India Food Forum

Launched in 2008 with the support of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), India Food Forum was established with a clear vision: to create a unified platform for stakeholders across the Food Retail and Food Service ecosystem to come together, exchange knowledge, and drive collaborative growth. The forum serves as a vibrant hub where participants discover actionable insights, build meaningful connections, explore innovative ideas, and gain inspiration alongside exposure to the latest products and trends in the food business.

Over the years, India Food Forum has evolved into South Asia’s leading B2B food intelligence and networking event, offering unparalleled opportunities for professionals across the entire spectrum of the food industry. The forum’s unique blend of a mega conference, zoned exhibitions, partner networking opportunities, and prestigious industry awards creates a 360-degree experience of knowledge sharing and business enablement.

India Food Forum is the definitive meeting point for thought leaders, innovators, and decision-makers, offering a stage to explore emerging trends, learn from success stories, and build lasting partnerships. From established players to disruptors, the forum is instrumental in shaping the future of food retail and food service industries, fostering growth and innovation across the sector.

Website: www.indiafoodforum.com

Middle East Retail Forum

For over 14 years, the Middle East Retail Forum has been the meeting ground for retail’s most influential voices in the MENA region. More than a conference, MRF is a living stage where the future of retail is debated, tested and reimagined.

Year after year, it brings together the brightest leaders, professionals, innovators, disrupters and changemakers who shape how people shop, connect and experience social spaces. From boardroom strategies to ground-floor realities, the conversations that matter most to the industry begin here.

MRF has grown into a trusted compass, guiding retailers through transformation, challenges and the opportunities of tomorrow.

Website: www.middleeastretailforum.com

Saudi Retail Forum

Since 2023, the Saudi Retail Forum has been the stage where the Kingdom’s extraordinary retail transformation is explored and celebrated. Rooted in the ambition of Vision 2030, SRF gathers leaders, innovators, and policymakers to discuss how one of the world’s fastest-growing retail markets is evolving in real time.

It is also a platform that shines a spotlight on the Kingdom’s flourishing homegrown retail ecosystem, alongside global and regional players shaping the landscape. Each year, SRF unpacks the waves of change — from technology and investment to talent, culture, and consumer behaviour — that define Saudi retail today. More than a conference, it has quickly become a trusted compass, guiding businesses as they navigate opportunities, challenges, and the promise of a sector central to Saudi Arabia’s future.

Website: www.saudiretailforum.com

RETAIL REBOOT SUMMIT

Since 2025, the Retail Reboot Summit has emerged as MENA’s premier retail-tech gathering—a day where conversation sparks reinvention. This summit isn’t just another conference; it’s a retail intelligence classroom where industry veterans and tech pioneers unlock the ideas, automation and AI strategies that are shaping what’s next.

From expert-led modules to real-world case studies, Retail Reboot distils complex technology into practical insights for retailers who want to adapt, innovate and lead with confidence.

In a fast-changing landscape, it stands as a trusted moment of clarity—where bold thinking meets hands-on learning and the future of retail begins to take shape.

Website: www.retailrebootsummit.com

Golden Spoon Awards

India’s most prestigious accolades for the food retail sector, the Golden Spoon Awards celebrate excellence, innovation, and leadership among modern food and grocery retailers. Instituted to honour those driving transformation in food consumption and retail experiences, these awards recognize the pivotal role retailers play in shaping efficient marketing, distribution, and customer engagement strategies for food and grocery brands across the country.

With a legacy of spotlighting industry pioneers and change-makers, the Golden Spoon Awards have become a benchmark of credibility and aspiration, inspiring continuous innovation and setting new standards in India’s dynamic food retail landscape.

Website: Golden Spoon Awards

North India Retail Awards

The North India Retail Awards celebrate the innovation, resilience, and achievements of the region’s most dynamic retailers and consumer brands. Honouring excellence across diverse retail categories—from fashion and food to electronics and lifestyle-these awards recognise businesses and professionals who are shaping the future of retail in North India.

Through a robust evaluation process, the Awards spotlight outstanding performance in customer experience, marketing, digital transformation, store design, supply chain, and overall business growth. By acknowledging regional champions, the North India Retail Awards aim to inspire a culture of excellence and elevate the standards of retail in one of India’s most influential consumption markets.

Website: North India Retail Awards

IMAGES Shopping Centre Awards

The Shopping Centre Awards celebrate excellence in India’s shopping centre industry, recognising outstanding achievements in design, development, leasing, marketing, and customer experience. These prestigious accolades honour centres that go beyond being retail destinations to become lifestyle hubs, community spaces, and benchmarks of operational excellence.

From large format malls to regional retail complexes, the awards spotlight innovation, sustainability, performance, and consumer engagement, while also acknowledging the people and teams driving the evolution of modern retail real estate in India.

Website: IMAGES Shopping Centre Awards

IMAGES RetailME Awards

For 15 years, the IMAGES RetailME Awards have been the night where the Middle East retail fraternity gathers to celebrate its highest benchmark of excellence. Coveted across the industry, the awards are not about winners and losers, but about those who raise the standards for everyone.

Within the community, it is often called the ‘Oscars of Retail’, not for its glitter, but for its gravitas. Each recognition is judged by a multi-disciplinary jury of experts who understand what true excellence and best practice look like in the real world. That is why every award becomes more than a trophy — it is a testament to vision, resilience and innovation. A mark of trust.

