Please find below a list of lunch! exhibitor press releases. If you are a current exhibitor and would like to include a press release here, please email Emma-Louise Jones at ejones@divcom.co.uk.

October 2011

Northern Ireland Naturally – exhibitor information
Northern Ireland Naturally was delighted to meet so many lunch! Show visitors on their stand last week, both from home and abroad. On these busy occasions, it is not always possible to give out information on all the NI manufacturers products we displayed on our stand, so for those of you we did see, and importantly, those of you who did not find your way to C309, here is a gentle reminder of what was on our stand.

Magrini were recently the proud sponsors of The British Smoothie Championships 2011
Now in its third year the championship was won by Silvie Parcot from Crussh with her delicious ‘Pomegranate Passion Pleasure’ smoothie.

Coolicious tastes sweet success at British Smoothie Championships
Coolicious, the UK market leader in fat free frozen yogurt, has been hailed as the secret ingredient behind a perfect smoothie recipe following success in the British Smoothie Championships at the Lunch! Show 2011.

September 2011

Five million Coolicious decisions can’t be wrong!
The chances are that the next time someone in the UK buys a smoothie, the secret ingredient behind the super fresh taste and smooth, creamy texture will be Coolicious fat free frozen yogurt. With 1712 servings of Coolicious fat free frozen yogurt smoothie base sold every working hour, that‟s over 5 million portions a year, Richard Drane, managing director of Coolicious, is urging operators to “seize the moment and engage with the frozen yogurt revolution now, or risk losing out on a golden sales opportunity which industry sources predict is set to grow by some 40% in the next 12 months.”

Vita Coco Coconut Water, the number 1 choice for natural hydration at lunch!
Vita Coco will be hydrating foodies at this year’s double award winning Lunch! trade show. Effective hydration is important, and the nation is quickly discovering the ultimate form of natural hydration in Vita Coco. So why not pay us a visit during the show, and rehydrate? You can find us at lunch! stand number IZ-X in the Innovation Zone.

Toasty Products – latest innovation in the grab & go market
Toasty Products, a  new  British equipment manufacturer, is dedicated to increasing sales of hot grab & go toasted products. Exhibiting the innovative Toasty Auto Grill at the prestige lunch! show 2011, with  a new range of frozen pre-filled Paninis, caterers can see the benefits of speed, energy saving and product consistency.  Simple automatic operation produces a delicious crispy toasted product time after time.

Suki brings new tastes and style to Afternoon Tea
Suki Tea (stand C312), Northern Ireland‟s gourmet tea specialist, has created a unique „Afternoon Tea‟ range that‟s carefully selected and hand-blended by its team in Belfast to compliment a stylish mid afternoon snack.

Maynard House Orchards’ Blossoming Range
Maynard House Orchards, the Great Taste Gold Award winning apple juice producers, have announced the addition of two new varieties to its range, Apple & Raspberry and Apple & Elderflower, available in 240ml bottles to luxury restaurants, hotels and bars across the UK.

You can have your cookie and eat it as Voortman grab ‘n’ go cookies launch at lunch! 2011
Super tasty cookies with super healthy credentials? Surely a contradiction in terms? Well, no. Genesis Distributors’ new Voortman grab ‘n’ go cookie range, launching at Lunch! 2011, proves it can be done. The two-cookie packs are available in three varieties, Original Flaxseed Omega 3, No Added Sugar Chocolate Chip and No Added Sugar Oatmeal, all aimed at the food-to-go sector.

Naturally award winning food and drink innovation from Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Naturally (C309) will showcase around 200 food and drink products from 30 companies including many which have recently achieved international recognition in high profile competitions such as the UK Guild of Fine Food’s Great Taste Awards for quality and innovation.

Mission launched to boost funds for Cornwall’s Air Ambulance with sales of The ‘Resuscitater’
The Cornish Crisp Company launched a new flavour in June in support of The Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust. The charity, which is financed entirely by public fundraising and donations, will receive a penny from every bag that is sold of the new unsalted crisp named The ‘Resuscitater’.

stewed! unveil their AW11 collection
Four new variants launching at Lunch!, including a revolutionary breakfast option and TWO for the veggies. Plus an exciting makeover for the brand, with bold new packaging designs across the range, launching in October 2011…

Honestly Healthy gives lunch! a health check
Honestly Healthy is set to showcase its delicious range of fresh, balanced and alkaline vegetarian chilled salads at lunch!. Aimed at food-to-go and currently selling exclusively at Selfridges Food Hall with a planned launch into the Sourced Market at St Pancras this September, Honestly Healthy is the brainchild of organic chef Natasha Corrett and nutritional therapist Vicki Edgson, both advocates of alkaline eating.

Crisps of the future!
Crispy Snacks Ltd is set to revolutionise the thriving snack industry by introducing highly innovative fat and salt- free fruit and vegetable crisps.

