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News Release from: William Reed Business Media | Subject: April shows
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 January 2008
Food and drink shows at the NEC in April
Food and Drink Expo, Foodex Meatex, Baking Industry Exhibition, Convenience Retailing Show and the International Forecourt and Fuel Equipment Show will open at the NEC from 6-9 April 2008
Collectively know as Food and Drink World 2008, the shows will provide a festival atmosphere featuring every aspect of food and drink manufacture across 8 interconnecting halls at the Birmingham NEC April 6 - 9, where single-ticket access to all the shows will provide an ultra-convenient visiting experience Foodex Meatex Halls 17, 18, 19; Baking Industry Exhibition (BIE) Hall 9; Food and Drink Expo (FDE) Halls 6 and 20; Convenience Retailing Show (CRS) Halls 7 and 8; International Fuel and Forecourt Exhibition (IFFE) Halls 7 and 8
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 15 Jan 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Andrew Reed, managing director - Events and Exhibitions, William Reed Business Media said, "While all the shows can still be treated as stand alone events for exhibitors and visitors there are many additional opportunities for visitors through the co-location of the five shows.
In a time of rapid consolidation in food and drink markets people's time is very valuable, so by giving hard-pressed visitors the opportunity to visit a number of shows under one roof at one time we will be providing a time and cost-efficient business event in which no area of the supply chain is left uncovered.
This is why we have seen an upward spiral in visitor numbers to our events while there has been a downward trend in visitor numbers to many other shows".
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In summary Andrew Reed added: "William Reed Business Media is providing a one-stop shop where visitors can discover the newest and most innovative food and drink products available on the world market".
The shows are linked by a series of special features, seminars and events that bring together some of the major business influences throughout the supply chain and cover every aspect of food and drink markets from brand owners and retailers to suppliers of all types of processing, packaging, services and equipment.
The shows provide the ability to rub shoulders with UK's premier food industry professionals alongside specialist and dedicated displays covering all aspects of food and drink, including retail, catering, fresh produce, bakery, organics, speciality produce, ingredients and the systems and machinery and equipment that ensure products reach the consumer safely and efficiently.
* FOOD AND DRINK EXPO.
This is the most exciting UK exhibition for sourcing the latest and most innovative food and drink products and services from around the world.
Food and Drink Expo is dedicated to all aspects of food and drink, including retail, catering, fresh produce, organics, speciality produce, and ingredients.
Exhibitors include a diverse range of more than 600 international food and drink suppliers, as well as more than 10 international pavilions.
These include first time pavilions from Poland and Greece, as well as pavilions from Canada, Germany, Austria, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and the USA, and international exhibitors from Australia, Turkey, Czech Republic and New Zealand, Visitors: The show attracts visitors with sourcing responsibility for every conceivable area of the food and drink market - bakery, baby food, canned goods, beers, wines, spirits, ethnic foods, dried foods, snacks, frozen and chilled foods, ready meals, and soft drinks.
Visitors include senior management and food and drink buyers from the smallest convenience stores to the largest supermarket chains and from bistros to hotel chains on to manufacturers and wholesalers.
* FOODEX MEATEX.
The show has been running for more than 22 years and was acquired by William Reed Publishing in the spring of 2005.
Exhibitors: More than 300 exhibiting companies represent all aspects of food production, food processing, packaging, food safety and hygiene, ingredients, consumables, refrigeration, IT, logistics, traceability, advisory services, research and academic institutions.
Visitors include senior management serving all sectors of the food processing, packaging and retailing industries - meat and poultry, fish, fresh produce, bakery, dairy, ready meals, organics, confectionery, cereals, food service, catering multiple and independent retailers.
NEW FOR 2008: BAKING INDUSTRY EXHIBITION.
This exciting new event will provide visitors and exhibitors with an informative and useful industry hub for the exchange of ideas, information and trade.
Launched in response to visitor and exhibitor demands with the support of Bakery Exhibitors (BEL) the board of Food and Bake exhibition it provides single industry exhibition to provide a unifying platform for bakers, suppliers and their associations.
Massive investment has been ploughed into BIE including many new visitor and exhibitor benefits such as a demonstration theatre, artisan master classes and competitions, a fully functional bakery, and industry trend update analysis.
Visitors will include craft bakers, confectioners and cake manufacturers, retailers, supermarkets and multiple retailers, biscuit manufacturers, pie and savoury manufacturers, bake-off outlets, sandwich bars, coffee shops, convenience stores and forecourts, and wholesalers.
* CONVENIENCE RETAILING SHOW.
This is the largest gathering of retailers and suppliers in the convenience store sector, and the only exhibition to reach buyers from across the UK convenience market.
It provides exhibitors with direct access to convenience retailers, buyers and industry decision-makers.
More than 200 exhibitors including Coca-Cola, Allied Bakeries, Birds Eye, GlaxoSmithKline, Imperial Tobacco, Kenco Coffee Company, Kettle Foods, Kraft Foods, Procter and Gamble, Unilever, and Warburton.
Visitors include independents, multiple retailers: CTNs (confectionery, tobacco and newsagents), symbol groups, off-licences, wholesalers, cash and carry and forecourt retailers; will be sourcing new products, services, ideas and suppliers.
REGISTER ONLINE at any of the five shows and your entry badge will also allow you free entry to all the other shows.
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