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March 16 2010 - The Ubuntu Trading Company is a young beverage business in London that is bringing to the market the first Fairtrade CSD, a cola that uses in its formula Fairtrade sugar from the Kasinthula Cooperative in Malawi and from the Kaleya Cooperative in Zambia and donates at least 15% of their annual profits to the Ubuntu Africa Program.
FoodBizDaily.com spoke with The Ubuntu Trading Company founder and Managing Director Miranda Walker about this innovative business.
What is Ubuntu ?
“Ubuntu” is a word used in Zulu and other Bantu languages which expresses the concept of human...
posted @ Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:38 PM |
FoodBizDaily.com interviewed Gregory J. Sprout co-founder of Epicurean Foods International Inc. , a specialty food distributor and retailer based in Toronto, Canada.
FBD: How do you describe Epicurean Foods main activity?
Epicurean Foods International Inc. is a wholesale and retail online gourmet and specialty food distributor. We carry several thousand "hard-to-find" items that typically are not found in the mainstream grocery store market. These include items such as flavored oils & vinegars, pastas, sauces, cookies, teas, specialty chocolates, soup mixes, spice rubs & seasonings, drink mixes, salsas, coffees, maple syrup, chocolate truffles and sea salts, among many others.
FBD: Do you...
posted @ Friday, November 20, 2009 6:46 PM |
Know more about Riega Foods LLc - a dietary and natural products importer
by Fernando Lopez - Executive Editor
Note from the Editor- In this edition of "Food Biz Talk" I had the pleasure to interview Brad Gampper the young CEO of Riega Foods, an importer of specialty foods based in North Kansas City, Missouri.
Brad talks to FBD about his business, gluten free eating, the new line the company is bringing to the US - Cerealvit - and more.
For our previous coverage of Cerealvit at the last Fancy Food Show in NY, click here.
Enjoy.
August 20 2009
FBD: Give us a brief history of Riega Foods.
BG:...
posted @ Thursday, August 20, 2009 5:29 PM |
How an American company is changing the face of distribution in China
by Fernando Lopez - Executive Editor - FoodBizDaily.com
Note from the author: In more than 25 years dealing with companies in the food and beverage international trade I learned to admire the ones that do not cut corners and approach the job from the correct perspective. Companies that understand the need to work all the sales channels, create new distribution opportunities and provide value to manufacturers and retailers at the end point. In an industry where fly-by-nights are an undesirable reality, international traders that are professional, reliable and efficient are to...
posted @ Friday, July 31, 2009 12:09 PM |
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