Ready to grow your brand in the UK's retail and hospitality markets? Food & Drink Expo, from 13-15 April 2026, is your gateway to high-impact connections with the buyers and decision-makers who matter most.
New for 2026, will be a spotlight on Future Foods, celebrating the brands and innovators redefining what ‘good food’ means.
Benefit from being part of the award-winning UK Food & Drink Shows comprising Food & Drink Expo, Farm Shop & Deli Show, National Convenience Show and Forecourt Show. Bringing together the very best of the foodservice, hospitality, manufacturing, grocery, speciality, forecourt & convenience retail sectors all under one roof.
As the UK's eating out market continues to grow and sector lines blur, The UK Food & Drink Shows have evolved to reflect this shift. With an enhanced focus on foodservice and hospitality, The Restaurant Show is now fully integrated into Food & Drink Expo - streamlining the experience for both visitors and exhibitors and creating a more powerful platform for the entire industry.
Why Exhibit With Us?
Why exhibit with us?
Connect directly with tens of thousands of major buyers and wholesalers under one roof, over three days.
The show covers the whole food market, from retail, grocery, foodservice, hospitality to manufacturing.
Make deals face to face on a buzzing show floor.
Create brand awareness and showcase your products alongside the latest trends in food and drink.
Source fresh leads from an industry guest-list packed full of the leading professionals from across the UK.
Why Exhibit in the UK?
Why exhibit in the UK?
The UK is the most innovative grocery retail market in Europe. Even in tough economic times British consumers are keen to experiment, seek out convenient solutions and authentic specialities, and are prepared to pay for quality.
The total worth of UK consumer expenditure on food, drink and catering is over £200 BILLION*.
The UK Food & Drink industry is the biggest manufacturing sector in the country... larger than automotive & aerospace combined.*
The UK eating out market is set to grow +2.6% in 2025F, with polarisation between service-led and quick-service channels**.
The UK eating out market is forecast to value £101 billion in 2025F. Growth will primarily be driven by retail, travel and leisure and contract catering segments**.
*Source: Department for Environmental Food & Rural Affairs and Food & Drink Federation **Lumina Intelligence Eating Out Market Report 2025
Who you’ll meet
90%of visitors in 2025 were C-Suite, Senior or Middle Management
89%of visitors specify, influence or make the final decision to spend
40%of visitors were key food service buyers
32%of visitors were from the wholesale, grocery and retail sectors
£123kaverage amount of business our exhibitors expect to generate in the next year from the 2025 show
What I'm amazed with at these shows is that the small brands get loads of footfall going past them and this is really difficult to achieve online and in other situations. So I think it's really great that the UK Food & Drink Shows brings everyone together for these few days and creates an environment of opportunity.
Cecil Adjalo
Foundervine
Co-Founder and COO
Nessrine Drira, Managing Director, Cho Group/Britaste Company
This is the first time we have exhibited in Food & Drink Expo, but we have already decided that we are exhibiting next year because it was a great opportunity for us to meet new people, new contacts and new leads to work on.
Nessrine Drira
Terra Delyssa
Managing Director
Nick Showering, Showering Cider, Brand Manager
This is the first year that we've exhibited at the Food & Drink Expo, and it's been really helpful trying to find potential customers. It's been very fruitful for us.
Nick Showering
Showering Cider
Brand Manager
Lawrence Hill, Head of Foodservice/B2B, Tofoo Co
We chose to invest our marketing budget in the UK Food & Drink Shows because we know that there is a captive audience here for us. We tried and tested it, obviously, this being our second year now, and we've been equally impressed
Lawrence Hill
Tofoo Co
Head of Foodservice/B2B
Lizzie Stockwell, National Account Manager, Grind
I definitely think the brand visibility has been huge for us this year. We've had a lot of people come to our stand and we've met some really great contacts and got some really great leads as well. So, I think it's been good for all of that.
