The Specialty Food Association’s 2023 Summer Fancy Food Show featured three standout trends among the natural and organic exhibitors. Specialty CPG foods and beverages elevate the at-home culinary experience, and all-natural ingredients help indulge the health-conscious consumer. The nonprofit trade association’s mission is “to champion, nurture and connect members to deliver innovative products and expand consumption of specialty foods.” According to its website, SFA was founded in 1952 and represents over 3,000 businesses. Specialty food sales in the United States exceeded $148 billion in 2019, […]
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A bookstore with a bar is easily one of mankind’s best inventions, up there with polar fleece and those potato chips that taste like ham. There’s usually a big chair, and if you do it right, you can read for hours while sipping a coffee or a glass of wine. However, bookstore bars have usually been bookstores first: The coffee is serviceable, the wine probably comes from a bag of Franzia, and the snacks tend to be mass-produced or just […]
