Plant-based products rocked this year’s Expo East with exhibitors such as Violife, which showcased its plant-based cheeses Teva Deli, which featured its vegan barbecue items Veggies Made Great, which recently launched a vegan muffin line that is allergy-friendly and egg free UNCUT plant-based burgers in chicken, breakfast sausage and turkey alternatives and Rebellyous Foods with its No Harm, No Fowl plant-based chicken nuggets. “Our strength has always been small, specialty food stores,” added Deppen.īut while this year’s Expo East was a quieter affair, these four top trends were as loud as ever.įrom established brands such as La Croix and Topo Chico to up-and-comers including Shine Water, a vitamin D-enhanced hydration product Roar Organic waters with electrolytes, vitamins and antioxidants and True North energy seltzers, hydration was around ever corner at Expo East. The cheese company was prompted to exhibit at Expo East after the Summer Fancy Food Show was cancelled.
“There are also small to mid-market buyers here and I now feel seen,” said first-time Expo exhibitor Old Quebec Cheddar’s Aaron Deppen, who added that trade shows prior to the pandemic were historically so hectic and crowded that connecting with buyers was a challenge. While rumors circulated that some 600 retail buyers had decided not to attend the show shortly before opening day, exhibitors said they’d met with buyers from Wegmans, Wakefern, Costco, Big Y, CVS and Wawa, among others. 22-25, featured a less robust exhibit hall and fewer attendees than pre-COVID Expos, the general consensus among the exhibitors WGB spoke with was that the event exceeded expectations and networking on the show floor was, for the most part, a quality-over-quantity experience.
While Natural Products Expo East, held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Sept. For many, it was the first in-person trade show they had attended since the start of the pandemic.
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