Sugar specialities

The following article presents the past experiences, present realities and future hopes of a Canadian speciality sugar distributor. It examines the special case of speciality sugars sugars which may not quite fit the commodity mindset but which offer food for the imagination, feasts for the eyes and of course joy to the tastebuds! This opinion piece shows how times change, and how opportunities open up for small businesses in industries dominated by larger players, consideration is given to the role that e-commerce will play in future and the value of demand from smaller consumers for quality speciality products.