2020 News and events

Celebrating Excellence in Public Procurement

A group of six Welsh drink producers are heading to Manchester next week - looking to catch the attention of the UK hospitality sector at the Northern Restaurant & Bar Show 2020 (March 17th & 18th).

The sky's quite literally the limit for Welsh luxury hamper, gift and spirit company, Sloane Home - which has secured a prestigious listing in the duty-free store at Cardiff Airport.

Welsh food and drink businesses have been busy flying the flag for Wales showcasing their produce at a series of events across the UK to celebrate St David’s Day 2020 (Sunday 1st March).

Food & Drink Wales is calling upon the Unicode Consortium, the global organisation responsible for regulating the international emoji portfolio, known as the Unicode Standard, for the inclusion of a Welsh food or drink emoji.

​ A new chapter has begun for award-winning Welsh salami producer, Cwm Farm Charcuterie Products with the opening of its new ‘Salami HQ’. ​

Come and discuss how our proposals to shift to a more circular economy can create important new economic opportunities on the journey to become a zero waste and low carbon nation.

A cross-section of Wales’ leading drinks producers are primed to take orders from some of the UK’s leading pub groups, as the Food and Drink Wales Drinks Cluster takes a stand at PUB20.

Senior and junior chefs who will be cooking for Wales at the prestigious IKA Culinary Olympics in Germany next month were given an enthusiastic send off by Assembly Members today (Wednesday).

The latest industry figures reveal a record turnover figure of £7.473 billion for Wales’ food and drink sector in 2019, surpassing the ambitious target set in 2014 to achieve 30% growth and reach £7billion of sales by 2020. In 2018, 73% of all Welsh food and drink exports went to the European Union.