Food for Thought

It was tough, but Team Fornazor braved the record-breaking heat and attended SIAL Paris October 2012. Not only was it hot walking the boulevards of Paris, it was very hot in Parc des Expositions de Paris-Nord Villepinte. The weather was suffocating, but we were in Paris, so how could we really complain?

Occurring every two years, the 25^th edition of SIAL Paris attracted visitors from not only the European Union but also from the rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The show is the world’s largest international food and beverage trade exhibit, and had over 150,000 professional visitors, an increase of more than 10% from the previous show. 62.8 percent of attendees were international visitors from 200 countries. The USA pavilion had a strong turn out and featured 140 exhibitors.

The show was attended by importers & wholesalers, agents & distributors, supermarkets & hypermarkets, department stores & niche retailers, hotels & restaurants, foodservice buyers, fast food, airlines, duty-free stores, mail order catalogs. Fornazor met with several of our international food customers as well as our suppliers for fresh table eggs, tomato sauces, lentils and beans, cookies and crackers.