Membership in NIMS, brings with it many tangible benefits that are easy to identify; we have listed many of them below. We have also listed many intangible benefits that our members find vital to the efficient operation and success of their individual businesses. These intangible benefits are different for each member because each member is different, but all of our members realize an extra benefit or edge because of their association in this unique organization. This is a self-help group where new ideas and innovation is shared. It's the important link that helps to keep NIMS members in the leadership positions they have rightly earned.

  • NIMS Headquarters office staffed by an executive director who knows the industry.
  • Two NIMS meetings each year featuring top industry leaders, self-help topics, information and idea exchange, plus much more.
  • The Main Ingredient, the NIMS news and information letter that addresses timely industry topics and member news.
  • NIMS Member Principal Locator Listing; an on-line database that cross references the more than 275 principals that NIMS members represent, in a secure Internet file.
  • Direct information exchange between members; a most valuable asset.
  • NIMS Corporate Brochure supplied to members; an extra asset for new principals presentations and national recognition.
  • NIMS Annual Principal Appreciation Cocktail Reception provides exposure and opportunity for all members.
  • NIMS Stockholder-Membership Certificate for display in member's office.
  • Ongoing NIMS Headquarters contact with principals equals extra exposure and opportunity for all members.
  • NIMS membership in IFT provides a valuable extra dimension of visibility for the Group in this professional manufacture based organization.
  • NIMS membership in The American Institute of Food Distribution Inc., allows a substantial discount for their weekly publication, The Food Institute Report.
  • NIMS management attendance at major industry meetings such as: IFT Convention, AFFI Western Frozen Food Convention and other important meetings keeps alive an ongoing recognition and dialogue factor with top industry professionals.
  • Extra profit opportunities for members through NIMS Headquarters directed projects, in market research and consulting assignments.
  • NIMS has an established organization structure to take advantage of business opportunities that may present themselves from time to time.
  • NIMS Headquarters monitors and reports on government and industry issues that affects members' business.
  • NIMS Headquarters has on file an extensive food industry library of information as well as lists of manufacturers.
  • NIMS Headquarters is a national information clearing house. We alert members on news that affects them many times before its on “the street”.
  • NIMS Headquarters can be used to discreetly test the interest/need with a principal for a member.
  • NIMS members recommend other members to principals.
  • NIMS Headquarters used as a sounding board by members for new ideas, etc.
  • Money saving tips on business operations are shared by the members through the NIMS office.
  • Members use of the registered NIMS logo on their stationary adds an extra dimension of national recognition that says this Rep Firm is truly an industry professional who has met the standards established by the Group.
  • NIMS members are listening posts that can give fellow members the jump on the competition or let them know that they have a problem that needs to be addressed.
  • NIMS PowerPoint Corporate Presentation for Members to use with their Principals and Customers.
  • NIMS leads the Ingredient Industry as one of the first to have a web presence on the Internet, check out the NIMS Home Page at http://www.nimsgroup.com