North

East

Food

Show

2019

Highlights

Day 1

Inauguration featured the launch of the DOFP Website; Launch of Meg Tea Processing Unit & Meg Tea Packaging; Launch of the Meghalaya Plastic Challenge Cloth Bags

Day 1 - Day 3

Culinary Sessions were held on all 3 Days with Celebrity Chefs from the Indian Culinary Forum conducting interactive demo sessions as well as seminars on cooking & food technology; The Chef Wars Semi-Finals and Finals for Professional and Amateur categories

Day 1 - Day 3

The Conference Zone had Industry Experts from various line Ministries, Government Departments, Research Institutions, Universities, Financial Institutions, Entrepreneurs and Food Industry Organizations/ Companies holding interactive sessions for participating exhibitors on issues and market potential of food processing in the North-east as well as innovative technologies for furthering the growth of food processing in the region.

Day 1 - Day 3

Business Meets were facilitated between the participating members of the Hosted Buyer Program and all relevant exhibitors. The Meets resulted in MOU signings as well as business deals worth close to 24 crores for the Exhibitors.

Day 3

The Chief Minister’s Conclave was the highlight of the NEFS 2019 with Chief Ministers of the NE States in the presence of both the Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Union Minister of State for Food Processing discussing the path for charting the course of Food Processing in the NE

Outcome of the Show

ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE ON TAPPING THE NORTH EAST POTENTIAL IN THE CONTEXT OF ACT-EAST

The Ambassador of Costa Rica expressed interest in linking Pineapple exporters with India as Costa Rica is the highest exporter of Pineapple in the world
Ambassador of Georgia stated that they had an experience of wine making for the last 8000 years and would be interested to explore opportunities for economic cooperation and share their wine making experience
Amit Lohani, Founder of FIFI highlighted the potentiality of the region in terms of organic farming and wine industry and expressed willingness to explore and take this relationship to the next level.
A. Ahuja, PPFI highlighted the Exhibitor’s challenges in respect of transportation of products outside the state which stands as a bottleneck for building a business with the rest of the country.

CM’S CONCLAVE

Ministry of Food Processing to focus on NE as an upcoming food processing destination
Announcement of upcoming Mega Food Parks in Meghalaya and Sikkim by the Union Minister of State for Food Processing
NE should focus on high value, high quality products
Assistance for entrepreneurs to set up food processing-based industries in the region.
Declaration of intent to promote local fruit wines through a Wine Policy by the Chief Minister of Meghalaya.
A mega Food Park Project worth Rs 48.43 Crores for the state of Meghalaya was accorded in-principal approved by the IMAC chaired by Union Minister for FPI in November 2020

CM’S CONCLAVE

Ministry of Food Processing to focus on NE as an upcoming food processing destination
Announcement of upcoming Mega Food Parks in Meghalaya and Sikkim by the Union Minister of State for Food Processing
NE should focus on high value, high quality products
Assistance for entrepreneurs to set up food processing-based industries in the region.
Declaration of intent to promote local fruit wines through a Wine Policy by the Chief Minister of Meghalaya.
A mega Food Park Project worth Rs 48.43 Crores for the state of Meghalaya was accorded in-principal approved by the IMAC chaired by Union Minister for FPI in November 2020

MOU SIGNING

Organic Bangladesh Ltd. with Umtong Village
North East Entrepreneurs Alliance with FIFI Chief Shri. Amit Lohani
North East Entrepreneurs Alliance with Indian Culinary Forum Chef Prem Ram
North East Entrepreneurs Alliance with PPFI members, Shri. Naresh Kalia and Smti. Jagruti Patel

BUSINESS DEALS GENERATED - BUSINESS DEALS WORTH 24 CRORES GENERATED

MEGHALAYA: A few companies like Country spices, Smoky Falls, COLKS, Tinash Agro, etc. received orders for Products such as Black peppercorns, bay leaf, turmeric, cinnamon, honey etc from both International and national buyers including hospitality groups amounting to roughly Rs. 10 crores worth of business.
NAGALAND: Saucy joe’s sales were about Rs 20,000 but orders worth Rs. 8 lakhs through FIFI have been dispatched; Tsuipu Foods, Pristine and Cold Mountain Beverages generated about Rs 90,000 worth of sales.
MIZORAM: Zo spice did more than 5 crores to Korea, Japan, UAE and other Indian states; Tribe land coffee Mizoram has also received orders from national and international buyers. Amongst the states, Mizoram recorded the highest orders grossing more than Rs 12 crores.
ARUNACHAL: Arunachal Pradesh has received orders worth more than Rs. 30 lakhs with wine being one of the major products.
SIKKIM: sales of Rs 20,000 were made.
ASSAM: Each stall made sales of roughly 1 lakh each amounting to about 100 lakhs for the 3-day event. In terms of sales post event Assam recorded 3 crores of sales to both national and international buyers.

