CELEBRATES 90 YEARS


FEDA


Since its formation from New Deal-era recovery initiatives, FEDA has endured as an


invaluable voice and resource for equipment dealers.


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ince its beginnings, FEDA has worked on behalf of dealers to cement their place in the foodservice equipment and supplies industry, educate members and advocate for their


interests. The association’s continued success in meeting those primary objectives even as the industry and dealer needs change is why FEDA is honored to be celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2023.


The association was founded in 1933 in response to the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), a New Deal-era bill that sought to assist American companies in recovering from the Great Depression. The act suspended antitrust laws and required every industry to organize and draft its own “codes of fair competition.” Not wanting to be lumped in with a larger, loosely related industry, about 150 foodservice equipment dealers, led by Chicago attorney Henry Blum, decided to organize their own association. Dealers held their fi rst national meeting in Chicago in June 1933, leading to the formation of the Food Service Equipment Industry, Inc. (FSEI). Sam Anoff, then the president of Albert Pick & Co., was chosen as its fi rst president and he remained a part of FSEI until his retirement in 1970. A little over a year after its founding, the Supreme Court ruled the compulsory- code parts of the NIRA unconstitutional on the grounds


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