Food and Drink Expo 2010

Food & Drink Expo 2010 to offer foodservice buyers the ultimate business experience More than 600 individual suppliers will be exhibiting at this year's Food & Drink Expo, confirming the show as the UK's number one exhibition for the foodservice sector. Companies from all over the UK and from more than 25 other countries will be offering thousands of products and services across a range of food and beverage categories at the event, which runs from 21 to 24 March 2010 at the NEC in Birmingham. Buyers from the hospitality industry will be able to take advantage of Food & Drink Expo's exclusive Foodservice Area, where suppliers dedicated to the foodservice market will be displaying hundreds of sector-specific products. If that was not enough top chefs will be sharing their knowledge so you can shake up your menu's, at the Chefs Live demonstration theatre. Elsewhere, visitors from the foodservice sector will be able to browse thousands of speciality food and drink products in regional pavilions in the Regional & Speciality Area, with exhibitors including Heart of England Fine Foods, Taste of the West, Tastes of Anglia, Deliciouslyorkshire, Food Northwest and North East England Food & Drink Group. All visitors to the show will receive a discount booklet enabling them to take advantage of exhibitors' special offers at the show, which could save over £30,000in exclusive offers. "Food & Drink Expo enables foodservice buyers to meet and negotiate with hundreds of suppliers all in one place," said Jack Halliday, group sales manager for Food & Drink Expo. "Visitors will be able to do a year's product sourcing all in one day at the UK's most vibrant food and drink trade show, while at the same time picking up new ideas from experts to help them move their own businesses forward." A showcase for the very latest developments in food and drink products, Food & Drink Expo will run simultaneously with seven other shows: Foodex, Baking Industry Exhibition, Convenience Retailing Show, International Forecourt & Fuel Equipment Show, Café+, Off Licence Show and Food & Drink Logistics Show. "By holding such a large range of key exhibitions at the same time and in the same place we are able to offer visitors from the foodservice sector a unique overview of the entire food and drink supply chain. Food & Drink Expo really is the only event for the whole of the food and drink industry. Make sure you don't miss out." For information about exhibiting at Food & Drink Expo 2010, contact Jack Halliday, group sales manager. Email: jack.halliday@william-reed.co.uk. Tel: 01293 610352. To register as a visitor, or for general information about the show, click on www.foodanddrinkexpo.co.uk. -ENDS-

Note to Editors For more information regarding Food & Drink Expo 2010 please contact James Barker, senior marketing executive. Email: james.barker@william-reed.co.uk. Tel: 01293 610244.