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Africa’s Big 7 is the continent’s most important annual meeting place for the food and drink industry, where buyers and distributors from across this diverse and booming market come to source products from farm to fork including ingredients, specialty and finished products together with processing, packaging and logistics solutions.
Africa’s Big 7 has been running since 2001 and is the markets longest established and most trusted show. We connect thousands of pan-African visitors with local and international suppliers.
MAJOR BRAND BUYERS AND DECISION MAKERS FROM LEADING BRANDS ATTEND AFRICA’S BIG 7
IMPORTERS, AGENTS, DISTRIBUTORS
Cab Foods | Diplomat Distributors | Famous Brands | Fortuna Foods | Keep It Frozen Africa | Lusitania | M&L | Natela | Patleys | Rialto | Rieses Food Imports | Tacoma Foods
FOOD RETAILERS
SUPERMARKETS, CONVENIENCE STORES, FORECOURT STORES, SPAZA SHOPS
AVI Ltd | Cambridge Food | Checkers | Express | Family | Hungry Lion | Hyper | Jumbo Cash & Carry | Kwikspar | Liquor | LiquorShop | Makro| Megasave | Mini Market | Minimark | OK Foods | OK Grocer | Pick n Pay Supermarket | Rhino Cash & Carry | Shoprite | Spar | Superspar | The Fruitspot | Woolworths Food | Roots| D B Cash & Carry
HOTELS, BUSH LODGES, GUESTHOUSES
Hyatt Regency | City Lodge Group | Days Inn | Hilton | Legacy Hotels and Resorts | Mercure Accord | Protea Group | Sheraton Group | Sun International Group | Three Cities | Tsogo Sun | Radisson Hotel Group
FOOD & DRINK PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS
Clover SA | Rhodes Food Group | First SA Foods | FoodCorp | Kellogg’s SA | Bidfood Southern Africa| Nestle | Parmalat SA |
Pioneer Foods | Premier Foods | Rainbow | South African Breweries | Tiger Brands| RCL Foods | Tongaat Hulett | KWV | Creative Flavors International | Bowler Beverage Company Ltd | Nampak Rigids
FOODSERVICE AND CATERING SERVICES
Uber Eats | UCOOK | Famous Brands | Yum | In2Food | Pauli’s Food Co | Rocomamas | Spar Group | Ocean Basket | Liquid Chefs | Tiger Brands | Baltimore | Bimbo’s | Black Steer | Brazilian Café | Debonairs Pizza | Fishaways | House of Coffees | John Dory’s
Fish and Grill | KEG | KFC | Maxi’s | McDonald’s | McGinty’s | Mugg & Bean | Pannarotis Pizza | Saddles | Scooters Pizza | Spur Steak Ranch | St Elmo’s | Steers| Tashas | The Fish & Chip Co | TruFruit | Wimpy | Nando’s | Vida E Café | Beerhouse | Bidvest Catering Services | Bosana | Fedics | Feedem Pitseng | KKS | Royal Mnandi | Royal Sechaba
YOU CAN DISCOVER THOUSANDS OF NEW PRODUCTS
BEVERAGES
Alcoholic Drinks Beer
Health / Energy Drinks
Soft Drinks / Juices
Tea / Coffee / Other
FOOD
Bakery Products
Bulk/ Commodity Ingredients
Canned / Dried Foods
Cereals / Grains / Flours
Fish / Seafood
Frozen / Chilled Foods
Fruit / Vegetables
Meat / Poultry (Inc. Halal)
Milk / Dairy Products
Oils / Fats
Sauces / Condiments
Snacks / Desserts
Specialty Foods
Sweets / Confectionery
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
IT / Software Solutions
Kitchen Equipment
Packaging Machinery / Materials
Processing Machinery / Equipment
Refrigeration / Air-Con Technology
Retail Technology
Storage / Warehousing
Transport / Logistics/ Cold-Chain
FEATURES
Africa’s Big 7 has live features designed to inspire new thinking and innovation in the sector
CAFÉ CULTURE
Café Culture offers free barista and drinkspro training throughout the full three days of the show. Visitors can develop their skills and knowledge in two of the hottest beverage trends; coffee and liquor.
GLOBAL PIZZA CHALLENGE
For the 2nd time in their 11 year history, the Global Pizza Challenge will be Africa’s Big 7, the continent’s premier food & beverage show, where passionate Independent pizza chefs demonstrate their gastronomic masterpieces first-hand.
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WHERE AND WHEN
Exhibition Venue
GALLAGHER CONVENTION CENTRE
19 Richard Drive, Midrand,
Johannesburg, 1685
Gallagher Convention Centre is one of Africa’s largest conference and exhibition venues. Located in Midrand, between Pretoria and Johannesburg, Gallagher is conveniently positioned in the business hub of Gauteng and is the ideal location.
PARKING
Security monitored parking is available in an open air opposite the venue as well as behind Hall 5.
The cost per day is R20.
DATES
Sunday 23 JUNE 2019
Monday 24 JUNE 2019
Tuesday 25 JUNE 2019
10:00 – 17:00
10:00 – 17:00
10:00 – 16:00
