Written by UCC Coffee UK & Ireland: We’ve teamed up with pastry chef, Sarah Hartnett, for our new report, ‘What’s next for coffee shop food menus’.
Visitor registration is now open for lunch! 2017, which takes place at the new venue of ExCeL London on 21-22 September. The move to ExCeL marks an exciting new development for the multi-award winning show, which is widely regarded as the premier trade event for the UK’s hugely competitive £20.2bn food-to-go market (across all day parts). Since its launch in 2008, lunch! and its eclectic mix of exhibitors have been influencing ‘on the go’ menus across the UK. It’s helped launch thousands of new brands and products onto the market, and its free Keynote seminars have enabled tens of thousands […]
The UK’s appetite for food-to-go has never been bigger and it’s still growing. That’s the message from lunch! 2016, which welcomed 6,204 key buyers and decision makers from across the food-to-go sector to its 9th annual edition last week, on 21-22 September. The multi-award winning show bid farewell to its Business Design Centre venue in style, with its biggest event yet securing another record turnout. Many of the UK’s biggest food-to-go operators, food retailers, and contract caterers, plus thousands of independent and multiple cafés, coffee shops and sandwich shops were in attendance. Among them were well-known brands such as Abokado, […]
lunch! visitors were out in force yesterday – voting for their favourite new products at the lunch! Innovation Challenge Gallery. The 16 finalists will now live pitch their products today (in 90 seconds or less) to this year’s judges, including top buyers from Tossed, Costa Coffee, En Route International, and Elior UK. Pitches start at 11.45am in Keynote Theatre 1 today (Thursday 22 September), with the results to be announced at 2.45pm. Finalists include:
If you weren’t able to attend the show yesterday, there’s still plenty of great content to enjoy at the second day of lunch! 2016.
Branded operators are increasing their lunch share But growing popularity of breakfast out threatens to cannibalise lunch trade London, September 21 2016 – The competition to attract consumers for lunch out-of-home (OOH) has become more intense than ever. There is competition between branded operators and independents as well as added pressure for all players from the growing trend to spend money on OOH breakfasts, with this day part growing much faster than lunch. Brands doing better than independents for lunch With high-street restaurant chains having invested vigorously in their lunch products since the 2008/2009 downturn, the well-known branded foodservice chains […]
lunch!, opens for business at 10am today at Business Design Centre in London. Over 6,000 attendees are expected to pack the aisles over two days (Wednesday and Thursday, 21-22 September).
The following is just a taste of the new food products on show at this year’s lunch! To read the full exhibitor show highlights, please visit: www.lunchshow.co.uk/record-number-of-new-food-to-go-innovations-at-lunch-2016/
Thousands of food and drink buyers are preparing to attend The UK’s biggest and multi-award winning show for the food-to-go trade, lunch! returns to the Business Design Centre in London on Wednesday 21 September. Over 6,000 attendees are expected to visit lunch! over 21-22 September, including key buyers and decision makers from many of the UK’s biggest food-to-go operators, food retailers, and contract caterers, plus thousands of independent and multiple cafés, coffee shops and sandwich shops. Expert Keynotes for 2016 High-profile brands – including Pret, Starbucks, Costa Coffee, LEON, Benugo, Welcome Break, Tossed, and bartlett mitchell – will be sharing […]
Wendy Bartlett talks food-to-go trends ahead of her exclusive interview at the show The UK’s biggest and multi-award winning show for the food-to-go trade, lunch! returns to the Business Design Centre in London on 21-22 September 2016. Annually attracting over 6,000 attendees, lunch! may need little introduction to the sector it serves. It’s frequently cited as a ‘must attend’ for discovering innovative new ideas and concepts, with Helen Higgins, head of food, at EAT. calling it “the destination show for our industry”. Since its launch in 2008, lunch! has enjoyed significant year-on-year growth in attendance (and floor space). While its […]
With visitor pre-registrations tracking well ahead, and over 350 companies preparing to exhibit, this month’s lunch! trade show, taking place on 21-22 September at the Business Design Centre in London, is set for its biggest food-to-go showcase yet. Food-to-go has never been more popular. £16.1bn is the value IGD retail analysts say the UK’s food to go market is set to reach by the end of 2016, with sales up nearly 7% from 2015. In their most recent survey, around 70% of shoppers had purchased their lunch ‘to go’ in the preceding month, whilst almost a third (28%) had ‘bought […]
The following is just a taste of the drink products on show at this year’s lunch! To read the full exhibitor show highlights, please visit: www.lunchshow.co.uk/lunch-previews-new-exhibitor-innovations-for-2016/