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Heray Spice Exhibiting at the Specialty Food Association Summer Fancy Food Show 2023

Chicago Illinois, (06.15.2023) Heray Spice will be exhibiting at the 2023 Summer Fancy Food Show, the largest B2B-only specialty food industry event in North America. Heray will showcase its new Afghanistan Authentic & Ethically Sourced Saffron, Afghanistan Wild Mountain Cumin, and Afghanistan Green Coriander Seeds in Booth 4840.

"The Summer Fancy Food Show is the premier Show to find new and innovative products, network with industry professionals, and learn about the latest trends in the $175 billion specialty food industry,” said Bill Lynch, president, Specialty Food Association. “I’m excited to have Heray Spice exhibiting and look forward to seeing them at the Show.”

The Summer Fancy Food Show will feature sampling of specialty foods and beverages from around the world, education programming, hot trends from the SFA Trendspotter Panel 2023 Predictions, spotlight showcases, category-focused pavilions, NEW NOW NEXT Pavilion featuring incubators and startups; presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Awards and induction of the current Class of the Specialty Food Hall of Fame; international and state pavilions, and 2023 sofi™ Awards winners.

 “Cultivating Hopes One Saffron Thread at a Time.”

Presented by the not-for-profit Specialty Food Association, the Summer Fancy Food Show is a trade-only event. To register, please visit specialtyfood.com

About Heray Spice

Heray Spice was founded in 2017 by Mohammad Salehi.  Located in Chicago, Illinois, the company’s philosophy about Saffron is “We believe in women empowerment, supporting education, and community up-lifting. At Heray Spice we are empowering Afghanistan farmers by promoting fair trade practices and sustainable agriculture, while providing the highest quality spices to our customers. Additionally, we are committed to empowering women and supporting education in Afghanistan through Heray Education Fund.”

Using best Afghanistan Saffron and traditional methods on harvesting and sun-drying, the company’s inspiration and focus is women empowerment, supporting education, and community up-lifting. Our future plans include helping more farmers, more chefs, and more education charities. More information can be found at https://herayspice.com/pages/about-us.

About the Specialty Food Association 

The not-for-profit Specialty Food Association (SFA) is the leading membership trade association and source of information about the $175 billion specialty food industry. Founded in 1952 in New York City, the SFA prides itself on being an organization by the members and for the members, representing thousands of specialty food makers and manufacturers, importers, retailers, buyers, distributors, brokers, and others in the trade. The SFA owns and operates the Fancy Food Shows—which are the largest specialty food industry events in North America—as well as the sofi™ Awards—which have honored excellence in specialty food and beverage annually since 1972. The SFA produces the Trendspotter Panel annual predictions, the State of the Specialty Food Industry Report, Today's Specialty Food Consumer research, the Spill & Dish podcast, year-round educational programming for professionals at every stage in their business journey, and SFA Feed, the industry's go-to daily source for news, trends and new product information. Find out more online and connect with SFA on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok.

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