Contact us
22-23 September 2027 | Excel | London

Show News

11/06/2015

lunch! 2015: Visitor registration opens for biggest ever edition

in Press Releases, Show News

Top buyers from EAT, Tesco, Waitrose, Superdrug, British Airways, IKEA, Brakes, Elior, Baxterstorey, Sodexo, and Gate Retail Onboard, are among the who’s who of buyers that have already pre-registered to attend lunch! 2015, which returns to the Business Design Centre in London on 24-25 September. Now in its eighth year and firmly established as the leading trade event for the UK’s £6.9bn food-to-go market, lunch’s pivotal focus on innovation has made it a popular choice with buying teams from many of the country’s biggest food-to-go operators, including supermarkets, multiples, contract caterers, wholesalers, distributors, travel caterers, cafés, coffee shops, and sandwich […]

Continue reading
18/02/2015

lunch! nominated for its fourth Best Trade Show award!

in Press Releases, Show News

lunch! – the UK’s premier trade event for the out of home food and drink industry – is hoping its winning streak continues into 2015 after picking up two prestigious nominations for this year’s annual Exhibition News Awards. The lunch! team will be defending its Best Trade Show title, which it won last year*, and is also up for Best Trade Show Marketing Campaign.  While Derek MacHale, the show’s sales manager, has been recognised for an individual award. Diversified Communications UK (organiser of lunch!) has been shortlisted for six awards in all, with its Casual Dining show also recognised in the Rising Star category. […]

Continue reading
03/10/2014

lunch! show reports record turnout for 2014

in Press Releases, Show News

Renowned for attracting a who’s who of buyers from across the food-to-go sector, lunch! welcomed a record 6,215 attendees through its doors last week over 23-24 September. Now in its seventh year, the sold out show featured almost 300 exhibiting companies and enjoyed a 5% increase in total unique attendees (excluding revisits); compared to 5,924 in 2013.  That’s a 44% increase since 2012.  As in previous years, the surge in footfall was backed by glowing testimonials from across the show floor. Exciting, innovative, excellent, and enjoyable – are just some of the words attendees have used to describe lunch! 2014 […]

Continue reading
10/09/2014

Sold out lunch! show prepares for its biggest ever edition

in Press Releases, Show News

lunch! – the UK’s premier trade event for the food-to-go market – has now sold out of all its available exhibition space at the three-floor Business Design Centre in London.  As thousands of buyers from across the UK’s retailing, hospitality, snacking, convenience, and catering sectors prepare to visit on 23-24 September, organiser Diversified Communications UK has confirmed that – with over 300 exhibiting companies – lunch! 2014 is its biggest edition yet. As in previous years, the last few remaining stands were all booked by newcomers; including Coca-Cola Enterprises, Wine Innovations (creators of The Tulip single serve prefilled wine glass), […]

Continue reading
02/09/2014

A first look at new beverage innovations set to hit the food-to-go market at lunch! 2014

in Press Releases, Show News

Tuesday 23rd September marks the return of the multi-award-winning lunch! trade show to the Business Design Centre in Islington, London.  With its focus on new innovations from across the food-to-go sector, this popular two-day event has garnered a loyal following among thousands of buyers from across the UK’s retailing, hospitality, snacking, convenience, and catering sectors. The following is just a taste of some of the exciting new beverages being introduced at this year’s event.

Continue reading
27/08/2014

New food-to-go launches at lunch! 2014 – Exhibitor Show Highlights

in Press Releases, Show News

From gourmet popcorn to superfood salads, from organic soups to Bombay mix chocolate buttons, this year’s lunch! show boasts hundreds of food-to-go innovations from 300 exhibiting companies. An essential visit for thousands of trade buyers from across the UK’s retailing, hospitality, snacking, convenience, and catering sectors, the multi-award winning show returns to the Business Design Centre in London on 23-24 September.  The following is just a taste of what’s new from ‘food’ exhibitors at lunch! 2014:

