The UK Food & Drink Showsback at the NEC, Birmingham from 7-9 April 2025
Food & Drink Expo, Farm Shop & Deli Show, National Convenience Show and Foodex Manufacturing Solutions will be held in unison in 2025, encompassing
food development, manufacturing, grocery, hospitality, specialist retail, forecourt and convenience retail, wholesale and foodservice.
By registering for one of our UK Food & Drink Shows, you will gain access to all of our co-located shows at the event, as shown below.
WHERE THE CONVENIENCE RETAIL SECTOR MEETS
National Convenience Show is the biggest event for the convenience-retailing sector, providing a single platform for the whole market to come together - suppliers, wholesalers and retailers.
WHERE THE RETAIL AND HOSPITALITY SECTORS MEET
Food & Drink Expo attracts buyers from grocery, wholesale and manufacturing through to foodservice, hospitality and retail. From 2025, we’ll include an enhanced focus on the foodservice and hospitality sectors and draw even more senior buyers and decision makers to the shows with a programme that combines exclusive content and peer to peer networking.
Our new Future Food Zone in Food & Drink Expo promises to be a significant expansion and evolution of the successful Healthy & Natural zone from previous years.
Offering a broader and more diverse range of innovative food and drink products, our aim is a variety of exciting on-trend categories across keto, kombucha, fermented foods, whole foods, CBD, Functional Foods and more. This enhanced focus reflects the growing consumer demand for healthier, more sustainable, and innovative food options.
The Plant-Based Zone is home to vegan and plant-based products, including meat alternatives, snacks, drinks, ingredients and everything plant! This area is supported by The Vegan Society and will be highlighted to our audience of key retail and hospitality buyers through extra pre- and post-show marketing, along with supporting content on The Grocer stage.
With coffee now being Britain’s favourite drink and consumers developing a more sophisticated palate, the demand for high-quality, consistent coffee is greater than ever. That's why we're excited to launch the Coffee Zone in partnership with The London Coffee Festival at the UK Food & Drink Shows. This brand-new area will play host to the latest innovations in the coffee industry, from top roasters, alternative milks and the most sustainable cups.
The Coffee Zone will attract key players from exciting sectors such as transport, pubs, and quick-service restaurants, all eager to explore the latest coffee trends and opportunities.
WHERE THE SPECIALIST RETAIL SECTOR MEETS
Farm Shop & Deli Show brings together hundreds of speciality suppliers to celebrate the best of British regional produce. An unrivalled opportunity for exhibitors to showcase their products to buyers and key decision-makers across the industry.
The Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards is a highly respected prize within the industry and plays an important role in supporting and celebrating the UK’s independent specialist retail market. Retailers from up and down the country will have been assessed by a panel of esteemed judges to find winners from each region, and the live announcement is a must-see event at the UK Food & Drink Shows.
The Farm Shop & Deli Product Awards is an event which you can’t afford to miss, with its winners’ announcement taking place during the UK Food & Drink Shows. The Product Awards will showcase exciting product entries and the brands behind them, which would have gone through an extensive judging process before worthy products are awarded a bronze, silver or gold accolade.
WHERE THE PROCESSING, PACKAGING AND LOGISTICS SECTORS MEET
Foodex Manufacturing Solutions is The UK’s leading trade event for the food and drink processing, packaging and logistics industries.
Our all-new Packaging Zone will be a ‘one-stop shop’ for those food and drink businesses seeking solutions to their packaging & plastic challenges, with emphasis on sustainable solutions. This new zone will allow packaging industry professionals to connect with one another, share circular economy ideas, meet solutions providers and discover ground-breaking plastic reduction innovations to implement into their own business.
