The Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network is partnering with the SmartFood Expo & Conference in an exciting opportunity for your company and our industry to raise our profile and reach key wholesalers, retailers and foodservice executives.

The inaugural SmartFood Expo & Conference will take place June 25-27, 2018 at Chicago’s McCormick Place and is powered by United Fresh Produce Association, EnsembleIQ and Progressive Grocer. This NEW food and beverage event will offer the following:

• SmartFood conference sessions driven by retail, food industry and market experts

• In depth Learning Center right on the show floor for further education and networking

• 10,000+ attendees from multiple wholesale, retail and foodservice channels, as well as food industry leaders, venture capital firms and other investors

• 100's of complementary exhibitors and sponsors from the fresh, healthy and better-for-you food sector

• National food media and bloggers looking for the next big thing in food

The Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network will host “The Chicagoland Food & Beverage Start-Up Zone” on the SmartFood Expo floor to promote food and beverage start-up companies in the city of Chicago. SmartFood Expo is making booth space available to CFBN member companies at a rate of $995 that includes a branded kiosk, allowing attendees to sample products and drive success.

The SmartFood Expo is held alongside four existing trade shows, which attracted 7,500 attendees and more than 700 exhibiting companies last year. United Fresh hosts United FreshMKT featuring hundreds of fruit and vegetable marketers, reaching retail and foodservice fresh foods buyers. In addition, co-located events focus on technology innovations in fresh foods (United FreshTEC), cold chain management (Global Cold Chain Expo) and the global floral business (International Floriculture Expo).

The new SmartFood Expo offers local start-ups and next-stage firms with a high-profile opportunity in a well-established trade show that already attracts many of the supermarket and restaurant buyers that you want to reach.

For further information, please contact Nina Sader at 202-303-3401 nina@smartfoodexpo.org.