Phil Kafarakis is a 35-year veteran of Big Food and is now in an entirely different world as president of the Specialty Food Association. But in his new role, he has learned a lot about why smaller food companies have achieved so much success in the last number of years.
FE talked to Kafarakis about the usefulness of incubators and accelerators and why big food manufacturers are so interested in acquiring or learning from the smaller, more nimble specialty companies.