Brazilian delegation of 34 visits Sial Paris and French food retailers

The delegation included specialists from Senai-RS and Sebrae-RS. According to the organisers, the programme sought to identify trends and business opportunities in food and beverages.

Sial Paris brought together approximately 8,000 exhibitors representing more than 130 countries. More than 400,000 products were displayed at the Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre, and the event attracted 305,000 professionals from 192 countries.

To explore the French market beyond the exhibition halls, delegates visited Galeries Lafayette Gourmet, the supermarket Monoprix and the Paroles de Fromagers cheese museum. The itinerary covered both food retailing and gastronomy.

Invest-RS organised an event at the Brazilian embassy in Paris, where products from Rio Grande do Sul were exhibited.

At the trade fair, delegates attended talks and discussions covering the international food market, changing consumption habits, technologies for the industry and private-label development. The programme also included the Agrifood Connect & Finance networking meeting on October 19th. Director Gilberto Piccinini represented Sistema FIERGS.