Food Industry News Mechanical Specifications
KEY CONTACTS:
Advertising Contact, Cary Miller, Vice President
cary@foodindustrynews.com
M: 847-602-9620
Production Contact: Alan Fethiere, Associate Publisher
alan@foodindustrynews.com
O: 847-699-3300
Editorial Contact: Terry Minnich
terry@foodindustrynews.com
O: 847-699-3300
Administration/Billing: Valerie Miller, Publisher
val@foodindustrynews.com
O: 847-699-3300
Mailing Address: 1440 Renaissance Drive Suite 210, Park Ridge, IL 60068 USA 847-699-3300. FAX: 847-699-3307
ADVERTISING DEADLINES: (Food Industry News arrives to our reader’s mailbox just prior to the 1st of the month)
- Display ad space deadline is 45 Days Prior to Publication: (3/15 for the 5/1 edition).
- Free Standing Insert Deadline is 45 Days Prior to Publication: (3/15 for the 5/1 edition).
DISPLAY AD SPECS FOR FOOD INDUSTRY NEWS’ MONTHLY MAGAZINE:
- 300 DPI, CMYK PDF Files are preferred.
- Please label the ad with the advertisers’ name and run date: “Kens_5_2023”
Materials Deadlines: (Our Magazines arrive in our reader’s mailbox just prior to the 1st of the month)
- Display ads are due 30 days prior to our cover date. (4/1/22 for the 5/1 issue)
- Editorial Contributions are due at least 30 days prior to our publish date.
- Furnished pre-printed free-standing inserts glued into Food Industry News are due to our printer located in Central Illinois four weeks prior to our publish date.
FURNISHED INSERT SPECS FOR INSERTS PLACED INTO THE FOOD INDUSTRY NEWS’ MONTHLY MAGAZINE:
- Paper should be a standard 80# text weight paper.
- Insert may not be folded and should be flat, 8.5”x11”
- You may print and on both sides of the insert.
- Inserts should not include a paid-postage business reply indicia.
- If an alternate paper stock is desired a paper sample is required at least 6 weeks prior to insertion.
- Inserts are due to our printer located in Central Illinois four weeks prior to our publish date.
- Please call our office for the shipping address/labeling requirements.
EBLAST SPECS:
- For content going into our eblasts, we can accept plain text, Word or PDF files.
- For graphic images, we can accept .jpg or .png files. Images should be at least 660px wide.
- Content: You control the content. Highlight new, helpful or money-saving information.
- When submitting file please include: Content, images, URL to link the message to and the subject line information.
- Send Dates: You may pick the send date. Only one email per day is sent, so it’s always best to reserve the dates asap.
- When is the e-blast due? Please allow at least two business days for us to generate a proof for your approval.
- How many people will be sent to? Our e-list is about 19,000 containing local and national operator and supplier contacts.
FOODINDUSTRYNEWS.COM BANNER AD SPECS:
- We have three sizes of ads that appear on our homepage ad carousel, 232x80, 232x120 and 232x160.
- We can accept Jpeg or Gif images that are static or animated.
- When sending please include the URL of the page you want the banner to link with.
- Please allow two business days for the banner ad to be posted and live on our site.
- Please email the banner image and information to: cary@foodinustrynews.com
EDITORIAL SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS FOR FOOD INDUSTRY NEWS’ MONTHLY MAGAZINE:
- Our display advertisers receive editorial placement priority.
- Submissions should be approximately 200 words in length.
- To comply with Postal requirements, articles may not contain contact information or web addresses.
- The article must be newsworthy, interesting and beneficial to our readers and may not read like an ad.
- Supplied articles should be written in the 3rd person so it appears as if we created the article.