Distributors

Source Atlantique, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., promoted Karen Van Schaack to the position of sales director.

Payments company Square has introduced a sleek new piece of hardware to its portfolio: a point-of-sale stand with a built-in credit card reader that uses an iPad for display and brains.

Q.bel Foods, LLC, Nyack, N.Y., is expanding with nearly a dozen new distributors.

Two San Francisco nonprofits, 18 Reasons and Three Squares, today announced their intention to join forces.

The Specialty Food Association will present a live webinar on June 12 on family-owned businesses and how to assess whether “familiness” is a competitive advantage or constraint. It will cover how to take steps to build on strengths and weaknesses. The one-hour live session will ...

What are you planning to do differently in your business this year?As part of our 2013 State of the Specialty Food Industry Report, we surveyed Distributors to hear their opinions on important issues facing the specialty food trade. See what they had to say about ...

Lifeway Foods is expanding into the UK with a distribution agreement for Lifeway Frozen Kefir, its healthy 90-calorie sweet treat made from probiotic-rich dairy kefir.

Bebida Beverage Company will be supplying Koma Unwind Relaxation Shots to Barnes & Noble book stores.

The Specialty Food Association is unveiling its new brand, Specialty Food: Craft. Care. Joy.

Alfred Ciccotelli, Sr., 86, founder and chairman of Cento Fine Foods, died May 6, about one month from the company’s 50th anniversary, at his home in New Jersey.

Family Winemakers of California and Stonebridge Research Group have been awarded an Emerging Market Program grant from the USDA to develop a roadmap on how to sell California fine wines in the Chinese market. Barbara Insel, president of Stonebridge Research Group, will lead the initial ...

The Specialty Food Association has named five specialty food retailers from across the U.S. as the Outstanding Retailers of 2013.

Trader Joe’s will open its first Texas distribution center in Irving later this year, allowing the grocery chain to ratchet up its Texas expansion.

Health care reform faces a new legal challenge from small business owners, this time over the federal tax credits designed to help low- and moderate-income Americans purchase health insurance.

A taste of the tropics is hitting store shelves at King Soopers and City Market stores in Colorado this month.

This Friday three members of the Specialty Food Association will share tips on how to succeed at the Summer Fancy Food Show in a one-hour live webinar designed just for members.

What was your biggest success in 2012?As part of our 2013 State of the Specialty Food Industry Report, we surveyed Distributors to hear their opinions on important issues facing the specialty food trade. See what they had to say about their biggest successes in 2012 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is giving the public more time to weigh in on proposed rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act. Yesterday, the agency extended the comment period 120 days, until Sept. 16, 2013, to comment on proposed rules that establish preventative controls in ...

The Specialty Food Association reveals the finalists for the 41st annual sofi Awards for the outstanding foods and beverages of 2013. A national panel of specialty food experts tasted and evaluated 1,885 products across 30 categories to come up with a list of 109 finalists ...