Visitor registration has opened for lunch! 2019. Back at London ExCeL on 19-20 September, the UK’s biggest annual trade showcase for the café, coffee shop and food-to-go sector is preparing to host a record 400 exhibitors and welcome around 7,000 attendees.
Nearly 7,000 attendees – including all the UK’s major coffee shop and food-to-go operators and retailers – were out in force at lunch! last week (20-21 September). The UK’s biggest food-to-go showcase of the year – and an essential diary date for the sector it serves – lunch! enjoyed another successive record turnout, with total attendance up 9% on 2017’s figures and a significant 16% up since it moved to London ExCeL.
New innovations by Flower & White, generationJuice, KALEIDO, Pocket Enterprises and Sandows scored top marks with the judges at lunch! last week. All five were awarded Gold in the show’s prestigious Innovation Challenge Awards, which recognise the best food-to-go products and solutions of the year.
Here’s some video highlights from a fantastic first day at lunch! 2018. We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow!
lunch! visitors were busy casting their votes today at the Innovation Challenge Awards Gallery. Their top-picks (14 in all) have now been shortlisted for the 2018 Innovation Challenge Live ‘pitching’ session, taking place at the show tomorrow (Friday) at 11.15am in Keynote Theatre 2. Exhibitors hoping their products will come away with a coveted ‘Gold Award’ will need to impress this year’s judges first – including top buyers from Caffè Nero, KFC UK&I, Pret A Manger, EAT, Krispy Krème, Pod, Tortilla, Pure, The Gentlemen Baristas, Trade, Crussh, Small Batch Coffee Roasters and En Route International. Finalists include: Born Tasty: Snackamolé™ Avocado […]
Thousands of buyers from across the coffee shop and food-to-go sector will be heading to London for lunch! this week. Doors open tomorrow at ExCeL (10am, Thursday 20 September) with 6,000+ attendees expected over two days.
Thousands of food-to-go operators and retailers from across the UK will be in London next week, over 20-21 September – as lunch! returns to ExCeL to showcase the best new products, solutions, insights, and innovations of the year.
From vibrant sushi rolls to flavoured cold brews, from indulgent vegan puds to Tigernut Mylk, from fiery fajitas to jackfruit chips – there’s a record number of new food-to-go launches to discover at lunch! later this month, on 20-21 September, at London ExCeL.
Big names from Costa, Caffè Nero, Taylor St Baristas, Boston Tea Party, Daisy Green, Kaffeine, Abuelo, Small Batch & The Gentleman Baristas speaking at their industry show next month. lunch! – the UK’s biggest trade event for coffee shop and food-to-go operators, is expecting to see a record number of attendees next month when doors open at London ExCeL on 20-21 September. Already a magnet for top buyers: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffè Nero, Coffee#1, AMT Coffee, Puccino’s, Esquires Coffee, Harris+Hoole, Cafe2U, Wild Bean Café, Greggs and Pret, are regular show visitors. As are, of course, the hundreds of independents that […]
Caffè Nero’s head of food & beverage Hannah McKay, Greggs’ head of category David Ross, KFC’s innovation director for the UK and Ireland Jack Hinchcliffe, GAIL’s Bakery’s marketing director Romy Miller, Tortilla’s head of food Martyn Clover, and Pod’s head of food Aggie Morrell, are the latest high-profile additions to this year’s free Keynote line-up at lunch!. Representing some of the UK’s biggest lunchtime operators, they’ll be appearing at the event alongside other big names from itsu, Pret, LEON, EAT, Tossed, and more, over 20-21 September, at London ExCeL. For this year’s visitors, it’s a rare opportunity to hear from […]
Julian Metcalfe OBE, founder of Asian-inspired, healthy food outlet itsu and co-founder of high street stalwart Pret A Manger, is confirmed for a headline Keynote interview at lunch! 2018 on 20 September at London ExCeL. One of Britain’s most successful food-to-go entrepreneurs, Metcalfe says he’s delighted to be speaking at the show for the first time.
A record 370 exhibitors – from the biggest to the newest names in food-to-go, are preparing to showcase 1000s of innovations at lunch! 2018, when it returns to London ExCeL on 20-21 September. The premier trade event for the sector, lunch! has been serving the nation’s food-to-go operators and retailers for over a decade. Having sold out of all available space three months in advance, its 6,300+ attendees will be able to see and sample more new food and drink products, packaging, equipment and catering technology than ever before. “The support from the industry as always has been phenomenal,” says […]