• 📍 Vancouver Convention Centre East Building, Vancouver 📅 April 14 & 15, 2025

Quick Reference & FAQs

Show Dates & Times

Show Hours

Monday, April 14, 2025
11:00am – 4:30pm

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
11:00am – 4:00pm

Move-In

Saturday, April 12, 2025
8:00am – 5:00pm

Sunday, April 13, 2025
8:00am – 12:00pm

Move-Out

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
5:00pm – 11:00pm

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
8:00am – 12:00pm

Floor Plan

GSFW Show Management reserves the right to rearrange exhibitors or adjust the floor plan to accommodate the best interest of the Show. The floor plan maintained by Show Management is the official floor plan. Changes may occur at any time to accommodate Show needs.

Parking & Directions

Location

Vancouver Convention Centre, East Building
999 Canada Place

Parking

Enter at the foot of Howe Street.

The East building parking has 750 parking stalls.

It is operated by Indigo.

Indigo can be reached at 1.866.856.8080

Show Management

Grocery & Specialty Food West is operated by the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers located at the following address:

Rolster Taylor

Tyson Smith

Account Representative
Tsmith@cfig.ca
416-492-1806

Cindy Suh

Trade Show Operations Coordinator
CSuh@cfig.ca
416-990-5934

Badge Identification

Attendee badges have been colour-coded so Exhibitors can more readily identify their customers.

The following colours will be used for different attendee:

Exhibitors
-Blue

Press/Media
-Grey

Retailers/Wholesalers
-Red

Distributor/Importer/Exporter
-Yellow

Suppliers & Services
-Green

Restaurant/Foodservice
-Green

Services Included with Your Exhibiting Costs

Clean Up stations

There will be clean up stations located throughout the trade show floor. Please speak to a CFIG floor representative on-site for specific locations.

Exhibit Badges

5 complimentary Exhibitor badges for team members manning the booth.

Exhibit Hall Décor

Your exhibit space will be framed with an 8’ back drape and 3’ side drape in the Grocery & Specialty Food West – Show colour drapery is black, and the aisle carpet is Tuxedo (black/white).

Food Bank

Donations will be picked up following show close by the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. The GVFBS may also have a booth located on the trade show floor.

Hot Oil Disposal

Available if needed

Ice

Available if needed

Material Handling

Includes all equipment and labour necessary to transport your exhibit from the ramp to your booth location as quickly and efficiently as possible. This does not include blanket wrapping, unskidding, or spotting your booth material. Also, it does not include material handling for your cold storage goods. Material requiring a forklift with a load greater than 4000 lb. may be subject to a surcharge by the official transportation company.

Storage

Includes removal and return of empty crates and storage labels to identify each crate or box.

VIP Retail Passes

Six (6) passes are available for you to invite Retailers as your guests.

The Retailer invitations will be emailed to you.

Please send them to your guests who can follow the instructions to receive their complimentary passes.

*Please note that any non-retailers who use this guest pass will have the registration of their passes declined.

Contact Us

To Exhibit

Rolster Taylor, VP Sales RTaylor@cfig.ca

Tyson Smith, Account Representative TSmith@cfig.ca

Cindy Suh, Trade Show Operations Coordinator CSuh@cfig.ca

Membership

Suzanne Regimbal, Account Manager SRegimbal@cfig.ca

Irmeli Koskinen, Coordinator IKoskinen@cfig.ca

Sponsorship + Advertising

Matthew Brown, Manager Marketing & Communications MBrown@cfig.ca

Sponsorship Marketing@cfig.ca

Conference/Events

Nancy Kwon, VP Marketing, Communications NKwon@cfig.ca

Diana Stevenson, Director, Conference, Events DStevenson@cfig.ca

Registration

Suzanne Regimbal, Account Manager SRegimbal@cfig.ca

Sponsors

Lead Media Sponsor

Grocery & Specialty Food West is Canada’s premier western grocery trade show, bringing together retailers and manufacturers from across the nation to discover new innovations, network, and build relationships within the grocery industry. GSFW is dedicated towards helping you grow your business and build relations with key retailers.

Exhibit:
Rolster Taylor
RTaylor@cfig.ca

Sponsorship:
Marketing@cfig.ca

Events/Conference:
Events@cfig.ca

Information:

Exhibitor List
Floor plan

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