Honeybuns at lunch!
Nestled deep in the Dorset countryside, this little company has wowed food critics and customers alike with their range of cakes & savouries.  Using impeccably sourced ingredients, this small hands-on team create gorgeous tasting treats. Over half the range has won Gold at the prestigious National Great Taste Awards.

Cawston Press grows its range
During 2011 Cawston Press have expanded on the developments and learnings of the previous year with an exciting range of NPD. The award-winning Apple & Beetroot has shown that a fruit and vegetable blend can receive a very positive response.

Leading foodservice operator Delice de France showcases portfolio at lunch!
Building on the successful launch of its latest Spring Summer catalogue and the addition of a number of exciting new products to its range, the leading baking manufacturer and foodservice operator Delice de France will be demonstrating its “Passion for Great Food” at lunch! 2011.

Smoothie maker eyes growth after cash injection – Frut
Ilkley-based smoothie manufacturer Frut has secured funding from HSBC to support its plans to introduce bottles, foil packs and Tetra into UK distributors, supermarkets, coffee chains and the education sector.

Nelson confirmed to exhibit at lunch!
Nelson will be talking to lunch! visitors about the importance of maximising on preparation, cooking and servery space and how the right catering equipment and kitchen or café design can improve efficiency, increase customer footfall and, ultimately, boost revenue.

New eco-friendly, take-away packaging from Kavis
Kavis is widely considered to be one of the leading suppliers of packaging and food presentation solutions in the UK because they are constantly expanding their product range with new innovative packaging solutions. Now they are able to offer customers even more choice, with a new range of printable packaging products for hot and chilled takeaway food and drinks.

Award-Winning Suffolk Apple Juice has Launched ‘Exclusively On-Trade’
Maynard House Orchards, award-winning Suffolk apple juice producers, has launched nationally offering its range exclusively to the hospitality industry, including fine dining restaurants, hotels, pubs, bars and other food service outlets.

Visit Nim’s Fruit Crisps in the Innovation Zone to Taste Fruit Re-Invented!
Experience a revolutionary bite on healthy snacks with a pack of new, natural, crunchy, low-calorie and nutritious Nim’s Fruit Crisps – down at stand L in the Innovation Zone during lunch!.

Three cracking flavours from Cocofina!
London – 2011 – Cocofina a very popular British coconut water brand, is unveiling three innovative flavours of coconut water at the Lunch exhibition in a very attractive PET bottle.

New Coffee Machines at lunch! – Melitta
Because the lunch market demands a fast and efficient response, it is vital that the equipment in place can cope with a high number of customers within a short space of time. Coffee is often the driving force behind customers’ decisions when choosing a venue, so it is important that the quality and selection offered is first class. Melitta’s fully automatic machines produce consistently great coffee, time after time – and they are completely self cleaning too.

August 2011

Rod & Ben’s – A bowl of winter goodness
The award-winning organic food producer Rod and Ben’s in Devon is serving up a  delicious new  range of warming soups at lunch!  2011 on stand  U818. From  Spicy Parsnip and new  Farmhouse Vegetable  to Leek and Potato and award-winning Smoked Haddock Chowder, each Rod and Ben’s soup is comfort in a bowl as the weather turns colder.

kff – It’s the ‘Filling’ that makes a Sandwich!
As sandwiches are considered to be one of the most integral product categories for the food-to-go market, selecting the right sandwich fillings for your business is essential! The Purple Pineapple range consists of a variety of over 60 high quality, hand produced fillings, brought to you by kff.

‘One Stop Shop’ for Food on the Move – kff

Collins Benson Goldhill LLP announces prize draw at lunch!
Collins Benson Goldhill solicitors are offering attendees at this year’s lunch! exhibition a chance to win a Fortnum and Mason’s ‘Park Lane’ hamper worth £150.

Making the most of your time at lunch! - Café Connections
Conscious that everyone’s time is at a premium – packaging distributor Café Connections (stand E507) – will book you a specific time slot to fit in with your schedule.

Enjoy a Mango Moment with Coolicious, the premier frozen refreshment
Coolicious, the UK market leader in premium frozen refreshment, is launching two tempting new flavours of fat free frozen yogurts at lunch! 2011. Mango Moment complements the existing, all fat free range of Coolicious soft serve frozen yogurt that include Sunshine Vanilla, Chocolate Bliss, Simply Strawberry, Cheeky Banana and Just Vanilla.

Nim’s Fruit Crisps at lunch! 2011
Experience a revolutionary bite on healthy snacks with a pack of new, natural, crunchy, low-calorie and nutritious Nim’s Fruit Crisps – down at stand L in the Innovation Zone at lunch!.  Come and meet the founder Nimisha Raja to receive your complimentary pack and to find out more about the latest pioneering innovation in healthy snacking.

Café Connections caterpaults children’s meal bags into the 21st century
Hot off the presses at this year’s Lunch show will be two interesting new carrier bags produced by food packaging distributor Café Connections.  Determined to break away from the cute cartoon characters that have haunted kids meal bags and boxes for decades Café Connections commissioned designer William Redfern to come up with something that would have real appeal for today’s youngsters.

