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Outstanding Retailer Awards 2011

From a two-year-old store and restaurant in Rochester, Minn., to a specialty chain with more than 100 locations, this year’s selections show what great sourcing, strong business sense, premium services and true culinary passion can deliver.

by Eva Meszaros & Kristen Seymour

Specialty Food Magazine and the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) present the six Outstanding Retailers of 2011, as nominated and selected by members of the NASFT. Members are asked to nominate stores based on qualities such as uniqueness, product knowledge and customer service. Each of the following award-winning stores exemplifies these traits of a successful specialty food establishment, while remaining true to its community and its customers. Read on to learn about their operations, history, innovative features and points of distinction. |SFM|

2011's Outstanding Retailers

Click on the images or store name below to read a full profile of each winner.

Honorable Mentions

Congratulations to these 16 retailers, who were runners-up in this year’s competition:

The Andersons
andersonsstore.com

Carlino’s Market
carlinosmarket.com

The Cheese Shop of Virginia
cheeseshopwilliamsburg.com

City Olive
cityolive.com

farm fresh to you
farmfreshtoyou.com

Gerrards Market
gerrardsmarket.com

Mollie Stone’s Markets
molliestones.com

Papa Joe’s gourmet Market & Catering
papajoesmarket.com

Parkview Gourmet
parkviewgourmet.com

Peppers of Key West
peppersofkeywest.com

Savor the Flavor
savortheflavor.net

Southport Grocery & Café
southportgrocery.com

Star Provisions
starprovisions.com

Urban Harvest
myurbanharvest.com

vicente foods
vicentefoods.com

Zingerman’s BakeHouse
zingermansbakehouse.com

Eva Meszaros is associate editor of Specialty Food Magazine.
Kristen Seymour is a freelance writer for Paw Nation, That’s Fit,
BlogHer and Pet Home Magazine.

This article was featured in the June 2011 issue of Specialty Food Magazine.
See other articles in this issue here: June 2011 Specialty Food Magazine.