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Ecommerce sales also boomed as more people
began doing their shopping online. "
But the company didn't forget about the
restaurants that had been essential to their business
up to that point.
" It was important to us to use this platform
to show support for the restaurants that have
partnered with us for so many years, " Servouse
said. " We donated 3% of all online sales to
Restaurants Care, an organization helping
restaurant workers impacted by COVID-19. "
They weren't the only ones to embrace retail
and e-commerce as a way to continue to operate
during such an unprecedented time. Savencia
launched cheeselovershop.com which is a direct-toconsumer
e-commerce platform of their cheeses.
" We wanted our consumers to know that while
the pandemic was going, they could still indulge on
their favorite cheeses while ordering them safely, "
Lehembre said. " Our ecommerce platform is here
to stay and we can only hope to see more and more
online demand. "
Bothwell Cheese Inc., Bothwell, Ontario,
Canada, also experienced a strong growth among
the retail sector during the pandemic, especially
with their specialty and flavored cheeses. Bothwell
operates under three brands: Bothwell Cheese,
Paradise Island Cheese and Sunny Dog cheese,
with production facilities in Manitoba and British
Columbia.
" Some of our best-sellers and award-winning
cheeses ... continue to pique interest among our
consumers, " said Milena Zekic, marketing manager at
Bothwell Cheese. " Our production facilities worked
full time during the pandemic, as we were trying to
keep up with an increased demand for our cheeses. "
Laura Chenel renovated their existing goat
cheese log line and launched new 4oz logs.
DAIRY WINS BIG
AT SOFI AWARDS
For more than 47 years, the Specialty Food Association
has presented sofi Awards to recognize innovation and
remarkable taste, and to highlight the flavors and the
creativity found across the food industry.
Today's sofi Awards represent culinary creativity from
across America and around the globe. Thousands of
products are reviewed annually at the Specialty Food
Association headquarters in New York City by a national
panel of culinary experts. Every year, sofi products are
celebrated and showcased at the Summer Fancy Food
Show in New York and the Winter Fancy Food Show in
San Francisco.
The 2021 winners included a number of artisan and
emerging dairy processors with products ranging from
goat gouda to brie infused with truffles.
CHEESE - COW MILK
* Gold - Cowgirl Creamery Organic Clabbered
Cottage Cheese
* Silver - Bellwether Farms Whole Milk Basket Ricotta
* New product - Dorothy's Diggin' Truffles Brie
CHEESE - NON-COW MILK, MIXED MILK
* Gold - Artikaas Youngsters Goat Gouda
* Silver - Soignon Whipped Goat Cheese - Plain
* New product - Cypress Grove - Fog Lights
FROZEN DESSERTS
* Gold - Tillamook Chocolate Mudslide Ice Cream
Sandwiches
* Silver - High Road Strawberry and Espelette Swirl
Ice Cream
* New product - Drops of Dough Chocolate Chip
Cookies with Vanilla Ice Cream
OTHER DAIRY
* Gold - Vermont Creamery Sea Salt Cultured Butter
* Silver - Bellwether Farms Creme Fraiche
* New products - Butter Craft Provisions -Black
Truffle Butter
PLANT BASED - OTHER DAIRY
* Gold - Dips N Love Plant Based Spicy Korean
Pepper
* Silver - Alden's Organic Dairy Free Double
Strawberry
* New Product - Jeni's Caramel Pecan Sticky Buns
YOGURT & KEFIR
* Gold - St. Benoit Creamery Organic French Vanilla
Yogurt
* Silver - St. Benoit Creamery Organic Plain Yogurt
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Photo by Laura Chenel
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