OLYMPIA LONDON 19-20 MAY 2020
www.european-coffee-tea-soft-drinks-expo.com +44 (0) 20 3668 9809 European Coffee, Tea & Soft Drinks Expo 2020 will deliver an audience of trade-only buyers, the vast majority of whom exhibitors and sponsors will not meet anywhere else, from a broad range of famous well- known major corporate caterers to artisan coffee shops and everyone in between including cafes, coffee shops, hotels, restaurants, pubs and many more. Visitors will come from the independent outlets right up to the corporates, providing representation from across the hospitality industry.
Taking place 19th-20th May 2020 at London’s premier venue, Olympia, it will bring together all of the successful elements of the 2019 show as well as adding much more! With a strong on-site rebook and many new companies wanting to be involved with stand space and sponsorship opportunities, space is already limited, so do not miss out on this unique chance to promote your brand to serious beverage buyers at European Coffee, Tea & Soft Drinks Expo 2020.
WHY YOU SHOULD BE THERE: BY EXHIBITING YOU WILL: • Meet potential new customers European Coffee, Tea & Soft Drinks Expo is the only UK hospitality show • Meet existing customers to strengthen relationships that offers trade-only buyers that are focussed on sourcing beverages • Meet and do business with fellow exhibitors and related equipment. Our visitors, from the breadth of the hospitality • Launch new products and services sector, attend specifically to meet with exhibitors that offer coffee, tea, • Capture new data to add to your current customer database soft drinks, beans, packaging, milk and alternatives, distributors, related • Build company or brand awareness equipment to prepare and serve as well as other beverage related products! • Benefit from the Show’s extensive marketing campaign
“The quality of the visitors to the show has been unparalleled to other shows we have been to.” Richard Martin, new business director Aqua Libra drinks, which is owned by Britvic Here’s just a small selection of the companies that visited: AB Hotels Ltd * AE Catering * Akash Restaurant * Amazon * AMT Coffee * Anglia Ruskin University * Aramark Ltd * Babel House Hotel * Bartlett Mitchell Perkee Coffee Baxterstorey * Bear Coffee Co * Beds and Bars * Bettys & Taylors Group * Black Cat Kaffe og Tehuas * BNP Paribas * Brewhouse & Kitchens * Bromley Court Hotel * Brown’s Hotel Cafe Adelphi * Caffe Nero * Capilon Hotels * Cardiff University * Carnival UK plc * CBRE Chiltern Firehouse * Chopstix Group UK * Cineworld-London * CitizenM * City University Club Gascon * Cocoa Runners * Coffee Island * Coffee Mill deli caffe * Coffee Republic * Cojean Colston Hall, Bristol Music Trust * Compass Group * Costa Coffee * Courtyard Café * Creams * Cru Holdings Ltd Debenhams * Department of Coffee & Social Affairs * De Vere Hotels * Dukes Hotel * EAT * Elan Café * Elior UK * Fernandez and Wells * Fooditude * Fortnum and Mason * Four Seasons Hotel * Fullers * GAIL’s Artisan Bakery * Galleria Cafe’ Ltd * Grind & Co Grounds Café * GS Plus * Hampstead Cafe Ltd ( Tania’s ) * Handpicked Hotels * Harlequin Theatre & Cinema * Harris + Hoole Harrods * HEJ Coffee * Honey and Harvey Hotel Chocolat * Imagine Inns * Imperial London Hotel * InterContinental Hotel Group ISS * J D Wetherspoon * Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts * K West Hotel * Kafé Kraft AS * Kaffeine * Kaffeprojektet * La Petite Auberge Restaurant * Le Pain Quotidien * Leeds United * Leon * Lincoln Coffee House * London Hilton on Park Lane Maitre Choux * Mandarin Oriental * McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd * MIGROS TICARET A.S * Mitchells & Butlers plc * Morrisons Supermarkets* Muffin Break * Nando’s * National Liberal Club * National Museums Liverpool * Notes Coffee Roasters & Wine Bars Oakman Inns * Olympic Studios * Park Theatre Cafe Bar Pty * Park Wall Taverns * Patisserie Valerie * Paul UK * Perky Blenders Group * Press Coffee * Restaurant Associates * River Café * Robertos coffee & Gelato bars * Runnymede hotel * Saint Espresso * Salt Café * Selfridges * Shaftesbury Theatre - Theatre of Comedy * Shot Espresso Society Café * Sodexo * St. James’s Hotel and Club * Stansted Airport * Star Pubs & Bars * Starbucks * Taylor St Baristas * Taylors of Harrogate * The Berkeley Hotel * The Ritz London The Watch House * TJX Europe * Trader Vic’s Restaurant * Transport for London * 200 Degrees * University of Cambridge * Urban Leisure Group * Vacherin * Vita Coco * Waitrose Ltd * Waynes Coffee Whatley Manor * Whitbread * YOTEL * Z Hotels
