Trends & Studies

The State of the Specialty Food Industry 2012
Learn how the specialty food industry performed in 2011 with industry statistics and insights (released in April 2012) 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.
The State of the Specialty Food Industry 2012 - Full Report
Learn how the specialty food industry performed in 2011 with industry statistics and insights (released in April 2012) 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.
Today's Specialty Food Consumer 2011
Produced by NASFT and Mintel International and released in October 2011, this summary report was originally produced in Specialty Food Magazine and contains key statistics on the consumers buying specialty food today.
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.
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.
How to Market Natural & Organic Foods in a Changed Economy
The market for natural and organic foods changed significantly during the economic downturn. Lessons learned should help natural, organic and specialty manufacturers better manage their businesses and market their foods as the economy slowly recovers.