Get ready for May is National Barbecue Month (NBM). This very successful campaign garnered over 229 million media impressions in 2007, up 56% from 2006. Catch the wave this year by downloading the NBM Retailer Tool Kit. This year's kit includes a sample press release to send to your local papers, the National Barbecue Month logo, a grilling fact sheet and guidelines for purchasing a new grill.
 
Watch for Good Housekeeping food editor and spokesperson, Susan Westmoreland's, integrated media tour as she opens the grilling season with a "Grill It! Kick off the 2008 Grilling Season with a 'Seal of Approval" theme. This 60 second news video, created for HPBA and the U.S. Potato Board, will be distributed to national networks as well as web video sites including Google, YouTube, AOL's Uncut, Yahoo and more.
 
 
 
New Member Benefit - LABORCHEX
 
Jack Goldman Appointed President of the HPBA
 
NEW Liability Insurance Program
 
HPBA Program Networking Retailers with Each Other to Launch in May
 
Consumers take indoor comforts to great outdoors 
 
The Small Business Health Fairness Act
 
EPA: 100 million breathing harmful air

 
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