Americas Food and Beverage Show 2025

The Americas Food and Beverage Show (AFBS), leading U.S. food and beverage show for the Florida, Caribbean, Latin American and cruise markets, is held annually in Miami, a hub for these markets. In 2024, it brought together 10,000 professionals from over 120 countries.

Group Export invites you to join the Canadian Pavilion at this not-to-be-missed event!

Exhibit at this trade show in a generic formula, under the Group Export’s umbrella, and benefit from several advantages including:

• 10′x 10′ pipes-and-drape booth (3-meter x 3-meter);
• One 6′skirted draped table and 2 chairs;
• Fully carpeted;
• One 500-watt electrical power outlet (120 volts);
• Booth sign;
• 1 wastebasket;
• 5 free booth staff personnel badges;
• 15 free guest passes;
• Event coordinated by a Group Export representative on site.

Price

• Regular booth 100 sq2: $ 3,700
• Corner booth 100 sq2: $ 4,200

Market data

According to an Health and wellness series – Naturally healthy foods and beverages in United States from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, “Natural hot drinks reached US$2,300.4 million in 2022 and the CAGR is 15.7% from 2019 to 2022. Annual growth 2021 to 2022 of was 6.9% and total growth 2019 to 2022 was 54.8%.”

Financial Assistance for Participants

Reimbursement of a travel allowance of $1,250 per person, for a maximum of two allowance payments per company.

• To obtain a travel allowance reimbursement, the company must provide proof of travel (e.g., an invoice for an airplane, train, or bus ticket with a full itinerary, or a receipt for gasoline near the destination) AND proof of accommodation (e.g., official hotel invoice, AirBNB, etc.).
• To obtain two travel allowance reimbursements, the same evidence mentioned above is required for each reimbursement.
  • If two people share the same transportation (e.g., carpooling), two separate accommodation proofs will be required, and the company or traveler’s name must appear (e.g., two hotel invoices).
  • If the two people share the same accommodation, two separate transport proofs will be required (e.g., two plane tickets).
• An additional $500 per allowance will be granted if your company is located in one of these regions and that the departure also takes place from one of  the following regions : Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Côte-Nord, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, or Nord-du-Québec.
• A financial aid of 75% for additional costs related to booth setup, (consolidation with Export Group unfortunately no longer available), up to a maximum of $6,000 in eligible expenses per company.
• The Export Group reserves the right to request any additional supporting documents.

Financial assistance for visitors

Reimbursement of a travel lump sum of $1,250 per company. You will be entitled to an extra $500 per lump sum if your company is located in one of the following regions and that the departure also takes place from one of  the following regions : Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Côte-Nord, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec.

• To obtain one travel lump sum reimbursement:
  • The company must imperatively provide proof of travel (e.g., an invoice of flight, train, bus, etc. with complete itinerary or receipt for the purchase of gas near the place of destination) AND a proof of accommodation (e.g., official hotel invoice, AirBNB, etc.). Accommodation must have been paid for; redemptions of bonus points of any kind remove the right to this subsidy.
  • The Group Export reserves the right to request any additional supporting documents.

By registering to this event, you agree to complete and return the activity report which will be forwarded to you shortly. You will have 60 days following the event to send us back the completed report, otherwise you may be required to reimburse the subsidies received for this activity. The data that will be compiled is for the sole purpose of evaluating the economic benefits of this activity

Cancellation Policy

The Group Export Agri-Food is a non-profit organization who manages export financial programs from the ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec and from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

As a government program manager, Group Export has defined a general cancellation policy to follow when participating in a trade show. Policy’s details are as follows:

When a participation or registration form is signed by a representative of a company, this company becomes liable to the Group Export Agri-Food, as this form is a contract between the company and the Association.

• In the five days following registration, the company must pay, as a deposit, 50% of participation fees. This amount can be paid by check, direct deposit or credit card by contacting Group Export’s financial department at 450-649-6266. Direct deposits are preferred.
• The remaining 50% of participation fees must be paid at least 60 days before the activity.
• If the company does not respect these terms, Group Export Agri-Food has the right to cancel the company’s participation.
• When a company is cancelling its participation:
  • If the company or the Group Export Agri-Food finds a replacing participant, the full amount will be reimbursed, except for a $200 administration fee, as soon as a replacing participant has paid in full the amount due.
  • In case a substitute cannot be found, all other incurred charges, including 100% of the invoice for a space reservation, would be charged to the company.
  • All cancellation requests must be made in writing and be addressed to the person in charge of the activity, whose name appears on the participation form.

This policy was ratified by the Group Export’s Board of Directors on February 14, 2008.

Eligibility for Exhibitors and Visitors

To qualify as an exhibitor or visitor, the company must:

• Meet all eligibility criteria for provincial subsidies applicable to this activity.
• Hold a license number from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) or demonstrate that it is not required for its type of business.
• Have a registration number with the Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
• The Group Export reserves the right to refuse any registration for this activity.