Press Invite: Reserve your press pass to lunch! 2015

lunch!, the award-winning trade show for the UK's multi-billion lunchtime market, takes place this week at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London, on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th September.

Now in its eighth year and featuring 350 exhibiting companies, lunch! is widely recognised as the 'must attend' event for trade and consumer press looking to get the scoop on all the latest eating out of home trends and get an exclusive preview of innovative new food-to-go launches before they reach retailers' shelves.

Over 6,000 attendees are expected to visit, including top buyers from Pret a Manger, EAT, Costa, Greggs, Ocado, Tesco, Boots, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Superdrug, IKEA, British Airways, Eurostar, Brakes, Elior, Baxterstorey, Sodexo, Caterlink, and Gate Retail Onboard.

Press passes are available to editorial staff employed by a trade or consumer publication, mainstream media outlet (newspaper, radio, TV, etc), or online magazines. Email ejones@divcom.co.uk to request your free press pass today – please include your name, job title, company name, and full contact details (plus links to relevant by-lined articles if you are a freelancer).

New product highlights

Follow the links below for a preview of some of the new launches being introduced at this year’s show:

Exhibitor list

Please visit www.lunchshow.co.uk/exhibiting/exhibitor-list.

Big name speakers

The 2015 Working lunch! Theatre line-up includes Roger Whiteside, CEO of food-to-go giant Greggs; Helen Higgins, food ambassador at EAT.; Mark Palmer, group marketing director of Pret A Manger; Paul Ettinger, development director at Caffè Nero; Richard Morris, managing director of Tortilla; and Guy Meakin, trading manager – food on the move at Marks & Spencer. View the full programme at www.lunchshow.co.uk/visiting/working-lunch-theatre.

New Menu Innovation Theatre

Located in the new area of the Upper Feature Level, the show’s new theatre will host the live finals of the annual British Smoothie Championships (sponsored by Magrini), the Café Life Awards heats, and an exciting new series of master classes led by industry experts like Sebastian Michaëlis, tea buyer and blender at Tata Global Beverages; The Gentleman Baristas (Henry C.A.W Ayres and Edward T.G.E Parkes); Chris Fung, managing director of Crussh Juice Bars; Frank Boltman and Alex Stone from Trade in London’s Commercial Street; Mark Jankel, founder of The Street Kitchen; and Jay Morjaria, founder & exec chef at The Sutra Kitchen. View the full programme at www.lunchshow.co.uk/visiting/menu-innovation-theatre

Media enquiries & press pass requests to:

Emma-Louise Jones
Head of PR
ejones@divcom.co.uk
01273 645134

Registering in advance is highly recommended as press passes are not guaranteed to be issued on the day. It will also enable fast track entry. 

Alternatively, to register for a free visitor pass, please visit www.eventdata.co.uk/Forms/Default.aspx?FormRef=Lun95Visitor&TrackingCode=PR1.

* Please note: This is a trade only event. Additional details may be requested to verify journalistic activity and all press passes are issued at the management’s discretion. Marketing/advertising, sales, PR representatives, publishers, and other non-editorial professionals of media organisations are NOT eligible for press passes. Film crews will not be admitted into the event without prior authorisation from the organiser.