Launch The Foodies competition

May 8, 2026

๐Ÿ‘๏ธEyes up, food innovators! ย 

Together with key agri-food chain partners, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด competition has just been launched to spotlight the most sustainable agri-food SMEs across Europe. The award is open to the 4.5 million small and medium-sized enterprises powering the food and drink sector, including those in the margarine and spreads industry.

SMEs can apply in three categories:

โ€ข ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
โ€ข ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
โ€ข ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž & ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

This year, the initiative steps onto a global stage, joining forces with SIAL Paris, with the support of the European Commission DG GROW.

๐Ÿ“… ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž: 31 July 2026

If your company (or one you work with) is delivering real impact from farm to fork, we strongly encourage you to apply and share this opportunity within your network.

๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://thefoodies.eu/

โ€The Foodies is brought to you by the Agri-Food Code for Sustainable Food Systems, led by FoodDrinkEurope, COPA COGECA, EuroCommerce, Independent Retail Europe, UECBV and EuroCoop.Letโ€™s make sure the margarine and spread sector is well represented!