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CONTENTS
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27 2019 Leadership Award Winners
e Specialty Food Association's seventh annual Leadership
Award winners are recognized for such endeavors as helping
spearhead the vegan movement, employing more than
1,000 mostly-female producers in Africa, and helping to
reduce food waste by freezing excess or damaged fruit.
COVER: KULI KULI FOODS
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34 Top Trends for 2019
From indigenous African foods to fermented beverages to
exotic ice creams, read about some of what the Specialty Food
Association's Trendspotters predict we'll see in the coming year.
45 In the Cards: Specialty Stakeholders
Forecast the Coming Year
Retailers, foodservice operators, incubators, and industry
disruptors share their take on food trends, product
introductions, and the drivers behind them.
78 store tour
Bay Area Bites
A soon-to-debut upscale food hall in San Francisco International
Airport; Bi-Rite's new meal and snack kiosk in the city's Civic Center
Plaza; and Berkeley's dynamic Gourmet Ghetto food scene are
worth exploring while in town for the Winter Fancy Food Show.
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