[Food companies supporting Ukraine]

We've been covering food companies' efforts to support Ukraine in SFA News Daily. Is your company involved in any efforts? Let us know here.

[Advice for New Specialty Food Companies]

Experienced specialty food makers on-site at the Winter Fancy Food Show in Las Vegas share what one piece of advice they'd give a specialty food startup. What would you add from your own experience?

[Working with Co-Packers]

Pricing, intellectual property ownership, and scheduling are some of the considerations when working with co-packers. Here specialty food companies share their best advice for a successful partnership. What would you add from your experience?

[How do you define specialty food?]

On each episode of Spill & Dish: A Specialty Food Association podcast, we ask guests how they define specialty food. Creative, well-sourced, innovative, made with more care and quality, passion behind the product are some of what they’ve said. What would you add to the definition?

[How are you dealing with supply chain issues?]

 Unpredictability of supply chain materials and lead times are among the biggest challenges these specialty food companies reported. What would you add to the list?

 

[Winter Fancy Food Show Trends]

The SFA Trendspotter panel released its selections for the trends from the Winter Fancy Food Show and plant-based comfort foods, tea and coffee innovations, and snacks with better-for-you ingredients and global flavors were high on the list. What trends did you notice at the show?

[How are you dealing with supply chain issues?]

What are the biggest supply chain issues you are dealing with and do you have any solutions or successes to share?

[2021 Fancy Food Show NYC]

Hello Anthony. Yes, the Fancy Food Show in Sept. is an in-person event with a concurrent digital component. You can find a lot of information here. https://www.specialtyfood.com/shows-events/summer-fancy-food-show/

[Pandemic-influenced consumer and food trends]

In the recently released State of the Specialty Food Industry research, we interviewed members of the supply chain about COVID’s ongoing impact. Among shifts they are seeing in consumer behavior and food trends are things like home cooking continuing, prepared foods growth, plant-based, and values-based shopping especially for products made by Black, female, or other diverse founders. What pandemic-influenced trends are you seeing in your business?