The world’s largest bakery and pastry shop has just closed its doors after 5 very positive days in Paris-Villepinte, alongside SuccessFood, the contemporary food service exhibition. From 8 to 12 March 2014, the 804 exhibitors and brands represented at Europain & Intersuc and SuccessFood welcomed 76 950 professionals, including 30 % from outside France, who came in even larger crowds than before to discover the offering and new products on show.
Know-how and creativity, of product and equipment manufacturers as well as service providers in the baking, pastry-, chocolateand confectionery-making industry were there for all to witness. Both were highlighted through the 2480 demonstrations over the 5 days of show. In spite of the subdued general economic situation, this year’s Europain & Intersuc exhibition kept in line with the sector’s dynamism, with buoyant business activity, and many events and competitions for artisans and industrialists alike.
The second SuccessFood edition, for its part, has confirmed its support to the bakery-pastry market’s new trend of offering throughout the day foodservice to its customers, and showcased many new and exciting savoury treats or equipment for the bakeries lunchtime offer. The atmosphere in the competition areas was electric. They were the stage for the Bakery Masters, the International Confectionery Art Competition, the French Schools Cup, the selection rounds for French Coffee Championships and the selection round for the Bocuse d’Or France, which brought the event to a close in style. The success of the exhibition was achieved thanks to the vital participation of powerful partners and professional associations gathered around EKIP, the owner of Europain exhibitions.
KEY FIGURES : EUROPAIN & INTERSUC – SUCCESSFOOD
• A total of 804 exhibitors and brands from 29 countries, including 34% of international exhibitors on Europain&Intersuc
• 76 950 professionals, 30 % of international visitors from 138 countries
• 9 international and French competitions, 170 candidates
• 2 480 demonstrations over the 5 days of the show
• 130 281 pieces of bread made on the show by the exhibitors and the competitions candidates, as well as 35 086 viennese
pastries, 89 694 cakes, 23 650 salted snacks and more than 19 tons of flour used during the show
• Nearly 6 tons of bread, cakes and other food products offered by the exhibors to the Red Cross at the show closure.
Save the date for our future events!
The bakery sector will be in the spotlight once again in 2015, during the National Bakery Exhibition, to be held during Sirha Lyon from 24 to 28 January. The next Europain & Intersuc – SuccessFood exhibition hopes to see you in 2016 in Paris.
Source: EUROPAIN & INTERSUC
