Following a career in marketing, sales and business development for foodservice-based promotional agencies and brands — including McCormick and French’s — Julie Swift began working as a consultant a year and a half ago, providing services such as broker training…
More than 20 years ago, glancing around the room at an American Society of Baking conference, Lee Sanders, who’d been handling technical, legislative and regulatory affairs for the American Bakers Association, and several of the other attendees noticed only a…
Starting out in the food industry as a retail merchandiser of frozen foods and perishables for a chain of variety stores across the country, Morgan Davenport knows a thing or two about starting from the bottom and working your way…
Lexi Stephens is on a mission to make wine less intimidating and more inclusive for all. While her passion for wine started in college, she has brought it to a new level by becoming a sommelier and starting her own…
Chef Felicia “Phe” Lacalle believes that staying firm to your principles is the best way to be successful in the food industry. As the Executive Chef and Owner of Kuba Cocina, a modern Cuban cuisine restaurant in St. Petersburg, FL,…
Bookstore. Wine bar. Coffee shop. Literary community. Terra Dunham’s hybrid “bookstore with wine” and “wine shop with books,” Book + Bottle, is much greater than the sum of its various parts. An independent, woman-owned, values-driven, sustainably run, local-first business located…
Athar and Atheer Naif are sisters and co-owners of Harvest Bowl, an eatery and market based in Tampa, FL, that combines customizable bowls featuring Middle Eastern flair with a retail section of gourmet goods. We spoke with the sisters about…
Women are growing in the franchising business. Over the last decade, there’s been a 38% increase in women-owned franchises, according to Franchise Business Review’s 2021 Women in Franchising report. And, of all new franchises opened in the past 24 months,…
Sara Fludd has come a long way. From starting Pop Goes the Waffle as a pop-up tent in 2017 to expanding to a food truck in 2019, Fludd recently launched a brick-and-mortar business in March 2022. Fludd’s authentic liège waffle…
Hannah Howard and Manal Kahi hadn’t spoken since 2019 when they met as a part of Hannah’s latest book, “Plenty.” A memoir, the book weaves together stories about industrious, resilient women in the food industry with Hannah’s own personal journey…
