Anuga, One Of The World’s Leading Food Fairs, Is Less Than Three Weeks Away

In less than three weeks, suppliers and top-decision makers of the global retail trade and foodservice and catering markets will be in Cologne, Germany, attending Anuga, the leading trade fair for the global food industry. A central business and communications platform, this biennial event will take place October 5 to 9, 2013.

Anuga features 10 specialized trade show segments in one location. The segments are: 1) Bread & Bakery, Hot Beverages, 2) Chilled & Fresh Foods, 3) Dairy, 4) Drinks, 5) Fine Food, 6) Foodservice, 7) Frozen Food, 8) Meat, 9) Organic and 10) RetailTec. For 2013, Anuga organizers have identified 10 trend topics that will be highlighted throughout the 10 segments. They are: 1) Finger Food 2) Gourmet Products & Regional Specialties, 3) Halal Food, 4) Health & Functional Food, 5) Ingredients, 6) Kosher Products, 7) Organic Products, 8) Private Label, 9) Vegetarian Products and – new for 2013 – 10) Products Based on Fair Trade.

Organizers expect the 2013 show to be bigger and better than the 2011 expo, which had more than 6,700 exhibitors from almost 100 countries. Approximately 155,000 decision makers from 180 countries were in attendance.

Executive Summit: Food Values

The Anuga Executive Summit will kick off Anuga on the evening before the official opening of the fair (October 4). The keynote speakers at this high-caliber event will be Herbert Bolliger, CEO, Migros Genossenschafts-Bund, Zurich, and Harry Brouwer, chairman, Unilever Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Hamburg. The event will be moderated by David Bosshart, CEO, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute.

The Anuga Executive Summit offers senior managers from the world’s leading manufacturers and retailers a forum for discussion of current trends and issues of strategic importance for the future. The invitation-only event is organized by the German Food Retail Association (BVLH) in conjunction with the Federation of the German Food and Drink Industries (BVE), The Consumer Goods Forum and Koelnmesse GmbH.

The forum will address the fact that by the end of this century the global population will grow from the seven billion people today to an estimated 11 billion. Supplying high-quality food will be a real challenge for the industry. Increased productivity, improved operations and production procedures, and the management of resources will have to go hand-in-hand in this new reality, while the appreciation of food products will have to evolve within our societies. Retailers and manufacturers have a joint responsibility to tackle these challenges. The subsequent sector meeting will offer guests an opportunity to chat and share ideas. Repeating his performance of two years ago, Joachim Wissler, one of Germany’s most renowned three-star chefs, will once again create an exclusive “Flying Buffet” for the Anuga Executive Summit.

For more information, visit www.anuga.com

Source: Anuga