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National Meet the Buyer Event

22/04/2009


The Regional Food Group are pleased to announce that we are once again hosting the 2009 Food & Drink “Meet the Buyer” event.


This year the “Meet the Buyers” Food & Drink will take place at Oulton Hall, Leeds on the 22nd April and we would like to offer our members the opportunity to reserve their places before the national marketing campaign commences.


As a member of the Regional Food Group, you will receive many benefits when you attend this event including:


  • Up to 50% discount on your attendance fee

  • Opportunity to meet and sell to a wide variety of new food & drink buyers

  • Prospect and establish new lucrative relationships with the buyers who want to meet you

  • Chance to book private face-to-face meetings with buyers of your choice

  • Avoiding relentless hours of cold calling and wasted mailshots

  • Meet and network with other local food and drink suppliers


    • Buyers confirmed to date include:
  • AM Seafood

  • Ashberry Sandwiches

  • Bradgate Bakery

  • Brambles

  • Costcutter Supermarket Group

  • Crofters Foods – Hub for Morrisons Supermarkets (two Morrison’s Buyers attending)

  • DBC Foodservice

  • E-foods, purchasing on behalf of 75 national companies for hospitality

  • Greencore

  • Greggs

  • Glass House Cafe Bistro

  • Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust

  • I Love Pork Pies

  • Loweries

  • Olives et al

  • Sainsbury’s

  • Spire Hull and East Riding Healthcare

  • Stobarts

  • Swinton Park

  • The Proudfoot Group

  • Tiffin Foods


    • Prices for suppliers are as follows: 125 GBP + VAT RFG Members, 175 GBP + VAT RFG Members with turnover greater than 500k, 250 GBP Non Members.


    Buyer requirements can be viewed here Read more here


    This event has been running successfully for the past 6 years and as a result an estimated 27 GBP million of new business has generated. In 2008 alone, 58 supply companies negotiated business with buyers they met at the event resulting in contracts worth in the region of an estimated 6.8 GBP million.


    This event is growing in popularity therefore we are expecting a huge response from local producers. If you would like to provisionally book your place and share in the success from the 2008 event please call Karen Lilley today on 0845 296 4346 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to receive further information.


    or contact:


    Mel Whitehead
    Trade Development Manager
    .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
    01937 830354

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