News From Specialty Food Resource,  LLC

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                        M A G A Z I N E                       

 Volume 51 - November 2009
 

THIS ISSUE COMPLIMENTS OF 

Grow and Conquer New Markets with DINE.
DINE exclusively focuses on branding, packaging and marketing food and beverage products. We guide food manufacturers, restaurant chains and food service companies that want to launch new products.

Please visit: www.DineMarketing.com or call 415.864.8200 x 104 to learn how you can use our talents to tell your story to specialty food retailers and consumers.

NOTES AND COMMENT

- TRANSFORMATIONAL NEWS. We are amalgamating! Yes! The following entities will all come under the heading: "FOOD ENTREPRENEUR." - Food Marketing International; SpecialtyFoodResource.com; Specialty Food Resource.com, LLC; and Food Entrepreneur Magazine. They will be contained under the a new, not for profit  (maybe) corporation: Food Entrepreneur, Inc. Our thinking is that the combined processes will lend clarity to our mission: "The 'go-to' place for educating, guiding, mentoring and coaching anyone interested in specialty food marketing." We welcome your comments and continued support.

 - Stop 10 Deadly Sins of Food Websites -  Comments by DINE, the Food and Drink Agency

- Connecting to Market Opportunities in Organic and Local Sustainable Foods. Here are some helpful ways of capitalizing on this growing trend.

- Our Food Entrepreneur Polls continue to be completed by readers. Here is just one example:

What did you do before becoming a specialty food entrepreneur? 

a.

Medicine (Physician, Dentist. Nurse, Care Provider, etc)
 8%

b.

Law (All associated fields)
 1%

c.

Other food-related business
 18%

d.

Other business
 52%

e.

Education
 8%

f.

Sports
 0%

g.

Government Service (local and federal)
 1%

h.

Military
 1%

i.

Charity (Nonprofit, social service, etc.)
 6%

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THE FOOD PRODUCER'S ULTIMATE GUIDE TO DOING BUSINESS ONLINE
 "Learn all about another form of online marketing Chapter 4, Social Media Optimization (SMO), that has proven to be nearly as effective as SEO and PPC marketing (think of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc)."

Chapter 4 will appear in the next issue (December) of Food Entrepreneur

MINI CASE STUDY - PASTOR CHUCK'S ORCHARDS

Products: "One Taste And You Will Know The Difference 

Between Good And Evil!"

Pastor Chuck's Original Organic Apple Butter, No Sugar Organic Apple Butter, Original Organic Applesauce, No Sugar Organic Applesauce, Original All Natural Apple Salsa, Medium All Natural Apple Salsa.

FOUNDER Charles Waite Maclin's (aka Pastor Chuck) Vision: To produce a unique variety of apple and other fruit value added products that are wholesome, nutritious, and convey to the public a sense of integrity, health and simply fun to eat.
Read more about the Maine's Food Producer of the Year!

Please contact me to learn about our first class, one-on-one, specialty food marketing consulting.
Guaranteed to give you the edge.

Partial Client Listing:

+ Veggie Brothers - Frozen Vegetarian Entrees

+ Rich & Wholesome Foods - Vegan alternative to yogurt, Allergen-free, organic "Nogurt"
+ St. Louis Kettle Korn Company - Flavored kettle corn and other snack foods

Thanksgiving Greetings 

  
Steve -              Pat -
(VETERAN)                                                               (SPOUSE OF VETERAN)
STEPHEN HALL, Publisher                                   PATRICIA HALL, Editor

  Food Entrepreneur eZine Co-Founders: Karen A. Cantor, MBA, and Stephen F. Hall

Our Contributors

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TAKE ONE MINUTE to let us know what business choices you have made.(And see the results of earlier polls.) 
Please take our polls here.

Learn and grow at our Discussion Forum and Blog

More than 367 members wordwide [compared with 228 members in May 2009]

ATTENTION small business owners who could benefit from the SBA 2009 Recovery Act. Here is the latest in one applicant's ongoing saga.   
 

HERE IS THE NOVEMBER ISSUE OF FOOD LABEL NEWS

Contents:

·         "Natural" on Canadian Food Labels

·         Disclosure Statements on Food Labels: An Instructional Series - Part 3 of 10

·         Reader Q&A: Is agave syrup a natural low glycemic sweetener?

PACKAGE LABELING
"BPA, YES OR NO?"

1. Male impotence risk from bisphenol A exposure - Study

OR

2. Study reconfirms bisphenol A safety, says industry

 See the articles.

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