Is Your Business Prepared if UPS Goes on Strike?
The LI Food Council has a new member ready to help with last-mile delivery in case of a UPS strike. Trellus is a Same-Day, on-demand Local Delivery Service and [...]
Driving Growth Through Digital Marketing
Are you struggling with your marketing efforts to attract your ideal customer? Attempting to be everything to everyone, unfortunately, leads to being nothing to no one. This hands-on workshop, [...]
World Trade Week – 2021
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TONY UPHOFF President and CEO of Thomas, the parent company of Thomasnet.com INTRODUCTORY MESSAGE: GINA M. RAIMONDO U.S. Secretary of Commerce CO-CHAIRS: ANDREA RATAY Vice President, CICP, Global [...]
Upcoming Global NY Supported Events
Considerations for Leveraging the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement “USMCA” May 11 and 18, 2021, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Virtual platform via Microsoft TEAMS Registration: Email Tammi Parsons, SBA at tammi.bennett@sba.gov [...]
World Trade Week 2020
World Trade Week 2020 World Trade Week 2020 will be held on May 12, 2020. The theme of this year’s event will be Food and Beverage. Steve Hindy, Brooklyn [...]
Global NY Trade Mission to South Africa
Empire State Development’s Global NY division is coordinating a trade mission to South Africa on June 1- 6, 2020. This is a great opportunity for Long Island businesses looking to [...]
USDA Accepting Applications for Trade Mission to North Africa
Contact: press@fas.usda.gov or (202) 720-7115 USDA Accepting Applications for Trade Mission to North Africa WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is recruiting interested U.S. exporters for [...]
FREE WEBINAR – Best Practices for Branding and Marketing Your Restaurant
Please join marketing expert, chef, and restaurant ownerMarcus Guilianoandfood, beverage & hospitality attorneyJeanne Hamburg, for a not-to-be-missed webinar providing tips on how to set your restaurant apart and bring [...]
Social Media Educational Series Post Event
A Successful Food and Beverage Networking Event On March 8, 2019, the vibrant conference room at the Hotel Indigo East End was jam-packed with members of the Long Island [...]
Post MTRC/LIFC Consultant’s Meeting
On Feb. 27, 2019, the Long Island Food Council in partnership with Manufacturing and Technology Resource Consortium (MTRC) held an educational meeting for the LIFC members who are acting [...]
Food companies use Women Owned label to showcase female leadership
The certification and label is an initiative run by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council and WEConnect International to create support for women-owned businesses. Read the full article here [...]
5 Things I Learned from Moving to Germany for a Year
Benjamin Conard was a US Ambassador for the 33rd Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange 2016-’17. The Department of State awarded Ben ‘Fellow of the Month’ in April 2017 for his commitment to Entrepreneurship in [...]
Long Island Food Council on Social Media in 2018
As the Long Island Food Council moves toward an exciting 2018, we invite you to participate in all of our social channels. We have created an online message board where you can [...]
Coming Soon: Long Island Food Council Marketplace!
The Long Island Food Council is looking to bring even more value to it’s members in 2018. We are happy to announce in the coming weeks, an in-depth marketplace for [...]
Social Media Seminar for Food Beverage Products & Restaurants
LOCATION: Stony Brook University Incubator at Calverton 4603 Middle Country Road Calverton, NY 11933 Need help with Social Media for your restaurant or food or beverage product? Please join [...]
Long Island Food Council unveils new logo by Wink Design Group
The synergies continue within the Long Island Food Council! If you have been following us on Social Media, you may have noticed our new logo on Facebook or even Linkedin. [...]
Social Media Marketing Trends for Restaurants
The partnership between the Long Island Food Council & Long Island Business News continues to grow. First, the news organization sat down with LIFC President Michael Tucker to share an [...]
July Long Island Food Council Meeting Recap
This month we held our largest Long Island Food Council meeting! Our very own Chris Scala of Driven Local hosted 40 guests at their new headquarters in Islandia. Chris went [...]
Member Spotlight: Wink Design Group
The Long Island Food Council contains a vast array of members. From food/beverage startups to restaurateurs and of course to professionals that have their hand in the food and beverage [...]
Long Island Food Council reaches 500 Followers on Instagram
We are proud to have reached this milestone rather quickly. Our instagram account is responsible for reaching out to new food or beverage entrepreneurs to present at our meetings. Please [...]
Driven Local now offering Waze Ads for Restaurants
Our member, Driven Local, is now offering Waze Ads as part of their digital product portfolio. What are Waze ads? Ads on Waze are integrated into the navigation map. Similar [...]
Mazars USA 2017 U.S. Food & Beverage Survey
Looking to share your views as a Food & Beverage Industry leader? Take our survey to help define industry trends, challenges, opportunities and more. Click Here to begin! To stay [...]
Social Media 101: Marketing Your Food Product / Restaurant in 2017
As the Food Council’s resident digital marketing expert, I get asked a lot on how businesses should be using social media and which platforms they should be on. With restaurants, [...]