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Anuga 2017
A
t the coming Anuga, a
shopping basket that is
full to the brim is await-
ing the visitors from the retail
trade and out-of-home market
in fully-booked exhibition halls.
Around 7,200 exhibitors from
100 countries will be present-
ing the global market offer of
food and beverages throughout
five days. As such Anuga 2017
has once again achieved its
record result of 2015. Around
160,000 trade visitors from over
190 countries are awaited. 89
percent of the exhibitors and
69 percent of the visitors come
from abroad. Anuga is the most
important trade, sourcing and
trend platform for the interna-
tional food industry.
The trade fair not only reaches the
most important decision-makers
from the international trade with
its comprehensive offer, it also
addresses the leading customers
from the out-of-home market and
the buyers of the big online plat-
forms.
Anuga covers the entire fair
grounds in Cologne. It is one of
the largest exhibition complexes
in the world. 284,000 m² of gross
exhibition space in 11, in some
cases multi-storey halls, four en-
trances, a continuous trade fair
boulevard and a central piazza
ensure fast connections and a
high quality of stay.
With its "10 trade shows under
one roof" concept, Anuga enables
a clear structure of the fair accord-
ing to themes, which facilitates
the orientation in the face of the
abundance of the offer. There
have been several changes to the
concept again this year, which
compress and optimise the struc-
ture of the offer.
In this way, coffee, tea & co. are
being awarded their own platform
for the first time, indeed under
the trade show name "Anuga Hot
Beverages". Until now hot drinks
were covered in one trade show
together with bread and bakery
products.
The new trade show "Anuga Hot
Beverages" is a reaction to the
growing significance of this seg-
ment. The new trade is meeting
with great interest and will repre-
sent a diversified range of exhibi-
tors from the coffee and tea scene
in October.
The theme "cuisine" is also being
re-defined at Anuga. To this end,
the trade show "Anuga Culinary
Concepts" is bundling cooking
skills, technology, equipment and
gastronomy concepts. Here, as in
the previous years, the finals of
the two established professional
competitions, "Chef of the Year"
and "Patissier of the Year", will
once again take place. Customers
from the out-of-home market have
numerous points of contact here,
which offer information, enter-
tainment and contact to the stars
of the cooking scene.
Koelnmesse organises Anuga in
close and trusting cooperation
with the Federal Association of
the German Retail Grocery Trade
e.V., Berlin, (BVLH). Other indus-
try sponsors include the Federa-
tion of German Food and Drink
Industries and the German Hotel
and Restaurant Association.
The trade fair is open daily from
Saturday, 7.10.2017 to Wednes-
day, 11.10.2017 from 10:00 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m. Exclusively trade visi-
tors are granted access.
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Koelnmesse GmbH
Messeplatz 1
D-50679 Köln
The largest and most important food fair
in the world
Around 7,200 exhibitors from 100 countries
07.– 11.10.2017
Anuga 2017:
Fully-booked exhibition halls
and shopping baskets full to the brim