Senate LDA data Updated quarterly Lobbying disclosures

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) Lobbying

Senate LDA filings on Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.): registrants disclose expenditures, specific bills, and the chambers or agencies contacted under code FOO.

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The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $54.1M in itemized Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) lobbying disclosures across 319 filers, among them NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS, WALMART INC., NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION, ranking #42 of 79 tracked issues by spend.

#42
of 79 issues by spend
$54.1M
tracked Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) lobbying
319
organizations lobbying
$170K
average per filer

Issue code: FOO · 319 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$54.1M
Organizations
319

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) filing shape

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) (FOO) averages $170K per filer across 319 organizations.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS leads this issue's filer table with $20.1M in all-issue lobbying; filings remain spread across 10 named organizations rather than collapsing into one registrant.

The 319 filers on Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) provide a structured picture of who is paying to be heard, a trailing public-record indicator for the 118th and 119th Congresses.

Top Spenders

Rank Organization Total Lobbying
#1 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS $20.1M
#2 WALMART INC. $19.5M
#3 NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION $18.5M
#4 BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION $18.0M
#5 ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES INC. $14.5M
#6 PEPSICO, INC. $10.8M
#7 ABBOTT LABORATORIES $10.6M
#8 NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION $8.1M
#9 U.S. BEET SUGAR ASSOCIATION $7.7M
#10 MCDONALDS CORPORATION $7.2M
#11 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES $6.9M
#12 ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY $6.9M
#13 ALBERTSONS COMPANIES INC. $6.7M
#14 MARS, INCORPORATED $6.2M
#15 AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION $6.1M
#16 MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY USA LLC $5.4M
#17 DOORDASH, INC. $5.3M
#18 CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION) $4.9M
#19 ASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS $4.8M
#20 CARGILL, INCORPORATED $4.6M
#21 AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO $4.0M
#22 STARBUCKS $4.0M
#23 NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION $3.7M
#24 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND $3.7M
#25 YUM! BRANDS INC $3.6M
#26 FEEDING AMERICA $3.5M
#27 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES $3.5M
#28 MAXIMUS, INC. $3.4M
#29 RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION $3.4M
#30 CROPLIFE AMERICA $3.2M
#31 MAPLEBEAR INC. D/B/A INSTACART $3.2M
#32 KROGER CO $3.1M
#33 NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION $3.1M
#34 FOOD MARKETPLACE INC. $3.1M
#35 TEXAS FARM BUREAU $2.9M
#36 NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION $2.9M
#37 THE MOSAIC COMPANY $2.8M
#38 SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY) $2.8M
#39 KELLANOVA $2.8M
#40 CORN REFINERS ASSOCIATION $2.7M
#41 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS $2.7M
#42 GENERAL MILLS SERVICES INC. (FKA GENERAL MILLS) $2.5M
#43 FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORP. $2.5M
#44 INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION $2.4M
#45 KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY $2.3M
#46 DANONE USA PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION FKA DANONE NORTH AMERICA PBC $2.2M
#47 GRUBHUB HOLDINGS, INC. $2.2M
#48 CERBERUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. $2.2M
#49 BUNGE NORTH AMERICA INC $2.1M
#50 INTERNATIONAL FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION $2.0M

Registrant concentration on Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)

Top organizations filing on Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.), ranked by all-issue lobbying total from Senate LDA records.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANU…$20.1MWALMART INC.$19.5MNATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION$18.5MBIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORG…$18.0MANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES INC.$14.5MPEPSICO, INC.$10.8MABBOTT LABORATORIES$10.6MNATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIAT…$8.1M
All-issue lobbying total among filers on Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) · official public datasets

Source: U.S. Senate Office of Public Records, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings LD-2 quarterly lobbying disclosure filings (issue codes, registrants, expenditures) · 2024 Aggregated from quarterly LD-2 filings for issue code FOO; covers 319 registered organizations across the 2023-2024 reporting period. Data current as of August 2026.

Questions on this issue code

How much is spent lobbying on Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)?
$54.1M was reported on Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) (FOO) by 319 organizations in 2023-2024 Senate LDA filings. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS is the top named filer on this code.
Who are the biggest spenders on Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) lobbying?
Top filers on Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) include NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS, WALMART INC., NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION. Rankings use each organization's all-issue lobbying total among registrants that filed on code FOO.
How many organizations lobby on Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)?
319 organizations filed on Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) during the 2023-2024 reporting period.

Data: official public datasets, 2023-2024. Verify filings at lda.senate.gov.