VOLUME 81 - MAY 2012 CONNECTING SPECIALTY FOOD PROCESSORS, SUPPLIERS, BROKERS, DISTRIBUTORS In This Issue ▪ This month's Mini-Case Study - Divine B

VOLUME 81 - MAY 2012

CONNECTING SPECIALTY FOOD PROCESSORS, SUPPLIERS, BROKERS, DISTRIBUTORS
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In This Issue

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Mini-Case Study

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Notes From The Publisher

HOUSTON SBDC

On 26 June, Stephen will be participating in a day long Specialty Food Marketing Workshop sponsored by the University of Houston Small Business Development Center. Each registered attendee will receive a copy of "Sell Your Specialty Food" to reinforce the topics covered during the workshop. More information here.

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Last Month's Most Popular Topics

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COVER NEW

Do you know someone who has a specialty food product? Are they interested in getting it to the marketplace? Do you know "foodies" who are just thinking about getting started with the process? This book has the secrets to focusing their marketing efforts.
OPRAH'S Magazine calls it "A go-to book for any start-up food company."
[NOTE: The 6th Edition will be out this month under the title: "From Kitchen to Market - Selling Your Specialty Food"]

ORDER HERE

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Funding

ACCION

The Boston Beer Company - makers of the wildly successful Sam Adams brew - are partnering with Accion to offer funding and support to encourage small business growth. Read about their efforts here.

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WHAT'S INSIDE

THIS MONTH'S LABEL NEWS
● The Role of Food Labels for Food Safety
● Examples of Nutrition Facts Labels:
Part 8 of 10
● Reader Q&A: Are Restated Nutrition Facts Nutrient Content Claims?
● Food Label News: Reader Favorites?

Distribution - 1

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busroots

Distribution - Truck gardens on top of buses help bring fresh produce to those "food deserts" in under served urban areas. No brick and mortar, just wheels!

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Distribution - 2

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For our readers who enjoy the Fresh News newsletter, publisher and producer Mike Lee has advised that they will become more interactive with their readership and only be found on Facebook. However, their website www.OnlyatFarmersMarkets will remain on-line. So look for them at this new venue and continue to share things of interest with others.

Trade Shows - Money-saving Hints

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Timely ways of putting your money in your pocket instead of Freeman's, including new NASFT drayage offers.

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Survival Tips

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INC. Magazine contributor (March 14, 2012) and very successful food entrepreneur, Shazi Visram, offers these tips to assuring start-up success.

Demographics

New Report Underscores the Hispanic Consumer Consortium and Highlights Trends across Culture & Population Shifts, Purchasing Behaviors and Media Consumption.

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Fan Mail!

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Golden West Specialty Foods Sales and Purchasing Director Lawrence Ames writes us to say "thank you for renaming your book "From Kitchen to Market. I recommend it about 4 times a week and I never remember the name of the 4th and 5th editions."

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agave

Welcome to our newest Forum member, Juan Olmedo de la Sota-Riva is starting a project to produce organic agave syrup on family land in Central Mexico. It will be sold on both sides of the border under the label Del Rincon Agave Nectar. Please welcome him!

Our Forum and Blog are becoming very active and we have welcomed members from as far away as the UK, India, Indonesia and Lithuania. - Many thanks.

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Pat (Editor), Steve (Publisher)

Dear readers,
Let us know how we are doing at Hall@SpecialtyFoodResource.com. And, please consider getting in front of more than 3,200 food entrepreneurs by sponsoring an issue of FE.

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