JEHHAD, Saudi Arabia,
May 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Foodex Saudi 6th Edition is set to take place at the Jeddah
Center for Forums and Events from 12 to 15
November 2018 with the previous exhibition securing around
600 international brands.
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Every year, the event welcomes companies from more than 32
countries in a bid to attract influential Saudi food importers,
distributors, and investors. The exhibition was inaugurated by
Prince Abdullah Bin Saud, chairman
of the Tourism and Entertainment Committee at the Jeddah Chamber
for Commerce. Prince Abdullah said
that the wide participation of European, Asian, and Arab countries
proves the event's importance and high demand for diversity in the
local food market. According to recent statistics, the Kingdom
imports about 70% of its food and spends about SR 87 billion
annually (CDSI).
Haya Al-Sunaidi, chairwoman of
Reed Sunaidi Exhibitions, noted that there was a remarkable
European participation from such countries as Spain, Italy,
England, France, Portugal, and Greece, offering advanced and high quality
products. Foodex Saudi provides the perfect business and trade
platform for international exhibitors competing to have their share
in the Saudi market. Al-Sunaidi pointed out that year after year,
the exhibition is growing significantly, which helps to establish
the prominent position of Saudi
Arabia as one of the largest and promising markets in the
world, as well as to raise the level of aspirations in the upcoming
edition
Al-Sunaidi mentioned "Salon Culinaire" competition with
participation of 158 chefs from different countries in 16
professional sections, representing the most famous restaurants and
hotels in the Kingdom and supervised by World Association of Chefs
Societies (WACS), Saudi Arabian Chefs Table Circle (SACTC), as well
as Saudi Arabian Chef Association (SARCA).
Mazin Batterjee, Vice President
of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce,
said: "Every year, I visit this exhibition to find out about new
products and to network with international and local suppliers. I
am glad to see that the exhibition is growing fast in terms of the
number of exhibitors and partners. There is a continuous demand in
the Saudi market for high quality products and Foodex Saudi helps
to provide the variety we are looking for."
The Foodex exhibitors and guests from the previous event are
pleased by the results and are looking forward to come back this
year.
"We think that the visitors are professional. They are looking
for specific products. I'm quite satisfied with Foodex Saudi," said
Tomas Llistosella, Export Manager at Frit Ravich, Spain.
"This is our 5th time in Foodex Saudi. Every year the show is
getting better in terms of the quality of exhibitors and visitors.
The number of visitors is increasing year after year. Our main goal
as a leading food trade company in Saudi
Arabia is to meet with international suppliers and build
partnerships," said Khalid Baassiri,
General Manager at Alpha Trading and Shipping Agencies, LLC,
KSA
"This is the first time we've decided to come to Saudi Arabia. It's a very nice show. We had
the opportunity to meet a lot of potential buyers, and probably we
are going to come back next year," said Luiz Eduardo Yurgel, International Trade
Director at Josapar, Brazil.
"This is our first time in Foodex Saudi. We are delighted with
our participation, as we had a chance to meet a lot of trade
professionals, businessmen and investors," said Hussen Alfakih, General Manager at AL BARAKA
FRESH DAIRY FACTORY, UAE.
"We found the exhibition very good in terms of organization and
in terms of high-quality visitors. We made good connections and had
useful negotiations. I think that after the exhibition we will be
able to maintain good business relations. Most likely, we will
participate next year as well," said Enver Saidoglu, Export Manager
at IMPA ICECE KVE MESRUPAT PAZ. SAN. TIC. LTD. STI, Turkey.
"It was a very well organized and eventful show with high
interest from the visitors. I am sure that expectations were met.
The international pavilions were set up nicely and the exhibitors
from the whole world were well selected," said Chef Thomas Gugler, President of World Association Of
Chef Societies (WACS).
Saudi Arabia has the largest
food market in the Gulf and the Middle
East, boasting with strong economic and consumer power,
according to the recent data from Central Department of
Statistics.
Fast food market exceeds SR5 billion a year with the retail
sales growing by 66% fuelled by a large number of new hypermarkets
and food markets. Food and beverage imports are expected to
increase up to SR130 billion riyals by 2020, comparing to current
80 billion riyals.
More about Foodex Saudi:
http://www.foodexsaudi.com/en/aboutfoodex
Foodex Saudi show video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=51&v=lOLY7e0CqHk
Contact information:
Roa Alhazmi
+966-(0)-126-682-626
roa.alhazmi@reedsunaidiexpo.com
SOURCE Reed Sunaidi Exhibitions