For more than 30 years, World Food Moscow has maintained status of the main autumn business platform providing food market leaders with space for real-life communication.
In 2021, World Food Moscow was attended by 16,430 wholesalers and retailers, food service providers, HoReCa specialists, as well as food manufacturers from 82 Russian regions and 75 countries. Among WorldFood Moscow visitors are executives, deputy executives, managers and specialists of such companies as Azbuka Vkusa, Auchan, Billa, VkusVill, Globus, Delikateska.ru, Dixy, Komandor, Krasnoe i Beloe, Lenta, Magnit, Magnolia, Miratorg, O’KEY, Perekrestok, Pyaterochka, Utkonos, Food City, Shokoladnitsa, Yandex Shop, Metro Cash&Carry, Ozon, Spar, X5 Retail Group, and many others.
The Perpignan event combines the congenial atmosphere and high quality commercial exchanges.
Medfel, the professional trade fair, business convention and symposium dedicated to the Mediterranean fruit and vegetable industry returns to the beautiful city of Perpignan in the south of France from 13th to 15th May 2014. As always the fair shines the spotlight on a certain product and this year is to be no different. The focus is on melons and water melons and green is its signature colour. It is sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture and its purpose is to aid business relations between the different participants in the fruit and vegetable sector of Mediterranean Europe from production to marketing by way of the fresh produce logistics sector. Medfel is the only fruit and vegetable trade fair in the Mediterranean area, and now promotes the sector’s products and expertise to 5,000 professionals from all over the world. It plays host to 250 fruit and vegetable professionals from countries in the Mediterranean basin, working in areas ranging from production, wholesale and retail to import-export and shipment. It is also the perfect place for exhibitors to meet high calibre buyers as international VIP buyers invited to the fair can use their personal access to the event’s website and organise meetings with exhibitors who can then hold pre-scheduled private interviews at their stands. There are 150 VIP international buyers who represent the 35 most important markets in terms of fruit and vegetable imports and these buyers are selected according to their needs and to their motivation to participate in business meetings organised with the exhibitor. In 2013 nearly 4000 business-to-business meetings were organised and benefitted both exhibitors and visitors due to the time saved and the high calibre contacts made.
A TV podium to broadcast key issues
In addition to this, this year the symposium is to be organised in an innovative format in the form of “Podium TV”, which will be broadcast live at the fair and will include debates on key topics such as production, trade, solutions, transport and logistics with input from a number of well-known personalities as well as the much awaited announcement of the summer fruit harvest forecast. Subjects being discussed include increased food and water security in an area which not only suffers water shortages but is also undergoing significant socio-political upheaval; campaigns for placing fruit and vegetables at the heart of agricultural and public health policy and, of course, talks on melon production by important players in the field.
Visitors this year include professionals from as far afield as Singapore and Japan as well as the rest of Asia, the Middle East and obviously the Mediterranean. This event now in its 6th year is going from strength to strength as seen from the feedback received from former editions. The success of the prescheduled meetings was highlighted as not only did it make it possible to meet with traders from countries who don’t usually take part in this type of event but also because both visitors and exhibitors were able to make better use of the discussion time than at other fairs. Other areas were also praised. Visitors felt that the presence of transport and logistics companies added to the experience by complementing the main thrust of the event. Above all the organisation was congratulated on the planning of the VIP programme which led to commercial exchanges of extremely high quality.
The people organizing the next Fruit Attraction took the opportunity to remind the participants that we are getting closer to the event in October 2014 and that users may consider making use of the incredible range of services they offer. According to the director, Raúl Calleja, “The world is connected through personal relations,” and Fruit Attraction’s main aim is to bring together all the core features that make up the fruit and vegetable market. His lecture began by giving clues about the top things that any product must achieve to attract customers’ attention permanently. It must cover some needs; it must be able to be personalized, reliable, original, and be able to create new experiences. This list, which should be observed in any financial activity, is described point by point within this international fair. The event has become the main focus for business affairs in the fruit and vegetable industry and Raúl Calleja advises future participants to defend their interests and to establish new business relations using the facilities provided. With a wide range of activities, the event takes place in four adjoining halls at the main fair venue in Madrid: IFEMA.
Expoalimentaria is the main food fair in Latin America, and in 2014 it will be held from 27 to 29 August at the Jockey Exhibition Centre in the city of Lima, Peru. The fair will show the exportable supply from more than 650 national and international exhibitors from over 20 nations present. Every year, the Lima fair is visited by more than 35,000 domestic buyers and over 2,500 buyers from five continents. In 2013, it generated $660 million in business in the food industry, accounting for categories such as consumables, processed foodstuffs, beverages and liquors, machinery, equipment, packaging, services, training, transportation, logistics operators, insurance and financial services, and certifications. It is becoming established as a unique business platform for producers from different regions of Peru and the world. «In 2014, on an area of over 23,000 m2, we will see International Pavilions including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, France, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Mexico and Turkey. The new International Pavilions are India, Spain and France, and we are rounding off our negotiations with China. The fair this year will revolve around the theme of green and inclusive business,» explains Zaide Arauco.
