General Information
IFE Poland offers a number of world class features on top of the impressive number of exhibiting companies and industry professionals. This year the features are bigger and better than ever before and are sure to inspire and give great ideas for the future of your business.

Exhibiting at IFE Poland puts you face to face with key market buyers and gives you the opportunity to network with trade only professionals in your industry. No other exhibition in Poland offers this.

Poland is an increasingly attractive market for Foreign Direct Investment due to its strategic geographic location coupled with a strong labour force. Also a wave of emigration after joining the EU has given Poles returning to their homeland openness to new tastes and imported products.

KEY MARKET FACTS
GDP Growth 6.6%
Food and drink imports 5.9bn
Consumer spend in the retail market will reach 38.33bn in 2008 Jernimo Martins sales grew by 52% to 1.62bn in the first half of 2008; EBITDA at the division soared 89.7% to 111.3m
Metro Group sales in Eastern Europe increased 14.4% to 6.0bn in the first half of 2008.

EXHIBITION PARTNERS
After a successful alliance in 2008 McLane Polska, Poland's leading consumer goods distributors will once again host their buyer event alongside IFE Poland. McLane Polska, formerly ABCO, was formed in 1996 as a member of the McLane Group who has experience in the worldwide retail grocery and wholesale distribution businesses dating back to 1800. McLane Polska having recently merged with Eurocash are now a $19 billion enterprise, the McLane Group includes companies around the world such as Classic Foods, Hometown Favorites, Houston Astros, Leading Edge Brands, Lonestar Plastics, M-C McLane International, McLane Advanced Technologies LLC, McLane Polska and McLane Portugal. With a strong distribution network around Poland, McLane Polska offers retailers over 10,000 products and organised trade fairs and field sales visits to sample these products.

Food Ingredients CEE will take place alongside IFE Poland for the first time in 2009. It is clear that Poles are hungry for new tastes and more variety in their diets. FiCEE is the only significant exhibition in this whole region that is exclusively dedicated to food ingredients. It is also the only event to cover the whole Central and Eastern European area, which is why so many leading companies and food industry professionals will be there. Prepared and convenience meals are on the rise in CEE as personal wealth grows.

Supporting the development of the region and the promotion of the economic potential, including the food trade. The Mazowieckie Province is the most dynamic Polish region.

One of Poland's leading importers and distributors of grocery products. They have their own logistics fleet including refrigerated trucks, designed particularly for transporting food. They also own a string of retail establishments and run
educational cookery courses.

The owners of more than 4 thousand of retail stores in Poland, 175 store-rooms, 210 gastronomy places, 330 food processing companies and 7 hotels.

A direct importer of gourmet foods from all over the world. They focus on quality, nutritional value and organic raw materials.

A biweekly magazine that is read by the retail industry and provides up-to-date information about the Polish, European and global food industry. There will be a special IFE Poland edition.

The Scandinavian Food Group are a leading distributor of high quality food products in Poland.