Butterware to launch new software at the Lunch! exhibition
Butterware is launching its new ecommerce software to get businesses selling online at the Lunch! show in London at the end of September. Designed specifically for sandwich shops and other ‘lunch-to-go’ companies, it makes trading online simple and painless.

Flat® launches the number one solution to wobbly tables to the UK market
The number one complaint in the hospitality industry now has a very simple but innovative solution. Most coffee shop, restaurant and hotel owners are more than practised in the art of beer mat folding to stabilise a wobbly table; they are also well aware of how long it takes their staff on a daily basis to adjust the feet on misaligned and uneven tables…this can now become a redundant issue with the revolutionary self-levelling table bases from Flat®…

BLOOM - A new, award winning luxury UK Tea Company with an emphasis on inner and outer well being!
BLOOM is a new, award winning luxury Tea Company created by architect Craig Coulton. Craig felt the need to create a simple tea brand that combined luxurious teas (hand blended with exquisite taste and enticing fragrance) with a daily ‘Treatment Plan’ to help busy and stressed individuals.

July 2011

Not Just Pot Luck! Mi Pasta is reaching for pot success
Tipped to be 2011’s most exciting lifestyle food brand, Mi Pasta is launching a yummy new range of Chilled Ready-To-Eat Whole Wheat Pasta Meals at the Lunch! Food To Go Show…

stewed! to reveal ground-breaking new one-pot concept exclusively at the lunch! exhibition
It has been quite some time since we last allowed stewed! chef-founder-author Alan Rosenthal out of his North London kitchen… Three secret new lines don’t just make themselves, you know. And with their official launch pad of the contemporary food-to-go exhibition Lunch! creeping ever closer, the boy is going nowhere…

From high-end catering to high-street coffee shops – Tri-Star’s got it covered!
Tri-Star Packaging is showcasing a trio of cutting edge out-of-home concepts at this year’s lunch! show, including its stunning Mozaïk fine dining and buffet range, which comprises a superb selection of appetizer dishes, plates and platters (with lids), cutlery, utensils and serving bowls for caterers operating in the high-end market.

Impress Sandwiches goes to lunch! for the second year
One of the new launches that Impress Sandwiches will be showing is its exclusive range of ‘posh puddings’ by Didier’s Patisserie, renowned for its high quality, handmade patisserie.

The Tasca Range from La Pizza Company
Tascas are fully baked, folded, soft bread pockets from La Pizza Company and are perfect for smaller operators wanting a product that can be served hot or cold, that is quick and easy to prepare, offers convenience in use and great portion control, ensuring low waste. It couldn’t be simpler; thaw, fill and serve!

The Kokoa Collection – a ‘hot chocolate by origin’ label
The Kokoa Collection concept was developed by Paul Eagles combining his experience of the coffee industry with his passion for hot chocolate and sourcing.

Food To Go Gets Better – with Rational
Rational brings the latest combi steamer technology to the Food To Go market at lunch! 2011. At the touch of a button, Rational’s SelfCooking Center cooks food fast and consistently, making it the perfect solution for retailers and caterers wanting to offer top-class, hot food-to-go. It gives better cooking quality and is much faster and easier than a conventional oven or grill. It even cleans itself!

Karimix launches at lunch!
Karimix, makers of hand-cooked relishes, chutneys, pastes and sauces from South-East Asia, has chosen lunch! to launch its new range into foodservice.

GFT Retail introduce Snyder’s Pretzel Pieces
GFT Retail is using lunch! as part of its ongoing launch programme for their innovative Snyder’s Pretzel Pieces. These unique Pretzel Pieces are the only true innovation to the UK Snacking Market for many years and are already taking the OOH market by storm…

Yum Yum Bros Food Company
Yum Yum Bros Food Company is a dynamic new business created behind a passion for developing & marketing top quality, ‘great tasting’ food products for both the food service & retail sectors…

The Clif Bar & Company Story
Clif Bar & Company was founded in 1992 by U.S. athlete and entrepreneur Gary Erickson. In 1990, during a 175 mile bike ride, Erickson’s distaste with hard-to-stomach energy bars peaked. During that ride, in a moment he now calls “the epiphany,” the inspiration for CLIF® BAR was born…

June 2011

bergams : lunch! à la française
The largest French group specialising in snacks and quick eating occasions is coming to lunch!  bergams, part of the Groupe Norac, manufacturers French bakery products, fresh sandwiches, and baguettes, chilled salads and crudités, finger food and individual desserts…

Wow-Box.eu – Taking food to new heights
Environmentally friendly, packaging innovators wewow Ltd. have announced the launch of a sustainable packaging solution unlike anything previously seen within the food and catering industry…

Vegusto UK are participating at lunch! this year for the first time
In Q3, Vegusto plan to launch to the UK market the full range of Vegusto dairy-free Swiss cheeses, which is likely to be of interest to those businesses in the food sector that provide options for those with alternative diets…