Got good food? Expo Dubai wants you

Dubai - This is the second of up to 40 licensed product categories put out to tender

Expo 2020 Dubai on Wednesday launched a search for producers of authentic Emirati and regional products including dates, Arabian coffee and sweets, chocolate and spices, which will form part of a warm welcome offered to Expo's millions of visitors from around the world.
This is the second of up to 40 licensed product categories put out to tender by Expo following the launch last month of a campaign to find its manufacturers of souvenirs.
Licenced food products will be sold at selected outlets across the UAE, including dedicated Expo retail stores that are expected to open in 2018, as well as at the Expo 2020 Dubai site itself when its doors open in October 2020.
With the Dubai Food Festival kicking off later this week, Najeeb Al Ali, executive director of Bureau Expo 2020 Dubai, hopes that UAE-based food producers will be inspired to compete for the chance to benefit from Expo's reach, which will ensure that their products are tasted by millions from around the world.
"We want to work with producers to create a range of products that authentically reflect our heritage and the multinational diversity of the modern UAE. We have an incredible, vibrant food scene that combines traditional Arabian products like qahwa, dates and spices, with international influences, and we want to share that with visitors to Expo 2020 Dubai," he said.
The tender process for becoming a licenced-food producer for Expo 2020 is fully online and open to businesses of any size from anywhere in the world. The initial stage - for companies to register their interest - closes on March 9. - business@khaleejtimes.com