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Specialty Foods, Defined
According to the Agricultural Developmental Center at the University of Tennessee, specialty foods can be loosely defined as premium-priced food products that provide an added-value appeal for one or more of the following reasons:
- quality of ingredients, manufacturing process and/or finished product
- sensory appeal, flavor, consistency, texture, aroma and/or appearance
- presentation (branding or packaging)
- origin (where the product was manufactured)
- distribution channel (specialty food retail outlets or sections within supermarkets/grocery stores)
Article Resources
Wholesalers
B&B Gourmet Biscuit Meal
207.876.2836
BBGourmetBiscuits.com
Bay Beyond
800.221.2722
BayBeyond.net
Bristol Harbor Homemade
207.941.1152
BristolHarborHomemade.com
Country Home Creations
800.457.3477
CountryHomeCreations.com
Delicaé Gourmet
800.942.2502
DelicaeGourmet.com
Gourmet du Village
877.726.2314
GourmetduVillage.com
Iveta Gourmet Inc.
877.712.2777
Iveta.com
New England Cupboard
207.941.1152
NewEnglandCupboard.com
Only Herbs Gourmet Seasonings
850.769.1109
OnlyHerbsandSpices.com
SaltWorks Inc.
425.885.7258
SaltWorks.us
TSP Spices
TSPSpices.com
Vervacious
877.468.8783
Vervacious.com
Wild Thymes
800.724.2877
WildThymes.com
Experts
Dorothy Finell
Amanet.org
Food Marketing International
480.778.0640
SpecialtyFoodResource.com
National Association for the Specialty Food Trade
212.482.6440
SpecialtyFood.com
Packaged Facts
800.298.5294
PackagedFacts.com
Vermont Specialty Food Association
802.747.0365
VermontSpecialtyFoods.org
Retailers
Periwinkle’s Specialty Foods
Oswego, IL
PeriwinklesGiftShop.com
Country Thyme Vermont
Derby, VT
CountryThymeVermont.com
Additional Resources
Aspen Mulling Co.
800.622.7736
AspenSpices.com
Barefoot Contessa
800.803.8050
BarefootContessa.com
Caffe D’Amore
800.999.0171
CaffeDAmore.com
Caley & Cobb
800.817.2215
CaleyandCobb.com
Cherith Valley Gardens
800.610.9813
CherithValley.com
Cugino’s/Daniel J. Gourmet
Cuginos.com
Dairyfood USA Inc.
800.236.3300
GiftFoodComponents.com
Diva Delectables
800.333.5059
DivaDelectables.com
Fireside Coffee
800.344.5282
FiresideCoffee.com
Fungus AmongUs
360.568.3403
FungusAmongUs.com
Glass Jar Goodies
603.434.4388
GlassJarGoodies.com
Global Specialty Foods
866.850.1344
GlobalSpecialtyFoods.com
Grizzly Gourmet LLC
866.269.4749
GrizzlyGourmet.com
Hot Sauce Harry’s Inc.
214.902.8552
HotSauceHarrys.com
Jill’s Jams, Mixes and More
410.239.7433
JillsJamsMixesandMore.com
Lesley Elizabeth Inc.
800.684.3300
LesleyElizabeth.com
Lollipop Tree Inc.
800.842.6691
LollipopTree.com
Monk’s Meadow & Amelia’s
800.545.3760
monksmeadow.com
North-Aire Market
NorthAireMarket.com
Original Juan Specialty Foods
800.568.8468
originaljuan.com
Plentiful Pantry
800.727.8284
PlentifulPantryWholesale.com
Rabbit Creek
800.837.3073
RabbitCreekGourmet.com
Reid Foods Inc.
888.295.8478
ReidFoods.com
Savannah Cinnamon & Cookie
800.288.0854
savannahcinnamon.com
Sisters Gourmet
770.338.1388
sistersgourmet.com
Southwest Specialty Food Inc.
800.536.3131
asskickin.com
Spice Genie
617.320.2338
spicegenie.com
Sticky Fingers Bakeries
800.458.5826
stickyfingersbakeries.com
Stirrings
508.324.9800
stirrings.com
The Huckleberry People
800.735.6462
huckleberrypeople.com
Sharon Anne Waldrop
Sharon Anne Waldrop resides with her family on a horse farm in northern Georgia. She writes about business and finance for national and trade magazines, and has contributed to Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day, and Hotel & Motel Management.Social Connections
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