NASFT Member Exclusives

The resources below are exclusively available to NASFT Members free of charge. Individuals from NASFT Member companies must login with their member credentials to download these resources.

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  Today's Specialty Food Consumer 2011 - Full Report

  Produced by NASFT and Mintel International and released in October 2011, this FULL report is only available to NASFT Members and contains key statistics on the consumers buying specialty food today.

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - CHOCOLATE

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how chocolate consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - COFFEE

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how coffee consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - COOKIES

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how cookie consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - CRACKERS

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how cracker consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - NUTS

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how nut consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - OLIVE OIL

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how olive oil consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - PASTA

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how pasta consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - PASTA SAUCE

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how pasta sauce consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - RTD BEVERAGES

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how RTD beverage consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - SALAD DRESSING

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how salad dressing consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - SALSA

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how salsa consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - SALTY SNACKS

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how salty snack consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - SPREADS

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how spreads consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - TEA

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how tea consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  The State of the Specialty Food Industry 2011 | Full Report

  Learn how the specialty food industry performed in 2010 with industry statistics and insights (released in April 2011) to help you understand the potential for growth and the dynamics of change in this market. Also available as an hour long webinar via the WEBINAR tab on this page.

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  Glossary of Natural & Organic Terminology

  Cut to the chase with this no-nonsense glossary of terms crucial for today's specialty food professional.

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  Category Leadership in Today's Retail Environment

  Category Leadership in Today's Retail Environment provides NASFT members with a clear understanding of the buyer decision making process at retail and gives recommended insights and approaches required to present specialty food brands and products to retailers.

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  Traceability Manual

  The NASFT Traceability Manual provides critical information on product tracking for domestic specialty food producers under the Bioterrorism Act, examining the "how-to" steps of tracing a product's origin one step back (incoming product) and one step forward (outgoing product) as well as options for building your own simple system and sample forms.

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  Organic & Natural Food Standards

  The NASFT White Paper on Organic & Natural Food Standards outlines the USDA Organic Standards as it pertains to specialty foods along with the de facto natural standards. Labeling requirements for organic and the retailers stance on natural product standards are also discussed in this summary document.

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  Database of Specialty Food Brokers

  Listing of Specialty Food Brokers available to NASFT Members only.

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  Database of Specialty Food Distributors

  Listing of Specialty Food Distributors available to NASFT Members only.

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  Case Pack Study

  The Case Pack Study delves into an important topic for manufacturers, distributors and retailers alike: case pack optimization for specialty food products. You’ll receive two documents: the results of the study on case pack optimization and the case pack optimization tool, a customizable excel worksheet to help you weigh your own case pack options.

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  Broker Contract Template

  Structure your agreement by utilizing NASFT's Broker Contract Template, a guide to industry standards for broker-principal contracts.

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  NASFT Recall Manual

  The NASFT Recall Manual is the first of its kind for the specialty food industry providing a thorough primer on food safety and product recalls in the specialty food industry

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  CONSUMER DECISION TREE DEVELOPMENT - CHUNK CHEESE

  Consumer Decision Tree showing how chunk cheese consumers make purchase decisions in this category

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  Roadmap to Retail

  As specialty food companies grow, one of the largest hurdles that must be overcome is how to successfully manage and implement a "go-to-market" strategy that gets their products to the shelf in a way that is most appropriate for the manufacturer, retailer and consumer.