The Innovation Zone is now full, plus all stands across the ground and middle level.
lunch’s pivotal focus is on innovation – highlighted by popular visitor feature areas like the lunch! Innovation Zone and Innovation Challenge Showcase.
Retail consultant (and former managing director of Pret A Manger) Andrew Walker, said: “I think lunch! is the premier place for food retailers to get an insight into all the food innovation that is happening across the country. It also gives small businesses a chance to show their wares to a captive market.”
First time Innovation Zone participants include Pots & Co; Just Crackers; Charlie Mackenzie Inc; The Gourmet Hotdog Company; ELLER (food packaging) Gmbh; Paul's Pies; Clearly Scrumptious; Popcorn Kitchen; Hanleys Confectionery; Lick; The Kake Princess; Zerodo srl; Flower of Life (Equinox Kombucha); Zelected Foods; Pid Labelling and Tea Nation.
New product launches being showcased at lunch! 2013 include Spoonfed’s cloud-based catering management software application; 100% compostable catering disposables from eco-friendly packaging developer Biopac; Warburtons Escapes – a new-look, revamped crispy pitta bites range; (the world’s first) Chickpea Crispbreads from Easy Bean; Caramel Milk Chocolate and 70% Dark with Ginger & Orange 40g bars from Divine Chocolate; Costa Rica Single Origin Coffee from Cafédirect; a unique range of milk alternatives (brown rice, oat and almond) from Rude Health and the Banana Breakfast Shake from Be Fast.
Robert Strathern, potato farmer and founder of Fairfields Farm Crisps, who’ll be treating lunch!’s visitors to the first taste of its new Sweet Potato, Chilli & Lime and Parsnip vegetable crisps at the show, added: “We have exhibited at lunch! many times over the years and always find it to be a fantastic platform for launching new products, meeting key people in the trade and gaining new channels of supply.”
lunch! 2013 is free to attend for all trade buyers and professionals. Visit www.lunchshow.co.uk to register for your free trade badge.