Bord Bia gets ready to host Marketplace 2015
More than 400 food and drink trade buyers from 30 countries travelling to Dublin to do business with Irish food and drink producers
Print20 March 2015
Following six months of planning, preparation and training, Bord Bia in conjunction with the Irish food and drink industry is set to host Marketplace 2015 next week (Sunday, 22 March– Saturday, 28 March). The week-long business development event aims to build new trade relationships with retailers, foodservice buyers, ingredient buyers and distributors from across the globe.
Marketplace 2015 will be the largest international food buyer event ever staged in Ireland, with in excess of 400 food and drink trade buyers from 30 countries travelling to Dublin to meet, and do business, with Irish food and drink producers. In addition to buyers from Ireland’s traditional export markets – the UK and Continental Europe – Bord Bia has secured buyers from Australia, Algeria, Bahrain, China, Indonesia, UAE, Japan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. Over 100 delegates are travelling from Asia alone, including the largest ever Chinese trade delegation to travel to Ireland.
Bord Bia chief executive Aidan Cotter said the event,“represents a huge opportunity to showcase the breadth, depth and capabilities that has enabled the industry to build a €10.5 billion export platform and reach out to 175 markets around the world”.
Over 215 of the international buyers will arrive on Sunday, 22 March and over the following three days (Monday 23rd – Wednesday 25th) they will be accompanied by Bord Bia on 11 targeted itineraries visiting farms, factories, retail stores and manufacturing facilities all around the country. From Kilmore Quay to Killybegs and Tyrellspass to Tullamore, the buyers will visit in excess of 100 sites nationwide. As part of the itineraries, some buyers will also meet with relevant stakeholders including Minister Simon Coveney, senior officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Teagasc, Food Health Ireland, Irish Dairy Board and IDIA.
On Thursday (26 March), all of the overseas buyers will join 140 Irish food and drink buyers to gather at the Convention Centre Dublin for a major one-to-one business development event. Some 185 Irish food and drink companies, ranging in size and profile from small enterprises to multinationals, will meet the 540 buyers during 4,500 pre-scheduled ‘speed-dating’ style meetings taking place throughout the day.
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