Specialty Food Association Announces New Retailer Network Committee Members

NEW YORK (Sept. 22, 2014) – The Specialty Food Association announces the election of four members to its Retailer Network Committee.

Those serving on the committee are members of the Association, a not-for-profit trade association that represents all segments of the $88.3 billion U.S. specialty food industry and member companies abroad. The committee term is two years.

“The committee’s mission is to build a community of specialty food merchants that facilitates communications and relationships among all constituents in our industry and helps all segments to grow and succeed,” says Ron Tanner, vice president of philanthropy, government and industry relations. “We welcome the new members, who are each outstanding retailers in their markets.”

Those joining the Retailer Network Committee for the 2014 -2016 term are:

  • Patrick Crowl, Woodstock Farmers’ Market, Woodstock, Vt.
  • Trip Straub, Straub’s, St. Louis
  • Pete Marczyk, Marczyk Fine Foods, Denver, Colo.
  • Liz Martinez, Bi-Rite Market, San Francisco

Re-elected to the committee are:

  • Jon Pruden, TASTE, Committee Chair, Virginia Beach, Va.
  • Phil Myers, Central Market, Houston
  • Emilio Mignucci, DiBruno Bros., Philadelphia
  • Greg O’Neil, Pastoral Artisan Cheese, Wine & Bread, Chicago
  • Linda Sikorski, The Pasta Shop, Oakland, Calif.
  • Richard Tarlov, Canyon Market, San Francisco

Committee liaisons to the Specialty Food Association Board of Directors are Patricia Lobel, Avenue Gourmet, and William W. (Pete) Booker III, Smithfield Specialty Food Group.

Ending their Retailer Network Committee service are Natalie King, Stonewall Kitchen, Sam Mogannam, Bi-Rite Market, Bob Sickles, Sickles Market, Maren Trocki, Fresh Market and Larry Uhl, West Point Market.

About the Specialty Food Association
The Specialty Food Association is a thriving community of food artisans, importers and entrepreneurs who bring craft, care and joy to the distinctive foods they produce. Established in 1952 in New York, the not-for-profit trade association provides its 3,000 members in the U.S. and abroad the tools, knowledge and connections to champion and nurture their companies in an always-evolving marketplace. The Association (formerly the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, Inc.) owns and produces the Winter and SummerFancy Food Shows, and presents thesofi™ Awards honoring excellence in specialty food. Learn more atspecialtyfood.com.

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