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Summer Fancy Food Show In the News
Scroll down for a sampling of the extensive press coverage of the 2011 Summer Fancy Food Show.
Summer Fancy Food
Show: An international marketplace for gourmet food
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - July 15, 2011 - The Summer Fancy Food Show in Washington, DC this week
introduced more than 180000 specialty foods and beverages to retailers,
restaurateurs, caters, writers and others in the food industr.
What
Is The Fancy Food Show And Why Should We Care?
Huffington Post -
July 7, 2011 - Imagine a large room filled with endless samples of
180,000 different products: cheese, chocolate, olive oil and more. For
three days every summer, the Fancy Food Show comes to New York
(except it will be in Washington, DC for the next two years) and
brings with it an impressive roster of products from truffle oil to
haggis.
Fancy
Food Show: A fast track to retailers
The Washington Post - July 5, 2011 - Three years ago,
Gianluigi Dellaccio figured he had a good thing going when he started
supplying gelato to a Pennsylvania Turnpike service plaza, where
sweets-starved travelers were buying it in numbers far greater than
from the previous tenant, a Hershey’s stand. Management was so
pleased, it signed Dellacio’s Dolci Gelati to a second location on the
pike.
Why can’t you get into the Fancy Food show?
The Washington Post - July 5, 2011 - It doesn’t seem fair: Tens of thousands of crackers and juices and chocolates and mustards and pastas all in one place, and you, the consumer, can’t stab a single sample. They’ll all be featured at the 57th summer Fancy Food Show, which runs Sunday through Tuesday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center downtown.
Fancy Food Show 2011: Sara Moulton's Top Picks
ABC News - July 6, 2011 - Thousands of the world's top chefs, food manufacturers and retailers will gather in Washington, D.C., this weekend for the 57th Fancy Food Show, the annual expo that sets the trends for what you'll soon see on the aisles of your local grocery story, on the shelves of your favorite kitchen store and, retailers hope, on your kitchen table.
The Newest Foods to Fancy
Philadelphia
Inquire - July 14, 2011 - WASHINGTON - Popcorn popped up everywhere,
making a strong showing as the 2011-12 snack du jour at the annual
Fancy Food Show here - kernels coated with bourbon, cookies and cream
or black truffle flavor, as well as a faux popcorn ...
Local Vendors Set to ‘Get Dirty’ at the Summer Fancy Food Show
Washington City Paper - Young & Hungry - May 20, 2011 - Forget the food trucks, the pop-up restaurants, the European bakery and the tequila bar. What's establishing D.C. as a non-second-tier city? The arrival of the Summer Fancy Food Show.
2011
Summer Fancy Food Show Recap
The Beverage Network - July 14,
2011 - While foot traffic was strong, the switch from the Javits
Center in New York City (undergoing a major renovation), to
Washington, DC continued the downward trend of exhibiting beverage
companies relative to last summer's show, which also yielded very ...
Specialty Food Sales Surge in US
Voice of America- July 21, 2011 - Despite the country's economic downturn, the sale of specialty foods and beverages in the United States is booming, with more Americans buying gourmet foods.
Holly Morris at the Fancy Food Show
Washington DC FOX 5- July 11, 2011 - FOX 5's Holly Morris learned the latest trends in the specialty food industry after she visited the Washington Convention Center for the Fancy Food Show.
Fox 5 at Fancy Food Show 2011
Washington DC FOX 5- July 11, 2011 - FOX 5 meets with Taste of Africa, the West Africa Trade Hub