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Visit specialtyfood.com/onlinehighlights for these and other features: Q&A; WITH FOOD MARKETING CONSULTANT
Food and beverage brand marketing expert Tammy Katz of Katz Marketing Solutions answers questions from the specialty food trade in this new recurring online feature. Katz has launched more than 100 new products with cumulative sales of $2 billion, many for Fortune 500 companies. This month she tackles topics such as launching a website on a shoestring budget and determining the right social media outlet for a business. Read her answers and submit questions.
PRODUCT ROUNDUPS
Our new Product Roundups feature will appear in each issue of Specialty Food Magazine, highlighting items in popular and trendsetting categories. You can find even more products online in this issue's roundups—honey, pie ingredients and alcohol-infused condiments.
IN MEMORIAM: JIM MACISAAC
Read the full memorial of Jim MacIsaac, owner of Highland Sugarworks, as well as a link to information about a fund set up in his name at the University of Vermont.
WATCH: START ME UP IN 60 SECONDS foodspring.com, the NASFT's consumer website, introduces a new video feature this month, which aims to support start-up food entrepreneurs through social media. Each entrepreneur featured was given one minute to pitch his or her company and products and to ask viewers to share the story on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more at foodspring.com/startmeup.
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BITE THIS PRODUCT PICK OF THE DAY Looking for innovative specialty food products? Visit foodspring's Bite This pick of the day.
NASFT MEMBER PROFILES
Read more about the operations, histories, product innovations and future plans of some of the 2,900 specialty food member companies of the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT).
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