Association News

NAFEM membership in SBLC advances voice of small business

More than 28 million small businesses make up 99.7% of all U.S. firms, according to the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council. To […]


04.30.2020

C-19 Impact by Foodservice Segment Forecasting Tool!

NAFEM’s collaboration with research company Datassential has afforded all members access to a new tool developed to help the industry […]


04.25.2020

Online product training sessions considered for CFSP credit

NAFEM’s CFSP program will now consider your online training (manufacturer) be applied as a credit toward earning or maintaining the […]


04.09.2020

NAFEM launches Social Purpose platform

To help the one in nine people[i] who may not know where their next meal is coming from, the North American […]


02.19.2020

Here’s what you should know about Generation Z

During the last few years, many companies have focused on how to train, recruit and retain millennials. However, a new […]


11.07.2019

The evolution of plant-forward

By Chef Adam Busbychef@nafem.org  Some time ago, at the CIA’s annual Menus of Change conference, we began tinkering with the […]


07.16.2019

NAFEM presents 2019 Carpenter’s Award

NAFEM congratulates Lawrence P. Moon, CFSP, chairman & CEO, The Sandstone Group and Lakeside Manufacturing, Inc., West Milwaukee, Wis., recipient […]


02.08.2019

Business Dictionary: in·no·va·tion

By Chef Adam Busbychef@nafem.org  “The process of translating an idea or invention into a good or service that creates value […]


12.18.2018

President’s message — winter 2018

2018 a year of unanticipated business volatility Every year brings with it new events and issues for each of us […]


12.18.2018

Executive vice president’s report — summer 2018

We Keep Asking! We’ve inundated you in the past few weeks with a few surveys, and while I’m sure you’d […]


07.24.2018

NAFEM Data Protocol Frequently Asked Questions

What is the NAFEM Data Protocol (NDP)?The NAFEM Data Protocol (NDP) is a set of rules that describes how commercial […]


05.21.2018