Food for thought.Q I have a family recipe for vegetable and meat pies. I have been exploring the ways and means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. of establishing my own business. Can you help me locate a co-packer who would formulate formulate /for·mu·late/ (for´mu-lat) 1. to state in the form of a formula. 2. to prepare in accordance with a prescribed or specified method. , manufacture, package and label my product? --O. Sefa Hackensack, New Jersey There are a number of good food industry resources to contact, such as the American Institute of Food Distribution (201-791-5570), which represents canners, packers, manufacturers, brokers, wholesalers and retailers. The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) is a not-for-profit business trade association established in 1952 to foster trade, commerce and interest in the specialty food industry in the USA. Inc. (212-482-6440) represents food manufacturers, processors, importers, retailers and brokers of specialty and gourmet foods. You should also attend and participate in food trade shows, where you'll have the chance to network with other entrepreneurs like yourself, as well as introduce your product to industry insiders. For example, the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade Inc. sponsors International Fancy Food and Confection con·fec·tion n. A sweetened medicinal compound. Also called electuary. Shows. For more information on how one entrepreneur, Michele Hoskins of Michele Foods, formed a partnership with a major food retailer to market her family's prized recipe syrup syrup /syr·up/ (sir´up) a concentrated solution of a sugar, such as sucrose, in water or other aqueous liquid, sometimes with a medicinal agent added; usually used as a flavored vehicle for drugs. , see "Cooking Up Deals," April 1999. |
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