Membership has so much to offer.
Membership it gives you access to a whole range of events and activities designed to help you create sustainable growth for your business. To make sure you don’t miss out we have pulled together a comprehensive calendar of events all in one place.
To register for any of the following events, simply email us at events@foodanddrink.scot or get in touch with your business development manager. We also have a range of packages including early bird discounts and reduced prices for members. Some of the following events may be re-scheduled so please do sign up for our fortnightly e-newsletter which will give you the most up-to-date information.
If you’re not yet a member, get in touch to find out more.
Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight
Date: 2-16 September
Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight takes place every September and is the perfect platform for our industry to showcase our incredible produce and the passionate people behind it.
The Fortnight is an opportunity for food and drink enthusiasts, retailers, hospitality businesses, regional food groups, ambassadors and producers to champion our vibrant and innovative sector.
Find out how you can get involved.
New Bidfood Direct Scottish Shop
September
Bidfood Scotland is a leading wholesale supplier to the catering and hospitality market, providing quality food and drink to hotels, restaurants, cafes, as well as to care homes, healthcare, and education customers across the county. Working with more than 100 Scottish suppliers, ranging from artisan producers to globally recognised brands, Bidfood Scotland is proud to supply over 700 local food and drink products. Sales of Scottish produce is growing and there is ambition to support this growth further.
A new Bidfood Online Scottish Showcase in partnership with Scotland Food & Drink will promote the abundance of Scotland’s food and drink larder to Bidfood’s valued foodservice customers, both in Scotland and the wider UK market. This exciting collaboration will offer new and existing suppliers a unique opportunity to promote their products to chefs, caterers and buyers and reach the online shopping basket of thousands of Bidfood’s loyal customers.
Scottish Convenience Retail Exhibition
Date: 12 October
Join our Scottish producer exhibition at the SGF conference and get your product in front of key decision makers from key convenience retail groups and inspiring independent retailers
Sourcing Scotland
Date: 25 October
Location: Perth Concert Hall
Sourcing Scotland is a national event designed to grow sales of Scottish produce by bringing together buyers and suppliers from across Scotland to do business across the retail, wholesale, hospitality, and independent sectors. If you're looking to grow your business beyond your local area, then come along and meet the people who can help you on your journey.
A series of one-to-one speed dating style meetings as well as more informal exhibition style browsing allowing buyers an opportunity to browse the stalls of fantastic Scottish food and drink producers.
Buyers use this event to keep abreast of what’s new in the market, meet potential new suppliers and catch up with more familiar faces.
Bidfood Meet the Buyer
With the exciting launch in September of the brand new Bidfood Online Scottish Showcase in partnership with Scotland Food & Drink, we will be working together on Meet the Buyer opportunities to find innovative new suppliers to expand the local range even further.
Leadership Dinners & Lunches
Scotland-wide
Date: November
These are a great opportunity for you to hear about the current challenges and opportunities facing the industry. These events, hosted by our leadership team, are relaxed and conducted in an atmosphere of informality to keep the conversation flowing.
2024
Biofach Trade Show
Date: 13-16 February
Venue: Nürnberg, Germany
50,000 trade visitors from 136 countries: this is the leading international gathering of the organic sector under one roof.
The Scotland Food & Drink pavilion will allow Scottish businesses to showcase their products to a range of international businesses, and at the Biofach congress attendees can learn about developments and innovative approaches in the organic market.
Showcasing Scotland
Date: 5-7 March
Showcasing Scotland is Scotland's flagship international trade event, offering Scottish suppliers an unparalleled opportunity to engage with UK and international food and drink buyers from across the globe.
Showcasing Scotland 2024 will offer 3 days of carefully curated events, which will showcase the very best of Scotland’s produce, help to build new trade relationships and secure future business. We’ll be taking buyers on tours across the country, showing them the journey from field to fork and celebrating our world class production processes. From here, you’ll have the chance to take part in one-to-one business meetings with these buyers, as well as group networking sessions.
In 2019, this world-class event saw over 2,000 one-to-one meetings and business visits from buyers. The result? Over £60m of new sales in key markets.
Showcasing Scotland is the key trade opportunity for every sector in the food and drink industry, offering a commercial opportunity like no other.
Throughout the year, look out for...
Graduate Placements
For over 10 years, we have had graduate secondees inside the regional procurement teams of some of the UK’s largest retail and foodservice businesses, helping to unlock new opportunities and support the development and growth of Scottish food and drink suppliers. We will be looking to place further talented individuals with customers as we expand our focus on UK markets and the opportunities that lie ahead.
Meet the Buyer Opportunities
Our programme of Meet the Buyer events take place throughout the year with retailers, wholesalers and foodservice. Highly popular, these events highlight new commercial opportunities and present a chance for you to pitch to buyers from across the UK to secure new business and grow your sales.
Meet the Buyer may include a briefing to gain market insight and first-hand knowledge from the buyer and hear about opportunities relevant to your business.
Trade Shows
We will be making plans to maintain and expand our significant Scottish presence at some of the key trade shows throughout 2023 and 2024. This includes the International Food & Drink Event, Imbibe Live, Speciality Fine Foods Trade Show and the Food and Drink Expo in Birmingham, all of which will attract high quality buyers from numerous sectors.
