A delegation of 13 companies of the Export Food Sudoe project took part in the international Biofach exhibition in Germany from 13 to 16 February 2019. They are French, Spanish and Portuguese companies that produce organic foods or who wish to embark on a new venture. Organic range.

Biofach is the flagship organic event worldwide, welcoming visitors and exhibitors from all around the world. This fair was a good opportunity for participating companies to meet interesting people and discover new markets, discuss fashions and developments in the organic food sectors, seize business opportunities. BIOFACH allows 91% of the exhibitors to reach their target consumers and establish new profitable business relationships for them during these few days.

The International fair of hotels and restaurants SIRHA is inviting all participating Export Food Sudoe companies to take part in this events on January 26-30 in Lyon. Exhibition, animations and competitions, space by SIRHA, expert advice center, SIRAH world kitchen summit, SIRHA network, etc. will be found in this event.

SIRHA brings together manufacturers and distributors from around the world for Food Service professionals. SIRHA is a multi specialist and federates all trades, sectors, companies of all sizes, manufacturers and distributors within this event. SIRHA hosts 21 competitions for all trades, and 5 scenes of entertainment. In this event, there will be 2984 exhibitors and brands, 207 930 professionals, 29 778 international visitors, 1650 demonstrations / day.

Export Food Sudoe will be present at this show with the participation of 2 companies: Alimentation Fine de France and Cultivada, who will exhibit together during the event. Alimentation Fine de France is a French distributor of top-of-the-range products, particularly with delicatessens. Cultivada is a company in southern Spain producing and marketing high-quality organic olive oil. Also, a group visit of the fair is planned by other companies of the Export Food Sudoe project.

For more information:
Céline Gauchon
CCI of Limoges and Haute Vienne
+33 555 451 626
celine.gauchon@limoges.cci.fr

With the Irish grocery retail market continuing to grow and customer spending increasing by 3.8%, it has never been a better time to consider Ireland as an export market. To take advantage of this exceptional opportunity, Export Food Sudoe offered to the participating companies the opportunity to participate in a trade mission to Ireland on July 5 and 6, 2018. This mission was organized by the Seville Chamber of Commerce and Industry and included point-of-sale visits, extensive research and presentations from a market expert. In addition, companies were able to identify new opportunities for their products and see what additional actions they needed to take to introduce their products to Ireland. The participating companies have been able to improve their knowledge of the Irish market and to consider possible actions for prospecting in this market. Successful bet !

9 companies from Spain, France and Portugal participated in the 1st trade mission organized within the Export Food Sudoe project in London from the 22nd to the 24th of May. The companies represented an important variety of high quality food and drink products made in the Southwestern Europe area: cheese, meat products, wine, as well as more innovative products like vegan cheese or cold brew.

During the mission, each company had a personalized B2B agenda, meeting relevant UK food professionals. Moreover, some of the companies visited interesting international events that took place at that time, as London Wine Fair and European Coffee Expo, and relevant markets in London, as Smithfield Meat market, where they met distributors, buyers and importers of interest for them. The mission ended with the organization of a Networking and Tasting event in the central London based restaurant “Salvador and Amanda Bloomsbury” where companies exhibited their products and met over 30 British professionals.