Suppliers Race to Doncaster for CRG’s Latest Business Development Day
In total, the two-day event attracted 140 visitors with 36 suppliers showcasing their ranges and products to key decision makers from across the Country Range Group’s member wholesalers
With summer drawing to a close, the busy festive season approaching and 2026 already on the horizon, the Country Range Group recently returned to Doncaster Racecourse to host its latest blockbusting Business Development Day.
In total, the two-day event attracted 140 visitors with 36 suppliers showcasing their ranges and products to key decision makers from across the Group’s member wholesalers. Suppliers attending the event included KP Snacks, Rich Sauces, Unilever Food Solutions, Lakeland Dairies and Santa Maria to name a few.
In total, suppliers showcased over 200 products, including a wide range of exciting new launches, ranging from vegan and gluten-free options to education-focused lines, time-saving solutions, cost-sector essentials, grab-and-go innovations, and on-trend products designed to support caterers.
Attendees were treated to an exclusive preview of the Country Range Group’s upcoming product launches, spanning its three-tiered own brands. The highlights included exciting new additions to the premium Signature by Country Range brand, further expanding the Group’s high-quality offering for caterers.
Country Range Group’s Head of Trading Dean Pendlebury comments: “The feedback once again from those involved in our latest BDD has been sensational with members and suppliers all seeing the benefit the event offers in terms of generating sales, leads and relationships.”
Mike Ager of Premier Foods adds: “For us, the CRG BDDs are an unmissable date in the diary as they enable us to meet key people, share what we’ve been working on and strengthen those all-important relationships, while Kevin Hawes of Kerry says: “We were able to let our products shine, offer tastings and have proper conversations with CRG’s members.”
Further Business Development Days are to be run by the Country Range Group in 2026 as part of its interactive annual event programme and any suppliers interested in being involved are asked to email [email protected] or to contact their usual Country Range Group trading contact if they are already an existing supplier to the Group.
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