Specialty Food Entrepreneurs
Glean Growth-Sparking Insights
The 2019 Specialty Food Business Summit brought together specialty food makers, business owners,
and entrepreneurs looking to spark growth in their businesses. From April 7-9 in Chicago, attendees
joined sessions led by a lineup of industry veterans covering topics from creating a brand story to
growth hacking to shopper marketing to generating free publicity. Networking opportunities were also
numerous, with attendees having the chance to meet like-minded specialty entrepreneurs.
Clayton Christopher, founder of Rhythm
Super Foods and Deep Eddy Vodka,
spoke to attendees about leveraging
their strength as entrepreneurs.
Julie Busha of Slawsa and travel and food writer Lisa Lubin
discuss how brands can get free publicity.
Summit attendees absorbed lessons from speaker and advisor
Dhaval Patel on how to use technology to transform their business.
Alyssa Jenkins of Jenkins Culinary
Resources and Teresa Hansen of Mazars
USA confer at a Summit reception.
A show attendee engages with
Dave Donnan, partner emeritus
with A.T. Kearney.
Glen Carney of Uncle Carney's Bootleg
Jams talks shop with a fellow attendee.
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