No weekday coverage
You don't have to staff around a trade show or leave the counter to someone else. Come after the morning rush — the floor is open until five.
Attend · Sunday, May 2, 2027
Source your next season without closing the store.
The Specialty Food Expo runs one Sunday at the Radisson Hauppauge-Long Island, so the people who actually place the orders don't have to leave the counter on a Tuesday to find what's next.
Why a Sunday
Built around the way independents actually buy.
Every other show in this market asks you to give up a working weekday and a trip into the city. This one doesn't.
Central Long Island, not the city
Hauppauge, NY, in the middle of the Island. No bridge, no tunnel, no parking garage and no train — you drive in and you drive out with samples in the trunk.
One room, one day
Every category on a single floor. Taste it, talk terms, take the card — instead of justifying a three-day badge and a hotel night.
Who's on the floor
Four kinds of buyer, one aisle.
The exhibitors are here because you are. Here's what each kind of buyer gets out of the day.
Independent grocers & bodega owners
Items the usual truck doesn't carry
Case pricing you negotiate face to face, direct from the people who make it — not a line on a distributor sheet. Bring your partner; most owners do.
Best for · Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Nassau operators
Supermarket & chain buyers
Local SKU discovery in one visit
A full category walk with no travel day and no expense report. Meet the regional makers your stores keep getting asked for.
Best for · Category managers and purchasing at Long Island and outer-borough banners
Deli, specialty market & prepared foods
The sampling floor is built for you
Taste dozens of items in a single pass, find the two that fit your counter, and turn a winner around inside a week.
Best for · Counter operators and specialty market owners who buy on taste
Restaurants, caterers & foodservice
The one industry day you don't close for
Menu ideas, new suppliers and terms you can set in person — on the day your kitchen is slowest instead of the day it isn't.
Best for · Independent restaurants, caterers, clubs and institutional foodservice
- Supermarket Buyers
- Grocery Store Owners
- Deli Owners & Operators
- Convenience Stores
- Specialty Markets
- Independent Retailers
- Food Wholesalers
- Distributors
- Purchasing Managers
- Foodservice Professionals
- Restaurant & Hospitality Buyers
- Industry Decision-Makers
How the day runs
Doors at ten. Open until five.
Come when it suits the store. Seven hours is enough to walk every category twice.
- 9:00 Registration opensShow your ticket and pick up your badge — badges are checked at the door, trade only.
- 10:00 Floor opensEvery exhibiting category sampling at once.
- All day Buyer loungeA quiet place to sit down with exhibitors, talk terms and write orders.
- 5:00 Floor closesLast orders and follow-ups with exhibitors.
- Bring business cards
- Bring your buying calendar
- Free parking on site
- Trade only — badges checked at the door
- Exhibitor guest passes admit free
Radisson Hauppauge-Long Island · 110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, NY 11788
Registration
$15 in advance. Trade only.
Fifteen dollars in advance, more if you pay at the door — and nothing at all if an exhibitor sends you. Badges are sold through TickPick: pay by card and your ticket arrives by email.
Buy your badge — $15
Opens TickPick’s secure checkout. Bring your ticket (phone or printed) and a business card — badges are checked at the door, trade only. Got a guest code from an exhibitor? Enter it at checkout for a free badge.
Not ready to register?
Get Expo updates
Exhibitor news, the floor plan and reminders before advance pricing closes.
Selling, not buying?
Booths start at $1,250 and sponsorships from $1,250. Both are first come, first served.