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V O L U M E 1 9 , N U M B E R 1 0 News ..............................................5 Ad Index .......................................26 www.kitchenwarenews.com VOLUME 21, NUMBER 8 AUGUST 2015 n $7.00 BY LORRIE BAUMANN Coached by a generation of chefs with television shows, consumers have learned to ask for fresh, local and organic products. Grocers are now teaching them to look for those at the grocery store as well as the farmers market, and housewares manufacturers and retailers are offering new products to help consumers make good use of their f resh produce once they get it back to their home kitchens. "I think people are buying local now more than ever," said Pat Brown, CEO of the Natural Food Group, which includes Mrs. BY AMBER GALLEGOS This summer in Austin, Texas, 300 kids will descend upon Faraday's Kitchen Store for the Summer Kids Camp that takes place over the course of 10 weeks. Meanwhile, business will continue as usual at the retail kitchenware store. Cooking classes for adults will be held at night and on weekends, in-store demonstrations will take place, and customers can shop cookware, cutlery, gadgets and bakeware offered in the good, better, best type of product assortment that the store carries. Faraday's Kitchen Store Keeps Austin Whisked Continued on PAGE 6 Continued on PAGE 8 Continued on PAGE 10 Continued on PAGE 8 It's a far cry from the corporate world that owners Tony Curtis- Wellings and his wife Melissa decided to leave 10 years ago, but exactly the sort of independent venture they were looking for. When the Curtis-Wellings' left Boca Raton, Florida for Austin, they didn't know exactly what they would end up doing, they just knew that they didn't want to work for other people any longer. It was 2005 and Tony found himself in a parking lot staring at a Starbucks on Valentine's Day when inspiration struck. Next door to the coffee shop was a Williams-Sonoma with more customers entering at the moment than the Starbucks. Unfamiliar with the store, he walked in to discover that it was a gourmet cookware shop and inquired about f ranchising. He learned that they did not offer a f ranchise option, nor did its BY AMBER GALLEGOS Sweet Creations by Good Cook is the newest brand f rom Bradshaw International looking to make a name for itself among the DIY crowd inspired by Pinterest. The brand focuses on the concept of edible gifting by offering customers the tools they need to take a stab at a trendy baking project and then see it through from start to finish with useful tools, Edible Gifting with Sweet Creations by Good Cook Las Vegas Market 10th Anniversary Brings Gourmet Housewares Launch and More Housewares Manufacturers Respond With Fresh Products to Complement Fresh Produce specialty bakeware, and creative gift packaging. First introduced in 2012 for the holiday season, Sweet Creations has since expanded to include an everyday collection along with seasonal collections for spring, summer, Halloween and Valentine's Day. Where Good Cook has been a grocery and mass accounts staple, Sweet Creations seeks to appeal to independent specialty retailers through its assortment of unique baking tools and gadgets that are competitively priced for the average busy mom who doesn't want to invest too much in baking gear, but still wants great results. "Our customer is somebody who enjoys doing do-it-yourself projects, she probably spends time on Pinterest, likes to find different images that her friends are posting on Instagram and Facebook," says Keri Anderson, Sweet Creations Senior Product Manager. "She Green's Natural Market, Planet Organic Market and Richtree Natural Market restaurants in New York, the Mid-Atlantic, Chicago and Canada. Consumers are asking more questions now about where their food comes f rom, Brown said. "It forces the hand of the retailer to go out and get that product … Organic sales are growing at a high rate as well, but the consumer is interested in buying food in their neighborhood f rom people who grow it in their neighborhood." According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, total local food sales last year amounted to $6.1 billion, of which only $1.31 billion in sales occurred directly f rom farmers to consumers through farmers markets, u-pick farms and farm stands. Sales f rom farms that passed through the hands of intermediates – restaurants, distributors and retailers – grew from $2.7 billion in 2008 to $3.35 billion in 2012. Kitchenware manufacturers displaying their products at the International Home + Housewares Show this year demonstrated that they 're also BY AMBER GALLEGOS The Summer 2015 Las Vegas Market will celebrate its 10th anniversary this August with the unveiling of a new, permanent home for gourmet housewares. The summer market will conclude its third and final phase of strategic growth that began in 2012 with the culmination of the launch of C11, a new showroom floor for gourmet housewares, tabletop, gift and specialty food. "This introduction is part of a phased plan that was announced in July 2012 to formally launch a comprehensive gift and home market in Las Vegas," says Dorothy Belshaw, President of Gift & Home Décor, International Market Centers. "That plan extended over a three year period, culminating with Summer 2015 market. It included a number of elements, one of which was to consolidate and re- merchandise existing resources, expand existing categories and add new categories – such as gourmet housewares, specialty tabletop and better home decor – within the overall gift and home umbrella." Since the plan began, building C has evolved to feature 10 full floors of gift and home product at relatively high levels of occupancy, says Belshaw. After successfully adding other gift categories, kitchenwares and housewares was the last of the vertical categories to be launched within the gift spectrum. The new permanent home for gourmet housewares consists of BAKEWARE n Holiday Baking 11 SMALL ELECTRICS n Countertop Cookers 18 BUYERS GUIDE n Knives 20 GOURMET GOODIES n Salts, Spice Blends & Rubs 22 THE KNIFE RACK n Unique Knife Blocks 24 GADGET OF THE MONTH n Six Baking Gadgets to Try Now 26 H o u s e w a r e s R e v i e w KITCHENWARE NEWS S E R V I N G K I T C H E N W A R E , H O M E D E C O R A N D G I F T W A R E M A R K E T S

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