The Knowledge Bank Reports & Events
The Knowledge Bank bring insights from across the Scotland Food & Drink Partnership together, turning insights into commercial opportunities. Reports and events throughout the year help you gain insight into consumer trends and shopper behaviour, utilise intelligence on markets, sectors and product categories and find out more about topics such as health & wellness and sustainability.
Visit https://theknowledgebank.scot/ to find out more.
Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight
Date: 2-16 September
Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight takes place every September and is the perfect platform for our industry to showcase our incredible produce and the passionate people behind it.
The Fortnight is an opportunity for food and drink enthusiasts, retailers, hospitality businesses, regional food groups, ambassadors and producers to champion our vibrant and innovative sector.
Find out how you can get involved.
New Bidfood Direct Scottish Shop
September
Bidfood Scotland is a leading wholesale supplier to the catering and hospitality market, providing quality food and drink to hotels, restaurants, cafes, as well as to care homes, healthcare, and education customers across the county. Working with more than 100 Scottish suppliers, ranging from artisan producers to globally recognised brands, Bidfood Scotland is proud to supply over 700 local food and drink products. Sales of Scottish produce is growing and there is ambition to support this growth further.
A new Bidfood Online Scottish Showcase in partnership with Scotland Food & Drink will promote the abundance of Scotland’s food and drink larder to Bidfood’s valued foodservice customers, both in Scotland and the wider UK market. This exciting collaboration will offer new and existing suppliers a unique opportunity to promote their products to chefs, caterers and buyers and reach the online shopping basket of thousands of Bidfood’s loyal customers.
Scottish Convenience Retail Exhibition
Date: 12 October
Join our Scottish producer exhibition at the SGF conference and get your product in front of key decision makers from key convenience retail groups and inspiring independent retailers
Sourcing Scotland
Date: 25 October
Location: Perth Concert Hall
Sourcing Scotland is a national event designed to grow sales of Scottish produce by bringing together buyers and suppliers from across Scotland to do business across the retail, wholesale, hospitality, and independent sectors. If you're looking to grow your business beyond your local area, then come along and meet the people who can help you on your journey.
A series of one-to-one speed dating style meetings as well as more informal exhibition style browsing allowing buyers an opportunity to browse the stalls of fantastic Scottish food and drink producers.
Buyers use this event to keep abreast of what’s new in the market, meet potential new suppliers and catch up with more familiar faces.
Bidfood Meet the Buyer
With the exciting launch in September of the brand new Bidfood Online Scottish Showcase in partnership with Scotland Food & Drink, we will be working together on Meet the Buyer opportunities to find innovative new suppliers to expand the local range even further.
Leadership Dinners & Lunches
Scotland-wide
Date: November
These are a great opportunity for you to hear about the current challenges and opportunities facing the industry. These events, hosted by our leadership team, are relaxed and conducted in an atmosphere of informality to keep the conversation flowing.
2024
Biofach Trade Show
Date: 13-16 February
Venue: Nürnberg, Germany
50,000 trade visitors from 136 countries: this is the leading international gathering of the organic sector under one roof.
The Scotland Food & Drink pavilion will allow Scottish businesses to showcase their products to a range of international businesses, and at the Biofach congress attendees can learn about developments and innovative approaches in the organic market.
Showcasing Scotland
Date: 5-7 March
Showcasing Scotland is Scotland's flagship international trade event, offering Scottish suppliers an unparalleled opportunity to engage with UK and international food and drink buyers from across the globe.
Showcasing Scotland 2024 will offer 3 days of carefully curated events, which will showcase the very best of Scotland’s produce, help to build new trade relationships and secure future business. We’ll be taking buyers on tours across the country, showing them the journey from field to fork and celebrating our world class production processes. From here, you’ll have the chance to take part in one-to-one business meetings with these buyers, as well as group networking sessions.
In 2019, this world-class event saw over 2,000 one-to-one meetings and business visits from buyers. The result? Over £60m of new sales in key markets.
Showcasing Scotland is the key trade opportunity for every sector in the food and drink industry, offering a commercial opportunity like no other.
Throughout the year, look out for...
Graduate Placements
For over 10 years, we have had graduate secondees inside the regional procurement teams of some of the UK’s largest retail and foodservice businesses, helping to unlock new opportunities and support the development and growth of Scottish food and drink suppliers. We will be looking to place further talented individuals with customers as we expand our focus on UK markets and the opportunities that lie ahead.
Meet the Buyer Opportunities
Our programme of Meet the Buyer events take place throughout the year with retailers, wholesalers and foodservice. Highly popular, these events highlight new commercial opportunities and present a chance for you to pitch to buyers from across the UK to secure new business and grow your sales.
Meet the Buyer may include a briefing to gain market insight and first-hand knowledge from the buyer and hear about opportunities relevant to your business.
Trade Shows
We will be making plans to maintain and expand our significant Scottish presence at some of the key trade shows throughout 2023 and 2024. This includes the International Food & Drink Event, Imbibe Live, Speciality Fine Foods Trade Show and the Food and Drink Expo in Birmingham, all of which will attract high quality buyers from numerous sectors.
The Knowledge Bank Reports & Events
The Knowledge Bank bring insights from across the Scotland Food & Drink Partnership together, turning insights into commercial opportunities. Reports and events throughout the year help you gain insight into consumer trends and shopper behaviour, utilise intelligence on markets, sectors and product categories and find out more about topics such as health & wellness and sustainability.
Visit https://theknowledgebank.scot/ to find out more.
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