RegionalBest.com(TM) Launches

New Ecommerce Site Offers Local Foods

PHILADELPHIA, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- RegionalBest.com(TM), a new
ecommerce shopping concept featuring local foods from across the country,
launches today nationwide.
Developed by two entrepreneurial businesswomen who have a passion for
great food, and who care about what their families eat, RegionalBest.com
offers foods that span 16 categories. Included are foods such as artisan
cheese and salami from Utah, crab cakes from Maryland, wild American shrimp
from North Carolina, wild blueberry jam from Maine, grass-fed lamb from Idaho,
grass-fed beef from Montana, and a bounty of holiday gift-giving ideas from
coast to coast. There are dozens of foods, all raised, caught or produced by
local artisans, farmers, fishermen, ranchers, beekeepers, and other small
specialty food companies.
"We searched, tasted, and interviewed consumers, food professionals and
potential merchants to find the right foods and artisans for our site,"
explains Marsha Cade, RegionalBest.com co-founder, based in suburban
Philadelphia. "Superb quality and great taste were our top criteria, plus we
support sustainable and eco-friendly farming and food production practices."
The site offers new foods and old favorites, some all-natural, some
organic. Many of the website's merchants started by selling their foods at
local farmer's markets, and are now ready to reach a broader audience.
RegionalBest.com provides the resources and means for their expansion.
RegionalBest.com also tells the merchant's "story" -- how they got
started, the special care they put into growing or making their products, the
awards they've won, and other interesting tidbits about them and their
products.
Here are examples of what you'll find:
-- Utah's Beehive Cheese Company's Tim Welsh and Pat Ford left the fast-
paced world of software and real estate to seek a simpler way of life as
artisan cheesemakers. Their award-winning, and labor-intensive, Barely Buzzed
cheese is hand-rubbed with a blend of lavender and espresso coffee.
-- Lava Lake Lamb is raised with care by experienced shepherds. Located
just southeast of Sun Valley, Idaho, the Lava Lake Ranch is dedicated to the
proposition that what we eat matters. The ranch produces all-natural, grass-
fed lamb that is raised sustainably, humanely, and without antibiotics or
growth hormones, and is never placed in feedlots.
-- Gregg Charbonneau and Barth Anderson of Massachusetts' Barrington
Coffee Roasting Company are coffee fanatics. They believe that directly
supporting quality-driven producers is the ideal manner in which to promote
sound, responsible growing practices, economic sustainability -- and
ultimately, the best coffee.
"Our merchants are the heart of RegionalBest.com," explains Caragh Whalen,
Cade's co-founding partner, who is based in suburban Boston. "Their commitment
and dedication is amazing, and their stories are unique and compelling. We
will continue to offer new products, stories, and blog postings to captivate
our visitors. In fact, we're already creating a great community among our
providers -- merchants are recommending other merchants to join the site,
which is very exciting!" For more information log onto
http://www.regionalbest.com

Contact:

Caragh Whalen, 617-240-1044, caragh@regionalbest.com
Marsha Cade, 610-660-9960, marsha@regionalbest.com

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SOURCE RegionalBest.com

Caragh Whalen, +1-617-240-1044, caragh@regionalbest.com, or Marsha Cade,
+1-610-660-9960, marsha@regionalbest.com, both of RegionalBest.com