SIGEP 2012 exceeds itself, once again chalking up an extraordinary success with record-breaking figures. After having passing the threshold of 100,000 trade visitors in 2011, the 33rd edition that ended yesterday at Rimini Fiera was attended by a total of 122,697 visitors over five exhibiting days, with an increase of 15% on 2011.
After three days of competitions, under the watchful eye of an exacting jury and in front of admiring crowds, the winning team of the 2012 Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie is: Japan!
The FAO Food Price Index in March nearly unchanged from February
The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 216 points in March 2012, virtually unchanged from 215 points in February. Among the various commodity groups, only oils prices showed strength, compensating for falling dairy quotations, while the indices of cereals, sugar and meat prices were largely unchanged from last month’s level.
GastroPan Festive Dinner for the bakery and food service specialists!
Romanian GastroPan trade fair goes beyond setting a business platform for the suppliers, producers and distributors in bakeries, confectioneries and restaurants. The traditional GastroPan Festive Dinner will bring together all entrepreneurs in the field, helping them to build new contacts and to meet new opportunities in a more relaxing way. Find out how you can attend GastroPan 2012 Festive Dinner!
Flour Millers Fined $317 Million by French Antitrust Authority
France’s competition regulator fined French and German flour millers about 242 million euros ($317 million) for anticompetitive practices in the retail market, according to Bloomberg. A 14-member Franco-German cartel was fined 95.5 million euros for conspiring between 2002 and 2008 to limit flour exports between the two countries.
EU Forecasts 2012 Wheat Harvest to Rise 2% to 131.4 Million Tons
The European Union soft-wheat harvest will rise 2 percent this year, with ending stocks forecast to climb on lower use of the grain as animal feed, according to the European Commission. Soft-wheat production in the 27-nation bloc may rise to 131.4 million metric tons from 128.8 million metric tons last year, according to documents dated March 30 and published on the commission’s website.
Bread, Cake and Ice-Cream of the year to be awarded at GastroPan!
The fourth editionof the largest bakery, confectionery and food service exhibition in Romania will be held on March 23-25th in Targu Mures, ROMANIA. Next to the wide range of solutions for the specialized visitors, exposed by over 100 exhibitors from 16 countries, the program will include a series of competitions and demo shows. Check out the most attractive moments at GastroPan 2012!
SIGEP 2012 exceeds itself, once again chalking up an extraordinary success with record-breaking figures. After having passing the threshold of 100,000 trade visitors in 2011, the 33rd edition that ended yesterday at Rimini Fiera was attended by a total of 122,697 visitors over five exhibiting days, with an increase of 15% on 2011.
After three days of competitions, under the watchful eye of an exacting jury and in front of admiring crowds, the winning team of the 2012 Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie is: Japan!
Romanian GastroPan trade fair goes beyond setting a business platform for the suppliers, producers and distributors in bakeries, confectioneries and restaurants. The traditional GastroPan Festive Dinner will bring together all entrepreneurs in the field, helping them to build new contacts and to meet new opportunities in a more relaxing way. Find out how you can attend GastroPan 2012 Festive Dinner!
France’s competition regulator fined French and German flour millers about 242 million euros ($317 million) for anticompetitive practices in the retail market, according to 
The European Union soft-wheat harvest will rise 2 percent this year, with ending stocks forecast to climb on lower use of the grain as animal feed, according to the European Commission. Soft-wheat production in the 27-nation bloc may rise to 131.4 million metric tons from 128.8 million metric tons last year, according to documents dated March 30 and published on the commission’s website.
The fourth editionof the largest bakery, confectionery and food service exhibition in Romania will be held on March 23-25th in Targu Mures, ROMANIA. Next to the wide range of solutions for the specialized visitors, exposed by over 100 exhibitors from 16 countries, the program will include a series of competitions and demo shows. Check out the most attractive moments at GastroPan 2012!
