UAERG Food Service Forum and IMAGES RetailME Food Business Forum will offer a cornucopia of activities designed to enlighten and engage attendees. Thought-provoking keynotes will open the floor, delivered by visionaries who have left indelible marks on the larger Food Business landscape. The day’s proceedings will be punctuated with networking opportunities, allowing peers to mingle, connect, and potentially collaborate on future gastronomic ventures. These two concurrent events are poised to become a landmark, promising an intellectual feast for the entire fraternity.
The delectable opportunities will be presented in two parallel tracks – one for the Food Service Industry and another for the Food & Grocery Industry; spanning a full day of conference engagements culminating in a resplendent awards gala by nightfall.
Food & Grocery Retail is undergoing profound changes, driven by consumer behaviour and digital evolution across the MENA Region. Alongside, there is also an explosion in diversified products and categories that are adding depth to store shelves. IMAGES RetailME FOOD BUSINESS FORUM 2025 will bring to you a curated mix of the finest industry players and professionals from the leading hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores and specialty retailers. So that, if you are in the business of manufacturing, retail tech innovations, AI, and more, you and your business gets a complete overview of what is happening in the F&G Industry. Our aim is to empower learning and highlight the trend – Value, Digital, Experimental and Niche!
Over the years, MENA has witnessed an exponential proliferation of fine dining restaurants, cafes, pubs, bars, clubs, lounges, international fast-food franchises and a diverse range of homegrown food service concepts catering to the eclectic expat and domestic taste buds. The Food Service segment at UAERG FOOD SERVICE FORUM 2025 will comprise high-impact roundtables, exhibition areas and networking sessions. Meet the region’s most powerful food service professionals, major culinary creators and experience-builders, food tech innovators, as well as domain experts.
The total consumer spending on food in the Middle East and North Africa region is expected to pick up, especially after the rebound in economic activity. Governments’ strategies, especially in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), are pushing to promote travel, entertainment, and leisure activities, all of which contribute to market growth. The total population of the GCC region nearly doubled over 20 years, increasing from 26.2 million in 1995 to 56.4 million in 2021. And between Jan- Aug 2023, Dubai welcomed 11.10M overnight visitors. It’s no wonder that both the Food & Grocery Retail and the Food Service Market are booming in the region. Here’s an overview.