Our Major Sponsors

MSME Development Institute, Govt of India, Guwahati & Shillong Division, National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), APEDA, Guwahati, Meghalaya Cooperative Apex Bank (MCAB), Kuber Techno Crafts, Institute of Hotel Management Catering & Applied Nutrition (IHMCTAN), Rockski EMG.

Testimonials

It was a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the North East Food Show 2019 to show case talent expansion of local business. This was the biggest and the first time an event gave importance to the entire North East food cuisine and local food. - Sandeep Das, Exhibitor

Thank you so much for encouraging and supporting us always as Entrepreneurs. It gives us a sense of Encouragement, Passion to grow more, do more, Give our best. We can't thank the MIE and the Awesome Team enough for the complete support to Country spices always and to us all the Entrepreneurs. We will give our best and make us all Proud of our State products. - Artilin R. Thangkhiew, Country spices

We all at Purchasing Professionals Forum-India (PPFI) wanted to thank the North East Food Show for the excellent management of what has turned out to be a successful and highly stimulating Food show. It was a wonderful experience and knowledge enhancement for PPFI members from B2B event which was attended by most of the exhibitors. From the view of all PPFI members, North East area has lots of potential to provide quality products to the industry and we met lots of potential suppliers for this. We look forward to suppliers of Sticky Rice, Kiwi, Honey, Pineapple, Tea, Banana and Shitake Mushroom who can supply to five-star hotels quality products consistently. - Amarjit Singh Ahuja, Founder & President-PPFI

The North East Food Show provided us with the right platform to interact and get into talks with companies from Bangladesh as well as Pran Exports Ltd for supplying our products. - Tinash Agro Industries

We are very confident that through the SIAL Network today in the Food Sector, everyone will know where the North-East is and with the launch of the first Culinary association of North East at the North East Food Show 2019, we hope and expect that the Northeast Food Show will be extremely bigger and better in times to come. - Rajan Sharma, MD, Interads Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd.

After being in the food industry for more than 14-15 years, the North East Food Show was the biggest event in Northeast that I have seen so far.

Chef Joel Basumatari, Saucy Joe’s, Nagaland

The North East Food Show is a great platform for promoting North Eastern Trade and the products that we have especially the ones that most of the world is unaware of.

Nayantara Linnebank-Sawain, Lakyrsiew Tea

Its beyond my expectations that some big companies from abroad and from metropolitan cities attended the event and we got to meet and interact with them. - Zo Spice International, Mizoram

It was a brilliant experience for the Team and we got to learn about the indigenous ingredients and products that are grown here organically and can be a good resource in hotels across the country. - Chef Prem Ram, Joint Secretary, ICF

We believe that our partnership with Northeast Food Show will definitely open up a lot of avenues for Trade with Northeast and India and the international Market. - Amit Lohani, Founder Director, FIFI

Entrepreneurship in Meghalaya as a whole has been pushed a lot in the last five years with the support of the government. I give huge credit to Bah Sohliya of MIE for pushing entrepreneurship and getting it to where it is today and Conrad Sangma, our Honourable Chief Minister who has always supported entrepreneurs. I’m sure we will go a lot forward and Meghalaya will be a role model state for other states of the NE and also the country as a whole. - Chef Uttam Thangkhiew, Prime Cuts

We are setting up a joint venture with the Hills Farmers Union for selling Shitake Mushroom being grown in Shillong with the support of the Meghalaya Government. - YATS, Japan

My expectations were blown away and I did not expect such a huge event. It enabled us as entrepreneurs to connect with potential buyers especially prospective buyers from international countries. - Olivet, Sikkim

Awards and Recognition

MIE was awarded the Silver Experiential Marketing Award for the “Best B2B Programme of the Year” for the North East Food Show 2019 (4th to 6th December 2019) at the recently concluded WOW AWARDS ASIA 2020. The Award ceremony took place on 14th August 2020 on a digital platform or as the Organisers called it, a “Hybrid Virtual” platform for Live Events which is a completely new trend owing to the Pandemic situation we are currently living through. WOW AWARDS ASIA is the region’s largest and longest running business and recognition platform for the events industry and since 2009, WOW Awards have been the epitome of cultivating and celebrating excellence in the creation of LIVE events. 2020 marks the 12th anniversary of WOW Awards – Asia’s largest business & recognition platform for the Experiential Marketing, MICE, LIVE Entertainment & Wedding Industry. Participation is from all over the Asian Subcontinent and encompasses a huge variety of Categories and Companies / Government Organisations from all over Asia and the Middle East.