ALL WITH SERIOUS PURCHASING POWER
“It’s a great showcase for us. It’s a great opportunity to meet existing customers and drive new business.” Marcus Swift, Commercial Director, UCC Coffee and probably twice as busy, with many exciting new ideas and features already being worked on. As with the 2019 show, European Coffee, Tea & Soft Drinks Expo 2020 will be supported by a star-studded steering panel of top buyers recruited from all the major industry sectors who are backing European Coffee, Tea & Soft Drinks Expo – The 2019 steering panel included:
• Jessica Worden, Coffee Manager, • Peter Dore-Smith, Founder & • Antonio Vigorito, Food & GAIL’s Artisan Bakery Director, Kaffeine Beverage Manager, St James’s • Henry C.A.W. Ayers, Director & • Mark Hastings, Director of Hotel & Club • Tim Cox, Drinks Innovation, Founder, The Gentlemen Baristas Restaurants, Mandarin Oriental • Richard Cross, Head of Retail Costa Express • Emilie Holmes, Founder, Good Hyde Park F&B and Duty Free, Stansted • Sonia Louro Carvalho, Head of and Proper Tea • Robert Robinson, Co-Founder, Airport Hot Beverage, Compass Group • Josh Mordecai, Head of Notes Coffee Roasters & Wine Bar • Chantal Lontay, Commercial • Magda Harrison, Owner, Artisan • Sam Shutt, Head of External Good & Proper Tea and the Artisan Coffee School Operations, • Fabio Ferreira, Co-Founder, Manager, F&B & Duty Free, Brand – Food, Debenhams • David Abrahamovitch, Founder, Notes Coffee Roasters & Wine Bar Stansted Airport • Edwin Harrison, Owner, Artisan • Tom McCarthy, Director of Food Grind • Scott Russell, Founder & CEO, • Mark MacDonald, National and the Artisan Coffee School & Beverage, De Vere • Josh Brown, Head of Commercial Paddy & Scotts Supplier Manager, Star Pubs & • Don Altizo, National Barista • Dave Lewis, Food & Beverage Development, Harris + Hoole • Andy Wells, Co-Founder, Press Bars (Heineken UK) Trainer, Baxter Storey Category Manager (On Board • Bartosz Ciepaj, Master Roaster, Coffee & Co • Tim Sturk, Independent • Craig Bunting, Co-Founder & Sales BU Channel), DFDS Harrods • Owen Thom, Education Coffee Consultant & Trainer, Marketing Director, BEAR • Maxime Herbaut, Coffee and • Ashley Saxton, General Manager Development, SCA timbitandbeans • Paul Darlison, Head of Operations Beverages Manager, Eat – Restaurants, Harrods • Gianni Romagno, Managing • Sanjay Bowry, Operations – Nero Express, Caffé Nero • Joao Almeida, Founder of Latte • James Drake, Operations Director, Sevengrams (7Gr) Manager, Vita Mojo • Laura Harper-Hinton, Co- Art Bar and Head of Coffee, Elan Manager, Hotel Chocolat Coffee Studios • Roland Horne, Founder, The Founder & Creative Director, Group Watch House Caravan Roasters & Restaurants • Tony Mosca, Director of Food & • Adrian Campbell–Howard, • Rick Wells, Founder & Director, Beverage, InterContinental London Founder and MD, Society Café • Tom Vincent, Co-Founder, 200 • Marc Fink, UK F&B Manager, Fernandez & Wells Park Lane Degrees citizenM Hotels • Hannah Hughes, Head of Innovation, Soho Coffee Co
“We’ve had interest from international businesses, distributors, owners of chains and individual coffee bars. It has been the sort of interest that we would not have been able to get anywhere else.” Gordon Pirret, chairman, Novus Tea In addition to the outstanding range of exhibitors, the 2019 show provided visitors with a sensational range of attractions, and these are set to return for 2020!
