IFE, part of Food, Drink & Hospitality Week, returns to Excel London on 17-19 March, offering networking opportunities, insightful discussions, and a showcase of high-quality brands.
For over 40 years, IFE has been an essential trade event for food, drink, and hospitality professionals, providing a platform to discover the latest trends and products shaping the UK and international food and drink landscape. With a strong focus on innovation and quality, the event facilitates connections, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing to drive business success.
With 15 dedicated food and drink zones, IFE reflects the breadth and diversity of the industry, from speciality foods to health, organic, and natural products. The Bakery, Snacks & Confectionery section returns for 2025, featuring a range of leading bakery brands from across the globe.
The Future Food Stage at IFE is set to be an essential destination for industry professionals seeking insights into evolving consumer preferences and purchasing behaviours. Covering topics from shifting demographics to disruptive innovation, this year’s agenda will explore key developments shaping the future of food and drink.
The panel discussion ‘Forgotten Shoppers: Embracing Overlooked Demographics in Food & Drink,’ moderated by Karen Green, Founder of Buyerology Ltd, will examine untapped consumer groups with significant spending potential. Speakers include Christarose Maphosa (Tesco), Kieran South (North Star), and Rebecca Oliver-Mooney (Raising the Glass), who will provide strategies for engaging these influential audiences.
For those looking to understand how retailers are accelerating innovation, ‘Revolutionising Retail: How Accelerators and Incubators Are Shaping the Future’ will be an unmissable session. Moderated by Theadora Alexander, CEO of YF, the discussion will highlight how supermarket and wholesaler incubators are supporting startups, featuring insights from representatives of Bidfood, Co-op, and Iceland.
Kate Kehoe, Marketing Manager at FMCG Gurus, will present ‘Consumer Trends in 2025: Three Key Things to Monitor Over the Next Twelve Months,’ offering an in-depth analysis of shifting consumer behaviours and priorities influencing purchasing decisions in the year ahead. These sessions will provide valuable industry insights into future developments in the food and drink sector.
A selection of bakery suppliers exhibiting at IFE 2025 includes:
Di Marco
The original creator of Pinsa, Di Marco is set to showcase its renowned artisanal bases at IFE for the first time. With a time-honoured recipe perfected over decades, Di Marco’s signature dough is crafted from a proprietary blend of wheat, soy, and rice flours, along with their revered mother dough—a secret formula that has set the benchmark for authentic Pinsa.
7 Muffins a Day
A dedicated gluten-free and dairy-free bakery offering a wide range of baked goods, including vegan-friendly options.
bakerdays
Specialists in personalised cakes, cupcakes, brownies, and baked gifts, bakerdays creates bespoke treats for all occasions.
Baklawa Made Better
A global bakery and confectionery company, Baklawa Made Better offers a diverse range of Mediterranean sweets, bakery ingredients, and chocolates, produced in state-of-the-art facilities in Dubai.
Bridor
A French manufacturer renowned for its high-quality frozen Viennese pastries, breads, and macarons, catering to the food service and retail sectors worldwide.
Food Connections
Creating high-quality handmade cakes, cookies, flapjacks, and muffins since 1992, this family-run bakery upholds its reputation for excellence through tradition and quality craftsmanship.
Haywood & Padgett
A South Yorkshire-based family bakery producing 80,000 traditional scones per hour. With over 30 years of experience, the company has expanded into sweet and savoury breadsticks, biscuits, and cookies, supplying retailers and food service providers across the UK and internationally.
Lika Bakery
Based in the Netherlands, Lika Bakery uses traditional Lebanese techniques and high-quality ingredients to create authentic Lebanese bread with an unparalleled taste and texture.
Regal Food Products Group
Originating in Bradford, Regal Food has grown into a multimillion-pound company offering an extensive portfolio of South Asian bakery products, distributed throughout the UK and over 50 countries worldwide.
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