Pitching applications are now open.

DDC Foods is a wholesaler and distributor of chilled, frozen, and ambient products, specialising in working with brand partners to bring new and innovative products to market.

Looking for: Trend-setting drinks, snacks, chocolate, popcorn, fruit, nuts, seeds, breakfast and more.

GAIL’s is an artisan bakery chain with 100+ stores and a track record of championing challenger brands.

Looking for: Branded products for their pantry, both chilled and ambient. Suppliers must have BRC, SALSA, or an equivalent accreditation, and products must have a clean ingredient deck.

Bidfood is one the UK’s leading foodservice providers, with a turnover of nearly £2.5bn servicing over 45k caterers and foodservice businesses around the UK.

Looking for: Small food and beverage providers

LNER provides long-distance inter-city services on the East Coast Main Line.

Looking for: Snacks, drinks in cans (no glass products are allowed on board), both alcoholic and soft drinks, confectionery and sweets, folded pizza, soup and healthy snacks.

Office Pantry is a leading foodservice provider to the office market across the UK

Looking for: Ambient snack food or drinks appropriate for in-office consumption (including alcohol, alternative milks, breads, spreads, etc).

Wagamama is a British restaurant chain, serving Asian food based on Japanese cuisine. They have 160 restaurants in the UK.

Looking for: Any product or ingredient that could be incorporated into the wagamama menu to enhance their offering.

ISS is a global leader in facilities management, specialising in delivering integrated services such as cleaning, workplace services, and food services.

Looking for: Food businesses that can support future growth through sustainability, social value, functional foods and added value ingredients and products.

Meta’s internal microkitchen program offers a range of hot and chilled beverages, as well as packaged snacks and light grab n go offerings for employees and visitors to their offices.

Looking for: Packaged products, Grab-n-Go and hot drink services.

Woods Foodservice, London’s top choice for ambient, chilled, frozen, and fresh produce, has expanded nationwide. Its founders also launched Edesia, specialising in premium Mediterranean produce.

Looking for: Products that can be supplied to top chefs across all categories. The Edesia buyers are only looking for suppliers of Mediterranean dry store.

British Airways, the UK's flagship carrier, transpors approximately 43 million passengers per year.

Looking for: Savoury and sweet snacks, sweet baked goods and desserts.

University of Reading’s dining services cater to a diverse community, serving 4000 plated meals a day across 6 dining and bar sites, and also run 8 cafes and hospitality offers.

Looking for: Suppliers with high sustainability and ethical practices

Jacq out the Box are a female-owned business and the leading UK ambient snack box supplier within the retail travel industry, supplying major airlines across the UK such as British Airways.

Looking for: New ambient snacking products from pioneering, provincial artisans.

The Caterfood Buying Group is a collective of eight independently operated foodservice suppliers across England, Wales, and the Channel Islands. They offer a diverse range of quality products to various sectors, including hospitality, healthcare, and education.

Looking for: First to market in foodservice for new brands & products.

Delicious Ideas Food Group have been supplying the Food Service channel for over 30 years. They supply over 5,000 sites across the UK and have built a reputation of taking new exciting challenger brands into their extensive list of Contract Catering clients.

Looking for: Brands that carry a sustainability message, have unique flavours and importantly, have founders that hold a huge desire to be proactive in our channel, in order to build their brands