Barista Masterclasses - hosted by the world’s top baristas, including the 2018 World Champion Agnieszka Rojewska, The Barista Masterclasses were a huge visitor draw. Roastery Masterclass LIVE! - An exhibitor first! The Live coffee roasting sessions were packed with visitors looking for inspiration from the industry’s finest roasters. The Tea Quarter, in association with National Tea Day - The Tea Quarter proved to be a highly successful area, with visitors able to learn from practical workshops and demonstrations and then discover an amazing array of tea exhibitors. Soft Drinks Pavilion - a huge growth area for the industry, this focus of the show is PLUS! set to explode in 2020! Exciting new features to be announced soon for 2020! PLUS! - Conferences, VIP Programme, Roastery Way and the Tea Trail.
“We like the fact it’s direct B2B, so it’s not as manic as some of the consumer led shows. The quality of the leads makes it very fundamental that we are a key part of this show.” Martin Morrell, Corporate Sales Director, Eversys WHOLESALERS, DISTRIBUTORS 14% COFFEE SHOPS, CAFES, BAKERIES 27%
SUPPLIERS 15%
CONTRACT CATERER, FROM OUR VISITOR FEEDBACK WE KNOW THAT THEY ATTENDED HEALTHCARE, ROASTERIES OFFICES 7% EUROPEAN COFFEE, TEA & SOFT DRINKS EXPO TO MEET WITH 9% SUPPLIERS AND INNOVATORS IN THE SECTOR
HOTELS, BELOW ARE JUST A FEW, NOT BY ANY MEANS ALL, OF THE RETAIL, LEISURE, RESTAURANTS, SECTORS THAT THEY CAME TO SEE EDUCATION, VENDING PUBS, CLUBS 13% 15%
OF VISITORS HAVE PURCHASING AUTHORITY OTHERS 14.6%
SOUTH WEST 4.1% LONDON 37.3% EAST ANGLIA 4.1%
EAST MIDLANDS 4.2%
SOUTH EAST 35.7%
“We’re just really happy to be here. Very busy at the stand, we met buyers, we made contacts, we networked. The big buyers but we also like talking to the small buyers as well.” Matthew Pygott, Co-founder & Director, Cannasa UNITED KINGDOM • ITALY • SWITZERLAND • IRELAND • NETHERLANDS • GERMANY BELGIUM • UNITED STATES • SPAIN • FRANCE • NORWAY • GREECE • TURKEY DENMARK • TAIWAN • INDIA • LATVIA • CHINA • HUNGARY • REPUBLIC OF KOREA • CZECH REPUBLIC • PORTUGAL • CANADA • SAUDI ARABIA • SLOVAKIA LUXEMBOURG • SWEDEN • FINLAND • KENYA • ETHIOPIA • VIETNAM • MEXICO AUSTRIA • UGANDA • NEW ZEALAND • GIBRALTAR • HONG KONG • SLOVENIA JAPAN • ARGENTINA • HONDURAS • FIJI • ISRAEL • EL SALVADOR • ALBANIA • TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO • PAPUA NEW GUINEA • TANZANIA • POLAND • RUSSIAN FEDERATION • SOMALIA • SINGAPORE
“The Expo has been excellent. It’s a really good event, a really good way to meet different people, people we would never have met without this show. A lot of coffee shops, but also supermarkets as well.”
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Daniel Clarke, Managing Director, La Cimbali UK “It’s been awesome. Having buyers here from the bigger supermarket chains, contract catering and all the areas that we are focusing on! It’s been really valuable.”
Harriet Aldam, Commercial Partnerships Manager, Press London
“This is our second year at the show. Certainly more visitors this year. “Compared to We can see the marketing has really other coffee festivals it ramped up. The show of choice for tea was consistently busy and we and coffee and people in the industry” had time to interact and make “It’s a really meaningful connections. The people important event for the Shamir Shah, Managing Director, who came here were genuinely industry. It’s great because we Swiss Pack Europe interested in our coffee. It has been get to see our current customers phenomenal.” in one place, and new customers as well. It’s great to be part of it.” Laura Wogan, Director, Wogan Coffee Adam Perry, Channel Manager, Food Service UK (Clipper)
“We are very glad to be here. The quality of the content has been very, very good. We really had the time to speak with everybody, with our partners, and potential new partners. We are extremely satisfied about the show. Simply amazing.” Andrea Lucchini, Regional Sales Manager, Egro/Rancilio “It’s an amazing show. It’s so very well organised and easy to navigate with great facilities too. The Masterclasses have been really good, very engaging.”
Angela Roa Ortiz, Starbucks
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