Bidvest Trade Shows a Hit

This year we travelled the length of the country, through blizzards and over snow and ice covered roads to display our wares at the Bidvest trade shows.  We were warmly welcomed and had a productive time engaging with people from a range of food services.

This year Bidvest- one of New Zealand’s largest catering suppliers, held another series of trade shows throughout the country for suppliers to showcase their products to local foodservices.  The Hospitality Hub and Fuelled4life were generously invited along to display our resources and programmes that encourage and help chefs and foodservices provide healthier food.  We attended most of the shows from Whangarei to Invercargill and many in between. 

These shows and others like them are a very good way to meet local foodservice operators where we were able to talk and get an understanding first hand of the issues they face when it comes to the provision of healthier options.  It’s also a great opportunity to meet the suppliers and discuss with them the importance of producing healthier products for their customers. 

By and large our presence was appreciated by the other attendees and stall holders with many people seeing the benefit from providing their customers with healthier options.  So many in fact that over 400 people from these shows signed up to receive our newsletter.

We were also pleasantly surprised by some of the wonderful products being displayed at these shows, including; a fantastic range of vegetables, long shelf-life gas-flushed fresh meats and many more.  Below are a few recipes which use some of the products we sampled during these shows: