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Article: Fancy that! Even in the midst of the recession, the summer Fancy Food Show was bumper to bumper with attendees and hot new products.(CENTER STORE)
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- Grocery Headquarters
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- August 1, 2009
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WINE IMPORTER BILL BINCZAK HAD A PROBLEM AT THE 2009 55TH SUMMER FANCY FOOD SHOW, one that many trade show operators can only dream about these days. Business was brisk; so brisk that he was running out of sampling cups. "We went through 900 of these little plastic sample cups just on Sunday alone," he said, as he rushed to pour an attendee a sample of Primitive del Salento Masseria Centonze, which he described as "a superb, dry, deep red wine made from un-irrigated Primitivo grapes and imported from the Apulia Region of Southern Italy."
The Fancy Food Show, produced by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade and held at New York's Jacob Javits ...