NEW YORK, June 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Specialty Food
Association's 68th Summer Fancy Food Show has sold out its
exhibitor booth space, exceeding the total square footage of last
year's Show at the Javits Center. Covering more than 330,000 square
feet (nearly six football fields) of floor space at the convention
center will be thousands of booths featuring artisan products from
more than 2,300 domestic and global specialty food and beverage
manufacturers. The Show also offers a variety of networking and
educational events throughout all three days (June 23-25), including a keynote from Whole Foods
Market CEO Jason Buechel on
Monday, June 24.
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"Specialty foods are big business, with $207 billion in 2023 sales and projected growth
to $219 billion this year," said SFA
President Bill Lynch. "The Summer
Fancy Show is where buyers, distributors, investors, and more can
see and sample the products behind that growth: thousands of
in-demand, highly profitable items across dozens of categories.
Everyone at the Specialty Food Association is thrilled and grateful
that we get to showcase wall-to-wall culinary creativity and
innovation yet again in 2024. We're so excited to welcome the
industry back to New York City
this month."
Show highlights include:
- Informative and inspiring education programming, including the
reveal of the new State of the Specialty Food Industry
2024-25 annual research report and sessions from notable
speakers and brands including Whole Foods Market CEO Jason Buechel, Top Chef host Kristen Kish, Hot Ones by Heatonist, Food Tank,
the SFA Trendspotter Panel, and more.
- Artisan food and beverage products from 2,300+
exhibitors.
- The first-ever Debut District in Halls D&E, a
featured area where attendees can discover the newest of the new at
the Show: first-time exhibitors, new products, startups, and
incubators.
- Product pavilions dedicated to the hottest
categories including Bakery; Beverage; Confectionery, Sweets
& Snacks; Deli; Plant Based.
- Exhibitors from 56 countries, spread across 29
International Pavilions representing Africa, Asia,
Europe, North America, Oceana, and South America, including the Show's partner
country, Spain.
- State and Regional Pavilions including Brooklyn, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, New
Jersey, New York,
North Dakota, Pennsylvania, the Southern United States Trade
Association (SUSTA), US Virgin Islands, Vermont, and Virginia.
- Supplier Diversity Pavilion featuring (included) CPG:
Aaji's; JOI; KULA Foods; Nepal Tea
Collective; Peepal People Sauces LLC; Poppa's Custard Company;
Recoup Beverage, Inc.; Shire's Natural; Sweet Fields LLC;
Tal's.
- Insight into influential and emerging trends in
specialty food, courtesy of the SFA Trendspotter
Panel: Melanie Bartelme, Mintel;
Kat Craddock, SAVEUR; Jenn de la
Vega, Randwiches; Jeanette
Donnarumma; Dr. Beth Forrest,
The Culinary Institute of America;
Jeanne Houchins RD; Sarah Lohman; Klancy
Miller; Chef Clara Park;
Cathy Strange, Whole Foods;
Thomas Joseph, Marquee
Brands/Martha Stewart, Sur La Table;
Chala June; Kara Nielsen;
Mikel Cirkus & Hannah Rogers, dsm-firmenich; Stan Sagner, We Work for Food.
- Junior Trendspotter GenZ trends perspective from the
Drexel Food Lab/Certificate in Food Entrepreneurship and
Innovation students.
- The SFA Awards Gala hosted by Kristen Kish, honoring the 2024 sofi Award
winners and the honorees of the 2024 SFA Leadership Awards, Hall of
Fame, and Lifetime Achievement Awards.
The Summer Fancy Food Show is open only to qualified members of
the specialty food trade, industry affiliates, and journalists. For
more information, please click here.
About the Specialty Food Association
The Specialty
Food Association (SFA) was founded in 1952 and is the
not-for-profit trade association of the $207-billion specialty food industry.
Representing more than 3,600 businesses worldwide, SFA champions
industry participation and success for a diverse community of
makers, buyers, importers, distributors, and service providers by
developing resources, information, education, and events
that celebrate innovation and inclusivity. SFA owns and operates
the Fancy Food Shows as well as the sofi™ Awards,
which have honored excellence in specialty food and beverage
annually since 1972. The SFA also produces the e-newsletter SFA
News Daily, the Trendspotter Panel annual predictions
and Fancy Food Show reports, the State of the Specialty Food
Industry Report, Today's Specialty Food Consumer
research, and the Spill & Dish podcast. Find out more
online and connect with SFA on Facebook, X,
Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok.
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