HONOLULU—Hawaiian Host®, Inc., Hawaii’s original chocolate-covered macadamia nut candy manufacturer, is showcasing its new products for the holiday season of 2009 along with other made-in-Hawaii candies at the 34th Winter Fancy Food Show on Sunday, January 18 to Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. (more…)

More than 1,100 exhibitors from around the country will be presenting over 100,000 specialty foods products at the NASFT 33rd Winter Fancy Food Show®, held in the San Diego Convention Center, January 13-15, 2008. A large number of local, West Coast manufacturers with regional or ethnic products will be in attendance. A prime example is Red & Green Company of San Francisco. These manufacturers, many of whom are the entrepreneurs who developed the recipes and started their companies, will be available to provide you with firsthand knowledge of their products. Discover and sample new product lines and items that will add distinction and appeal to your retail establishment.

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Tom Pfleider, president of Pfleider Pfoods, Inc., has proven to be a man of many talents.

A “taste bud moment” involving a friend’s sauce made from a smoke-dried jalapeno, known as chipotle, thrust him on an unconventional path from working with world leaders in the surgical industry to creating award-winning, gourmet chipotle products. Using his friend’s recipe as a starting point, Tom Pfleider established Pfleider Pfoods, Inc., in 2003. By 2004, he had created his first award-winning sauce, Sweet Heat Addiction, and The Art of Chipotle was born. All of Pfleider Pfood’s The Art of Chipotle products are produced, processed and packaged entirely in the USA, using only the finest ingredients. The wide range of The Art of Chipotle sauces will appeal to all ages, ethnicities, and heat tolerances, and is distinguished enough for the finest gourmet meal yet quick and easy enough for an impromptu barbeque. You can view The Art of Chipotle at Art of Chipotle BAOlink premium vendor listing.

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Evidence of the Premium Gift industry embracing new technologies

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The new Gift and Home Channel, brainchild of FarCountries.com, a leading BAOlink.com trading partner, is a new Internet TV site designed to build and strengthen community among independent retailers and, according to Ray Gaulke, president of the Gift and Home Channel, this is the only online venue where retailers talk to retailers.

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