70,000
The number of jars of salsa produced daily
by family-owned Renfro Foods, whose
president Doug Renfro was named to the
Specialty Food Association's Hall of Fame.
The size that the milk-free
yogurt market is projected to
reach by 2027, according to
Future Market Insights.
$7.4 billion
2 million
Pounds of food that have been collected
at the close of the Summer Fancy Food
Show over the past 18 years.
by the numbers
T
he inspirational stories of specialty food trade pioneers
and the industry's best and brightest young talent, are
the focus of this, the last issue of 2018. Following are some
interesting numbers featured in the pages of this issue.
2000
The birth year of Haile Thomas,
who at age 17, is seeking to change
the way the world thinks about
food, one community at a time.
Thomas founded The HAPPY
(Healthy Active Positive Purposeful
Youth) Org at age 12, and has
delivered her message to nearly
16,000 children through hands-on
cooking demonstrations, in-school
programming, summer camps, and
other activities.
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