Meet the Buyer trade show in WA

Western Australia's food and beverage trade show, Meet the Buyer, will return to Crown Perth on Tuesday 20 October 2026. The event is designed to bring together WA producers, buyers and industry decision-makers for a day of business connections and commercial opportunities.

Now in its sixth year, the event is part of WA State Government's Buy West Eat Best program, administered by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD).

In 2025, there were 85 exhibitors with more than 570 WA food and beverage products to more than 400 delegates. 

For producers like Rademi Enterprises, who brought their Amaise popcorn range to the event for the first time in 2025, the experience opened doors they hadn’t had access to. “The introduction to interstate and international delegates was a standout of the trade show; that kind of access is hard to create anywhere else, and it’s exactly why Meet the Buyer provides a unique opportunity for local producers,” said Milan Vaswani, Director of New Product Development at Rademi Enterprises.

The 2026 event will again connect WA growers, producers, fishers and food and beverage manufacturers with buyers from across retail, hospitality, foodservice, airlines, aged care, education, resources and export sectors.

DPIRD Manager of Food Industry Development Deborah Pett said, “Meet the Buyer plays a critical role in strengthening WA’s food and beverage industry.

“Meet the Buyer creates direct commercial pathways for WA producers and reflects the strength and diversity of what our state grows, farms, fishes and produces,” Pett said.

“In 2025 we welcomed a 22-strong TradeStart delegation from 12 countries who came specifically to find WA products worth taking to the world, and they found them. We’re looking forward to building on that this year.”

For more information, visit meetthebuyer.com.au.

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