This event had a much smaller, more intimate feel about it and so the stand was much smaller in order to fit in to its surrounding exhibitors. We took pride of place in St. Anne’s Square Manchester for the weekend of the Manchester Food and Drink Festival, which actually ran for almost 2 weeks!

Mary, Me, Karl and Angela- The Team

The first day began with very fine rain and it was extremely cold throughout all three days, but we were not deterred. We were only a small team of 4 but we kept our  spirits up and enjoyed speaking to passers by about the delicious products which we were offering samples of. Over the course of the three days this included lemon curd muffins, double chocolate muffins, chocolate brownies, tropical smoothies and summer fruit smoothies. We also gave out money off vouchers for use in all Co-operative stores and promoting the three stores in Manchester City Centre. 

the smoothies

We also had a display of Co-operative products which all came from one of the city centre stores and people were surprised to learn that all these products were available in small stores.

 We had a few famous faces visiting us for samples including Anthony Cotton (Sean Tully from Coronation Street) who seemed to enjoy the products he tried.

We really enjoyed the Manchester Food and Drink Festival as it was very different to what we were used to on the larger County Shows. It was smaller and more intimate and we enjoyed the whole atmosphere of the event.

karl giving out smoothie samples

We have a bit of a rest now until our next stop which is the BBC Good Food Show in London.

I can’t wait!

see you there

Christine x