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Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Steve Reich
Charlotte CharlesAfter World War II, Steve Reich worked for his uncle, Max Ries, at what would become Reese Finer Foods. In 1964, Reich purchased Charlotte Charles, a venerable manufacturer of plum...
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Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: John Roberts
Specialty Food Association/NASFTJohn Roberts led the Specialty Food Association, then known as the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, for 17 years, joining in 1989 as executive...
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Lifetime Achievement Award Winners: Giorgio DeLuca, Joel Dean & Jack Ceglic
Dean & DeLucaThis trio became specialty food pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s when they gave birth to Dean & DeLuca, a stylish global brand that inspired thousands of retailers to emulate their...
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Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Edith Friedland
EFCO ImportsEdith Friedland was the first woman to lead the Specialty Food Association (then known as the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade). The company she and her husband Martin ran,...
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Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Alfred Lepore
Ferrara FoodsAlfred Lepore broke new ground for imported Italian foods in the United States and fostered American production of Italian products under the iconic Ferrara brand. It all began with a 19th...
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