The Food Division

The Food Division offers a rolling programme of + 25 Meet the Buyer events each year, featuring buyer meeting opportunities with key buyers from GB, Republic of Ireland and covering both the retail and food service sectors.The programme is characterised by late confirmation and variable availability of buyers with many events therefore only confirmed a few weeks before the delivery date.Invest NI promotes all N.Ireland food &drink companies for buyer selection, however, ultimately it is the choice of buyers who they decide to meet, this factor is compounded by fact tha tbuyers usually visit N. Ireland for 1 day and the number of meetings is logistically limited to on average +/-15.Nevertheless the programme offersunparalled access to some of the most potentially lucrative opportunism including in last 12 months 3663, Sodexho, Pallas, Brakes as well as all the key retailers in GB and Republic of Ireland. The programme is delivered by Invest NI network of in market Food Sector Marketing Advisers."