Here is an initial  list of vendors I intend to try to visit first while at the show, partly out of curiosity and partly to reward them for their keen assertiveness.

• Lucero Olive Oil
• Australis Foods USA LLC Twitter
• HINT Essence Water
• Gary & Kit’s Gourmet
• Vitalicious
• Jer’s Handmade Chocolates
• PG tips
• Australian Made
• Tasmanian Honey Company
• Roland Foods
• Silver Moon Twitter
• Sahale Snacks
• Amano Artisan Chocolate
• Alter Eco Twitter
• Better Body Foods ( Xagave)
  
• J&D’s Foods
• Nielsen Massey Vanillas
• Sable & Rosenfeld
• Justin’s
• Fortun Foods
• Gourme Mist
• Beemster cheese
• New Tree Twitter
• Teatulia Teas Twitter
• Bradley Smokers
  

I am sure that there are MANY great companies showing their food products, but these are ones I will be looking out for.

Obviously, business success can come from having at least one great product.  But we need to do great marketing and promotion as well.

If any of the above is inaccurate, please advise.

One last note.

Kudos to Teatulia,  which gets my award for grooviest Twitter page!

Actually, Teatulia’s website,  Blog and Twitter page are design coordinated, and designed very nicely.

A professional food trade fair and a reference event in Asia

March 17th to 19th, 2010,

Pudong Expo, Shanghai China

Dedicated to gourmet catering and quality hotel services.

Bringing together:

Decision-makers and key players from all over Asia:
chefs at gourmet restaurants,
Food & Beverage managers for 4 and 5-star hotels
professionals of the gourmet catering and bakery-pastry industries,
gourmet caterers, importers and distributors

80 exhibitors from Europe and Asia will present an extensive range of products and services including the latest innovations.

This Trade Show is only Open to Food and Beverage Professionals and Buyers: Importers, Distributors, Wholesalers and Retailers of catering products, Executive Chefs, Restaurant Chefs, Food and Beverage managers, Buyers from grand hotels, Buyers from gourmet restaurants, Buyers from airline and cruising companies, Industry association, media and related school.

Location:

The Fancy Food Show – San Francisco, reporting on what’s hot in food. So, please be looking for some new posts.

35th Winter Fancy Food Show
January 17-19, 2010
Moscone Center, San Francisco

This is North America’s largest specialty food and beverage marketplace.

(Trade only. Retailers, etc. Not open to general public.)

16,000 – 24,000 attendees
250,000 products including
o confections,
o cheese, coffee,
o snacks,
o spices,
o ethnic,
o natural,
o organic and more
1,300 – 2,500 exhibitors
81 countries represented

More Info at SpecialtyFood.com

THE INTERNATIONAL WINE, SPIRITS, FOOD & HOSPITALITY TRADE FAIR IN INDIA

India’s world class B2B trade show dedicated to the wine, spirits, food and hospitality industries, will take place in Mumbai from 28th – 30th January 2010.
NSE Ground
Off Western Express Highway
Goregaon East
Mumbai 400 063

Phone: +91 22 66450123
Fax: +91 22 66450101

To know more about TASTE or receive updates send an e mail to taste@taste-expo.com or call Ms. Priyanka Gurumurthy on +91 22 4020 3377.

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And, we are doing REGULAR backups, now.

This open source (free) software phenomenon is awesome!

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