Record turnout for lunch! 2014
Diversified Communications UK has reported a record turnout for food-to-go show lunch!, which was held at the Business Design Centre on 23rd - 24th September. The event, which won Best Trade Show at the Exhibition News Awards in February, posted a five per cent rise, welcoming 6,215 attendees through its doors.
The show, now in its seventh year, featured almost 300 exhibiting companies. Cafés, coffee houses, sandwich shops, and tea rooms were by far the show’s biggest audience at around 25 per cent, followed by contract caterers, distributors and wholesalers, and supermarkets at 16 per cent, 13 per cent and 10 per cent respectively. Travel catering, specialist food stores and delis, and venues and attractions made up a combined 19 per cent.
Chris Brazier, lunch! group event manager, commented: “We are delighted that our seventh year of lunch! was our best show yet, with a record number of visitors and exhibitors for 2014.
“It really does cap of a brilliant year for lunch! after winning Best Trade Show at the Exhibition News Awards.”
Looking ahead to 2015, Diversified has announced an increase in stands to accommodate growing demand from food, drink, packaging, technology, and equipment suppliers. The 2015 expansion will take the exhibitor total to 350 companies for the first time.
“Rebooking for lunch! 2015 has smashed all previous records,” said Chris. “Given the waiting list ready to book their stands, and even with the addition of a new hall, lunch! 2015 looks set to sell out in record time.”