Americans are once again indulging in specialty foods the way they did before the recession, and they're expected to make big purchases of these affordable luxuries during the holiday season.

According to the National Association of Specialty Food Trade (NASFT), sales over the last decade of kosher food in the U.S. continued to grow 10%-15% per year, topped only by food labeled organic.

The specialty food sector made a comeback last year, experiencing growth of 7.7 percent – and launches of premium private label products slowed, according to a new market report. Specialty foods ...

NASFT, which has 3,075 members that produce, manufacture, import, distribute and sell more than 180,000 specialty foods and beverages worldwide, said U.S. sales of specialty foods and beverages rose 6 ...

Gov. Bob McDonnell today congratulated the Virginia Chutney Company and Feast! for top awards they received last night at the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade’s (NASFT) 2013 sofi™ ...

Food Distributors International (FDI) and the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade Inc. (NASFT) announced today that they have agreed on an initiative to develop strong ...

Twice a year, the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT), a not-for-profit trade association, sponsors the Fancy Food Show, open only to the specialty food trade. This year’s winter ...

NEW YORK – The proverbial "little girls" from the children's rhyme might find both sides of themselves — sugar and spice — in a variety of upscale new foods, from snacks like peanuts and chips to ...

The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade has gone for a shorter name, now calling the organization instead more simply the Specialty Food Association. The name change, according to ...