Sapore 2012

• The B2B event for the food and beverage sector that invites to experiment all the innovations for eating out: tastes, ideas and trends featured in the Innovation Area.
• At the beginning of the year, it is an interesting preview of products for the national and foreign markets, thanks to the online marketplace that brings exhibitors and buyers from all over the world together.
• It brings together beverage, food and seafood for the Ho.Re.Ca. channel. (a market that has exceeded 70 billion euros, with further growth prospects), creating an absolutely unique appointment for all the chain´s trade members, with interesting openings for Large-scale Distribution on the dedicated day

• 865 companies
• 79.823 professional visitors
• 3,000 business meeting between exhibiting companies and foreign buyers from 42 countries
• 731 journalist accredited
• more than 100 new products in the Innovation Area

MIA is the section of SAPORE dedicated to products for catering, Italian and foreign food and beverage specialities, organic and gluten-free product, which are attracting increasing attention on behalf of both collective and commercial food service. A specific area is dedicated to pizza, with contests, demos and lessons on alternative flours and products for those suffering from celiac disease.

As well as trade members from the Ho.Re.Ca. channel, the event involves large distributors (by means of the Large-scale Distribution Buyers' Day, now at its fourth edition, organized on Tuesday with round tables and meetings with companies) and foreign buyers from various parts of the world.

Among the numerous initiatives for increasing internationalization, Rimini Fiera has inked a partnership with UnionAlimentari-CONFAPI, which has also been involved in the organization of new projects.

• food service (independent restaurateurs, pizza parlours, chains and franchising, fast food, take away, catering firms, collective food service)
• other public venues (hotel, bars, pubs, beer cellars, clubs and discotheques)
• trade (distributors, specialized wholesalers, importers/exporters, agents)
• large-scale distribution (hyper and supermarkets, cash & carry, purchase groups)
• food & beverage retail
• press, trade associations

• foodservice products
• Italian and foreign regional specialities
• bio and gluten free products
• frozen food
• logistics
• equipment