Continue reading
21/08/2014

lunch! confirms full Working lunch! Theatre line-up for 2014

in Press Releases, Show News

This year’s lunch! trade show, which returns to the Business Design Centre in London on 23-24 September, will feature a host of big industry names from across the food to go retailing and contract catering industry.  The latest speakers to join the 2014 line-up are Corrado Accardi, founder of Pizza Rossa, Darren Westlake, CEO and co-founder of CrowdCube, Martyn Herriott, chairman & executive director of Beverage Standards Association, and Cyril Lavenant, director of Foodservice UK and France at The NPD Group. The show’s Working lunch! Theatre (sponsored by Magrini) already includes previously confirmed sessions by Henry Dimbleby, co-founder of Leon […]

Continue reading
25/07/2014

Leon, Starbucks & EAT. to host Keynotes at lunch! 2014

in Press Releases, Show News

Henry Dimbleby, co-founder of Leon and a founding director of the Sustainable Restaurant Association, Steve Flanagan, UK marketing and category director at Starbucks, and Sarah Doyle, brand director at EAT. are just three of the big name Keynote speakers already confirmed to appear at this year’s lunch! show, which returns to the Business Design Centre in London on 23-24 September. Martin Hambleton, head of procurement & innovation at En Route International, will also be adding lunch! speaker duties to his impressive resume (he has held senior buying positions at Elior UK, EAT. and DO&CO).  As a buyer, Hambleton has been […]

Continue reading
15/07/2014

lunch! previews new products for 2014

in Press Releases, Show News

With exhibition space filling up fast for the biggest ever edition of lunch! – the UK’s premier trade event for the food-to-go sector, organiser Diversified Communications UK has released its first preview of some of the new products set to make their debut this year. Returning to the Business Design Centre in London on 23-24 September, the multi-award winning show will feature 300 exhibiting companies showcasing a wealth of new food and drink products, packaging, equipment and technologies. Ten weeks out from the show, over 98% of available exhibition space is already sold out. Whilst visitor pre-registration is at record […]

Continue reading
15/05/2014

Visitor registration opens for lunch! 2014

in Press Releases, Show News

Fresh from its win of Best Trade Show 2013 at the UK’s Exhibition News Awards last month, lunch!, which returns to Business Design Centre in London on 23-24 September, is looking to make headlines again with the first preview of its 2014 exhibitor list. To celebrate the show’s latest win and mark the opening of visitor registration for 2014, the list offers an exclusive first look at some of the companies who will be helping to shape the future of the food-to-go sector over the next twelve months. “Just when I thought lunch! couldn’t get any better, 2013 proved to […]

Continue reading
01/05/2014

lunch! named Best Trade Show at Exhibition News Awards 2014

in Press Releases, Show News

Diversified Communications’ lunch! show – the leading trade event for the UK’s £14.9bn lunchtime market – has added another industry title to its mantle after winning Best Trade Show at the annual Exhibition News Awards ceremony last month. lunch! triumphed in the hotly-contested Best Trade Show category ahead of Speciality & Fine Food Fair, The Toy Fair, DSEI, London Vet Show, Fespa, Bett, The Business Show, 100% Design, and Pharmacy Show. Already a firm favourite with thousands of food-to-go manufacturers, suppliers, retailers and buyers (a record 5,929 industry professionals visited lunch! 2013), lunch! has also proved popular with exhibition industry […]

Continue reading
26/09/2013

lunch! opens today!

in Press Releases, Show News

With the doors set to open at 10am today, this year’s lunch! show looks set for a record turnout as thousands of professional food, drink, packaging and equipment buyers from all across the UK prepare to converge at the Business Design Centre, in London. lunch! 2013 – the UK’s only dedicated trade event for the food-to-go industry, will feature an unprecedented 290 exhibiting companies having recently sold out of all available exhibition space at its three-floor venue (including the newly expanded upper feature level). The latest exhibitors to confirm their spots include EPOS specialist Wedderburn; children’s table top activities supplier […]

Continue reading