NEW YORK — After the success of the Specialty Food Association (SFA)’s Winter Fancy Food Show, (included) CPG, a collective of BIPOC founders and executives in CPG, will return to the Summer Fancy Food Show in June 2024.

The show will be held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City from June 23-25 and will feature educational programming events, networking opportunities and thousands of new specialty food products from around the world.

“Working with (included) has helped the Specialty Food Association elevate product and supplier diversity at the Fancy Food Shows, which creates opportunities for fruitful connections between exhibitors in the (included) cohort and the buyers and distributors who come to our shows looking for incredible products and inspiring stories,” said Bill Lynch, president of SFA. “Specialty food is, by definition, a celebration of diversity, and we are grateful to (included) for their work to elevate BIPOC makers whose food and beverage products help make our shows so dynamic and successful.”

Of the exhibitors from (included), Sweet Fields LLC is the only baking company represented.

“The allyship of industry leaders like Bill Lynch and the Specialty Food Association is essential to advancing our impact as an organization,” said Victoria Ho, a member of the (included) leadership team. “Closing the opportunity gap for founders of color is central to our mission to shift the retail landscape towards more equitable representation of our nation’s diverse cultural fabric. Each innovative brand selected for the (included) Fancy Food Show Cohort receives a game-changing sponsorship and direct access to decision-makers and media, but our partnership with the SFA amplifies BIPOC voices across the CPG ecosystem.”

The Summer Fancy Food Show is specialty food’s premier product discovery event, open only to qualified members of the specialty food trade, industry affiliates and journalists.