Plans for 2010 Hotel and Catering Show well underway

Preparations are well underway for the 2010 Hotel and Catering Show (16 and 17 March), with more than 70 local businesses already confirmed to exhibit at the event.

Leading businesses signed up up date include Unilever Foodsolutions and its brand KNORR, Nestle Professional and Addis Housewares include Country Fare, Wrights Dairies, and County Foods.

Bournemouth-based Country Fare, supplier of quality fruits, vegetables and salads as well as dry goods, dairy and breads, has also re-booked exhibition space following a success of achieving new business worth almost £40,000 during the last 12 months.  

Gavin Millward of Country Fare said: "Despite the current turbulent economic climate, 2009 was a particularly great year for us at the show which highlights to us that the hospitality sector is continuing to invest in high quality produce and products in order to set themselves apart from the competition and offer something more to meet customers' changing demands. 

"This will be our fifth year at the Hotel and Catering Show and amongst the produce we will be displaying includes local and seasonal produce a range of micro herbs and micro cress which are currently sought after by chefs for both the visual and the culinary diversity they bring to the plate."

Other companies returning include Wrights Dairies, a family-run milk and diary product distributor established in 1918 and County Foods, a catering butchers, who is returning for the fourth consecutive year.

Words: Maria Bracken

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