Summer Fancy Food Show

The Group Export Agri-Food will participate in the Summer Fancy Food Show (SFFS) 2024. Held annually in New York City, this show is the largest gathering of the specialty, gourmet, ethnic, natural and organic food industry on the U.S. East Coast. The Winter Fancy Food Show’s last edition in January 2024 in Las Vegas brought together over 15,000 exhibitors and visitors.

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

Structure and carpet

• 2 shelves
• 1 counter with front graphic (you must provide the graphic file in high definition)
• 1 background identification on the back wall
• LED spotlights
• 1 table
• 2 chairs
• 1 stool
• On-site coordination of the event and presence of a Group Export Agri-Food representative during the entire event.

Options

• Regular booth 100 sq2 (6 800,00 $)
• Corner booth 100 sq2 (7 400,00 $)

Did you know?

According to the report Consumption Profile – United States, presented by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, ”[P]er capita expenditures (PCE) on food and beverages increased at a CAGR of 4.3% from 2016 to 2020, reaching US$3,426.90 in 2020. This spending is expected to increase to US$4,019.70 in 2025, with a forecast CAGR of 3.2% for the five-year period starting in 2021.”

Eligibility for exhibitors and visitors

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

• Comply with all eligibility criteria for provincial and federal subsidies applied 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 your 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.

Financial assistance for exhibitors

Reimbursement of a travel lump sum of $850 per person, for a maximum of two lump sums per company.

• To benefit from the lump sum, the company must absolutely provide proof of travel (e.g. airline, train, bus ticket, etc. with complete itinerary or gas receipt near destination) AND proof of accommodation (e.g. official hotel invoice, AirBNB, etc.).

To obtain two travel lump sum reimbursements, the same proof mentioned above is requested for each reimbursement.

• If the two people share the same transportation (e.g. carpooling), two separate proofs of accommodation will be required and the name of the company or traveler must appear on them (e.g. two hotel bills).
• If the two people share the same accommodation, two separate proofs of transportation will be required (e.g. two airline tickets).

You will be entitled to an extra $500 per lump sum if your company is located in 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.

The Group Export reserves the right to request any additional supporting documentation.

• 75% financial assistance on the additional costs of setting up your booth and sending samples (when consolidating with Group Export) up to a maximum of $6,000 in eligible expenses per company.

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.

Financial assistance for visitors

Reimbursement of a travel lump sum of $850 per company. You will be entitled to an extra $500 per lump sum if your company is located in 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.

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 an administrator of government programs, Group Export had to implement a cancellation policy which applies for trade show participation. Policy’s details are as follows:

When a participation or registration form is completed 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 either be paid by check, direct deposit or credit card by contacting the 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 Group Export Agri-Food finds a replacing participant, the full amount will be reimbursed, except for a $200 administration fee, as soon as the 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 cancellations must be made in writing and be addressed to the person in charge of the trade show, whose name appears on the registration form.

This policy was endorsed by the Group Export Agri-Food’s Board of Directors, on February 14, 2008.