- Address:
- 1810 Craig Rd Ste 225
Saint Louis, MO 63146
- Phone:
- (314) 576-2777
- Website:
- http://www.morestaurants.org/
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- Company Information:
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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. The first NRA Executive Vice-President was John Welch, Sr. His son, Jack Welch, retired from a successful executive career to become the first instructor of restaurant management at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
In 1935, charters were granted to both the Missouri Restaurant Association and the St. Louis Restaurant Association. The late Clarence M. Hayman, Sr., founder of the Forum Cafeterias, signed the incorporation papers. His son, C.M. Hayman, Jr., became MRA President in 1974.
Several city association entities continued to exist until 1958, when efforts began to amalgamate into one statewide organization. This objective became a reality in 1962 when the Kansas City and St. Louis associations agreed to affiliate as cha
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