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Specialty Food Retailers Honored

Five-store chain Straub’s is one of five food stores that earned the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade’s Outstanding Specialty Food Retailers of 2009 award.

ST. LOUIS — Five-store chain Straub’s here is one of five food stores that earned the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade’s Outstanding Specialty Food Retailers of 2009 award.

The four others are Taste Unlimited, Virginia Beach, Va.; The Market and More, Casper, Wyo.; Tony Caputo’s Market & Deli, Salt Lake City; and Woodstock Farmers’ Market, Woodstock, Vt.

Each will receive a gold chef statue at a June 29 ceremony at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York. Noted chef Ming Tsai will present the awards.

“The winners are exceptional examples of the importance of creativity and dedication in specialty food retailing today,” said Ann Daw, president of the NASFT, New York. “Each retailer illustrates unique success in the specialty food business.”

Nominations were made by NASFT members. Retailers with the most nominations were asked to submit applications, including store photographs, press kits, media coverage, menus, newsletters, training manuals, promotional materials, and letters and comments from customers. The judges — who included previous outstanding retailer winners, manufacturers, distributors and journalists — evaluated the entries and selected winners.

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