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HNCCi

 

Hellenic Netherlands Chamber
of Commerce & Industries 

The only real trade fair for the Dutch food retail sector will be taking place again in 2009 at the Jaarbeurs

Utrecht. The sector is continuously changing and developing. Consumer demands change, and with them the

selection on shop shelves. That’s why Food Week also makes sure that it stays ahead of the game. In 2009 we

are happy to introduce you to a variety of new segments on the fair floor. These segments also determine

the layout of the fair floor so that the visitor has a clear overview of the selection. One of these segments is

Food Week International, the place where international suppliers of food products meet members of the

Dutch food retail sector.

FOOD WEEK International

Food Week 2009 is being given an international flavour. The original, well known Food World has been

broadened and renamed Food Week International. In order to achieve suitable content for the fair the

organisers have worked with a variety of international Chambers of Commerce. Of course, we mustn’t forget

the cooking island where live cooking and tasting takes place. Food Week International offers international

suppliers the opportunity to reach the Dutch market. And the Netherlands regularly fills the role of tasting

ground for the rest of Europe – so here’s where you have to start if you want to conquer Europe!

In addition to domestic visitors, Food Week also attracts

visitors from Belgium and Germany (Ruhr area) In total

an area of almost 40 million consumers.

The Dutch consumer is still looking for international

food products. Keen travellers want to buy the products

that they taste abroad in the Netherlands as well.

Supermarkets and specialty shops are becoming

increasingly better at responding to this by presenting

these products on their shelves.

Migrants from (Eastern) Europe who settle in

the Netherlands want to buy products from their

countries here. Supermarkets and specialty shops are

continuously expanding their stores with these new

assortments of products.

Dutch consumers want to make products that they eat

in restaurants at home as well. They are prepared to pay

for high-quality international food products.

On Tuesday during the fair, the CBL will organise the CBL

conference. This conference is visited by representatives

from supermarkets – from buyers to members of the

board. After the congress the buyers and category

managers will visit the fair, and therefore also Food

Week International.

The Food Week team will look into what the interesting

business relations are for exhibitors and Food Week

International. These distributors, wholesalers and buyers

will be (in cooperation with you) invited to come to the

pavilion of Food Week International.

Because Food Week International is an important part

of the entire fair, this pavilion is set up at the entrance

of Hall 2. This means that the 21,000 expected visitors

won’t be able to miss this pavilion.

In addition to presenting products, an important part

of the fair is a kitchen where cooks from the different

countries can prepare products. You can let visitors

taste your products here.

Food Week has a unique position, with regard to our

competition. Firstly, the investment for the participant is

lower and secondly, it is a fair for more expensive brands

in contrast to the Private Label fair in Amsterdam. Fairs

such as SIAL and ANUGA have more visitors, but the

exhibitor has to work harder in order to find the right

visitor. If you participate in Food Week you will attract

fewer, yet higher quality visits.

The Food Week team believes in the strength of

a collective, which is why exhibitors from different

countries are grouped together in 1 pavilion. With

regard to promotional activities, the Food Week

organizers work together with the HNCCI.

www.hncci.nl

Ten reasons to participate:

 

Let the Netherlands be your tasting ground for Europe!







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