues and New England business leaders. This event coincided with the release of a commemorative video at SUMMIT 2024, which took place on October 17th in Freeport, Maine. Hosted at L.L. Bean’s Corporate Headquarters, SUMMIT 2024 is a collaborative conference organized by MGFPA, the Retail Association of Maine, and the New Hampshire Retail Association.

Maine Grocers & Food Producers Association Welcomes New Endorsed Class Action Settlement Claims Partner

March 13, 2024 (Augusta, Maine)— The Maine Grocers & Food Producers Association (MGFPA) has partnered with DCap Claims — a 3rd party filer of business-to-business settlement claims. DCap is our trusted partner to help members recover swipe fees from the $5.54 billion Visa/Mastercard class action and antitrust settlements for all eligible merchants who accepted Visa/Mastercard credit cards between January 1, 2004 and January 25, 2019.

Updated August 8, 2024: On August 8, 2024, the Court granted a requested 180-day extension of the claims-filing deadline and extended the deadline to Tuesday, February 4, 2025.