Specialty Food Association

Functional Foods, Girl Dinner 2.0 Among Top 2025 Trends According to Specialty Food Association Trendspotter Panel

November 7, 2024 Specialty Food Association

The Specialty Food Association (SFA) Trendspotter Panel has provided a sneak peek at the future of food, releasing their predictions for the top 2025 food and beverage trends. Comprising 20 experts from diverse segments of the culinary world, the SFA Trendspotters track emerging specialty food and beverage products in their own work and at the bi-annual SFA Fancy Food Shows, thereby getting an early look at the flavors, formats, and ideas that will hit mainstream retailers and restaurants sooner than later. …

Counter Culture: Best Practices for Cheese Signage

July 16, 2024 Janet Fletcher, Specialty Food Association

Independent shops take different approaches to signage, but conversations with some of the country’s top merchants reveal several practices worth sharing. …

78,315 Pounds of Food Donated to City Harvest by Specialty Food Association Summer Fancy Food Show Exhibitors

July 15, 2024 Specialty Food Association

On the final day of the Show, SFA worked with 125 City Harvest volunteers to rescue 95 pallets totaling more than 78,000 pounds of food from the Show. This entire surplus was made available to New Yorkers living with food insecurity. …

NY Supreme Court Rejects Foie Gras Ban

June 27, 2024 Mark Hamstra, Specialty Food Association

The decision resolves—at least for now—a dispute between New York State duck farmers and New York City, which passed a law in 2019 forbidding the sale of foie gras in stores and restaurants. Animal rights activists had pushed for the ban, claiming that producing the delicacy involves animal cruelty. In order to make foie gras, farmers force-feed ducks to enlarge their livers. …

Dollar Tree, US Foods Explore Portfolio Divestments

June 6, 2024 Specialty Food Association

Dollar Tree noted that the alternatives could include a potential sale, spin-off, or other disposition of the Family Dollar business. …