San Francisco, CA—The Specialty Food Association (SFA) has announced the winners of its 2020 Leadership Awards in a press release. The awards “honor food industry frontrunners who go above and beyond by creating positive social, economic, and/or environmental impact through innovation and vision.” The winners demonstrate ethics, practice transparency, pioneer...
New York, NY—Sustainability, plant-based, and regenerative agriculture are just a few of the topics we expect to hear even more about in the upcoming year—but what else is on tap for 2020? WholeFoods Magazine spoke with Phil Kafarakis, President of Specialty Food Association (SFA), to get the gourmet take on...
New York, NY—The Specialty Food Association (SFA) Trendspotter Panel named 6 top trends they expect to see in 2020 in a press release, along with the trends they predict will continue to grow. Denise Purcell, Head of Content for the SFA, said in the release: “As the specialty food industry...
New York, NY—What trends are going to drive the future of grocery? That was the question food investors from the Boulder Food Group (BFG), a Boulder- and Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, set out to answer as they walked the floor at the Speciality Food Association’s 65th Summer Fancy Food Show...
New York, NY—The Specialty Food Association issued its annual State of the Specialty Food Industry Report, revealing that specialty food remains one of the fastest-growing segments of the food business, according to a press release. Total sales jumped 9.8% between 2016 and 2018, reaching $148.7 billion last year. Specialty food...
The best part of being at the seasonal Fancy Food show, which last took place this winter in San Francisco, is hearing the stories of the brands. Whether it’s a healthy ingredient, an “aha” moment, a family legend, a new convenience, an age-old indulgence — there are hundreds of reasons...
New York, NY — The 2017 winners of the Specialty Food Association Lifetime Achievement Awards have been announced. These Association members, along with many others, have contributed to the growth and sustainability of the current $127 billion specialty food industry. The stated purpose of SFA’s Lifetime Achievement Award is "to...
New York City, NY—The Specialty Food Association’s 2016 Summer Fancy Food Show took place June 26–28 at the Javits Center with 2,670 exhibiting companies and more than 47,000 specialty food professionals walking the exhibit halls, making it the largest in exhibit space since the show was established in 1954. Attendees...
