NAICS Codes and Keyword Searches
NAICS code
Depends on the type of ethnic food retail. Some codes to try are:
445110 -- Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores
445298 -- All Other Specialty Food Retailers
Keywords
- Grocer*
- "speciality food"
- outreach
- "business development"
Books and eBooks
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Professional Event Coordination, 2e Instructor's Manual
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781118173367Publication Date: 2012-02-14A must-have resource for every event planner, manager, caterer, and student, this in-depth guide covers all aspects of the event planning process. Written by expert event manager Julia Rutherford Silvers, the book outlines the tools and strategies to effectively procure, organize, implement, and monitor all the products, vendors, and services needed to bring an event to life. Enhanced throughout with useful checklists, tables, and sample forms, the book includes chapters on everything from Developing the Event Site and Providing the Event Infrastructure to Ancillary Programs, Food and Beverage Operations, and Vendors and Volunteers. -
Growing Local Value: How to Build Business Partnerships That Strengthen Your Community
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9786612300486Publication Date: 2007Hanna Andersson founder Gun Denhart and BALLE co-founder Laury Hammel show how every aspect of a business (from product creation to employee recruitment to vendor selection) holds the dual promise of bigger profits and a stronger local community. -
Start Your Own Specialty Food Business
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781599185835Publication Date: 2016-02-09Bring Your Fresh Ideas to Market and ProfitThe business of specialty food is taking off at full speed. This step-by-step guide arms entrepreneurial foodies like yourself with an industry overview of market trends, useful research for your marketing plan, and insight from practicing specialty food business owners. Determine your key growth drivers and find the right avenue for your specialty food business: home-based, retail shop, production, wholesale, or distribution. Includes valuable resource lists, sample business plans, checklists, and worksheets.
Associations and Trade Journals
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The Food Industry AssociationFMI is a champion for the food industry and the issues that make a difference to their members’ fundamental mission of feeding and enriching society. The reach and impact of FMI's work is extensive, ultimately touching the lives of over 120 million households in the United States and representing a $1 trillion industry with over 6 million employees.
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Specialty Food AssociationThe Specialty Food Association is a non-profit trade group within the $219-billion specialty food industry. Founded in 1952 and representing more than 4,000 businesses, SFA produces events, programs, and education to support, connect, and champion our diverse member community.
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Progressive GrocerTrade publication whose core audience consists of top management at headquarters and key decision makers at store-level. Industry leaders, from chain supermarkets to regional and local independent grocers, supercenters, wholesaler distributors, manufacturers and other supply chain trading partners, rely on PG for its authoritative, comprehensive, relevant, research-based editorial content and need-to-know news.