A milestone that shapes how the region’s retail story continues to unfold.

Website: IMAGES RetailME Awards

IMAGES RetailME Awards - KSA

Since 2019, the IMAGES RetailME Awards KSA is where Saudi Arabia’s retail story is honoured in its own voice. Launched as the Kingdom’s edition of the region’s most coveted retail recognition, it celebrates excellence, innovation, and best practices across every segment of the industry.

Much like its Dubai counterpart, it is often referred to as the Oscars of Retail by the fraternity, for the stature and credibility it carries. Each recognition is decided by a multi-disciplinary jury of experts who understand what raising the benchmark truly means. Here, recipients are not called winners, because retail is not a race against peers.

It is a race against possibility, against what the sector can become tomorrow. The RetailME Awards KSA has quickly become the night where Saudi retail applauds its own retail future.

Website: IMAGES RetailME Awards - KSA

GOLDEN SPOON AWARDS – MENA

The IMAGES RetailME Golden Spoon Awards – MENA celebrate the best of food and grocery retail in the region. Each year, the awards uncover stories of growth and resilience, honouring brands and businesses that set new standards in branding, marketing, customer experience and retail expansion.

From neighbourhood markets that reinvent convenience to large-format stores redefining scale, the Golden Spoons spotlight the practices and people shaping how the region shops for food.

More than trophies, they are a recognition of journeys — of ideas that grew, adapted and inspired an entire industry forward.

Website: GOLDEN SPOON AWARDS – MENA

FOOD SERVICE AWARDS – MENA

The IMAGES RetailME Food Service Awards – MENA honour the success stories that define the evolving world of food service in the region. Each year, they recognise retailers whose strategies, innovations and expansion journeys set new benchmarks for the industry.

From customer service that builds lasting loyalty to menu innovation that captures shifting tastes, the awards celebrate the many ways in which restaurants, cafés and quick-service brands continue to evolve.

More than accolades, they are acknowledgements of vision and craft — recognising those who shape how the region eats, gathers, and experiences hospitality.

Website: FOOD SERVICE AWARDS – MENA

A&M AWARDS – 'THE TAG'

The A&M Awards – ‘THE TAG’ recognise the craft and creativity that fuel retail’s most powerful connections with its customers. Advertising and marketing in MENA’s retail landscape are fast-moving, high-stakes, and fiercely inventive — and these awards were created to honour the ideas and campaigns that truly make a mark.

‘THE TAG’ is more than a name; it symbolises the distinction every brand seeks, that moment when a message cuts through and stays. Each recognition is decided by a multi-disciplinary jury of experts who understand what genuine impact looks like across channels, categories, and cultures.

From disruptive digital activations to brand stories that shape culture, the A&M Awards have become the fraternity’s most coveted platform for celebrating influence, ingenuity, and the art of lasting connection.

Website: A&M AWARDS – 'THE TAG'

Business of Food

www.businessoffood.in an initiative by IMAGES Group, stands as a leading voice in the food industry, catering to top-level management and key decision-makers across the dynamic food retail, food service, and e-commerce sectors. Our platform is designed to keep you informed and ahead in this ever-evolving industry through timely news, updates, and in-depth insights.
What We Cover:

• Food Retail & Supply Chain: Comprehensive coverage of major chain supermarkets, regional and local grocers, wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, and other key supply chain stakeholders. From product launches and category leadership to strategic solutions and channel initiatives, we provide total market coverage.
• Food Service Brands: Delving into the essence of culinary excellence, we explore the innovations, philosophies, and success stories of leading food service brands, offering insights into their unique gastronomic expertise and operational strategies.
• E-commerce Trends: Keeping pace with the digital transformation in the food industry, we highlight cutting-edge innovations and strategies shaping online food retail and delivery.

Website: www.businessoffood.in

IMAGESRETAILME.COM

The IMAGES RetailME portal is the Middle East’s most trusted window into the world of retail. For more than two decades, it has chronicled the people, brands, innovations, and ideas that continue to reshape one of the region’s most dynamic industries.

More than a website, it is a daily record and a living compass — capturing shifts across fashion, food, beauty, lifestyle, and technology, and offering context through features, analysis, and exclusive interviews. For retailers, investors, and service providers, it is both a resource and a reference, reflecting not just where the industry stands, but where it is headed.

Website: IMAGESRETAILME.COM

INDIA FOOD REPORT

The India Food Report is a biennial publication that serves as an authoritative source of food business intelligence, offering a comprehensive analysis of India’s food sector—spanning food & grocery and foodservice industries. It highlights the immense potential of the sector while addressing key interventions needed to drive sustained growth.

Through extensive mapping and sizing of food manufacturing, marketing, and retailing, the Report identifies lucrative business opportunities and growth avenues for industry stakeholders. Featuring expert commentary from renowned consultants, retail leaders, brand analysts, and consumer research firms, it provides actionable insights into India’s evolving food landscape.

The Report delves into investment potential, key challenges and benchmark figures on consumer spending and retail market size across food categories. It is an essential resource for stakeholders seeking to navigate and capitalize on India’s dynamic food industry, offering strategic observations to inform decision-making and foster growth.

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