The Miami Beach Food and Beverage Expo Launches to Showcase the Future of American CPG Brands
A highly curated industry expo to debut October 28th+29th, 2026, in Miami Beach, FL.
MIAMI BEACH, FL – The inaugural Miami Beach Food and Beverage Expo will debut on October 28th+29th, 2026, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in The Art Deco Ballroom. Bringing together emerging and established food and beverage brands, industry buyers, investors, influencers, and consumers, for a curated two-day showcase of innovation in the American CPG (consumer packaged goods) sector.
Designed as an intimate, entrepreneur-focused experience, the Expo will highlight innovative brands across snacks, beverages, frozen foods, functional innovations, better-for-you swaps, and specialty products. Attendees will discover new trends, attend expert-led panels, and connect directly with CPG brand founders who are shaping the industry.
Founded by Miami-based entrepreneur Sally Golan of Social Exposure Media, the event reflects her mission to create a platform that helps emerging brands gain visibility, market feedback, and growth opportunities. “I created the Miami Beach Food and Beverage Expo to give innovative CPG brands and entrepreneurs a powerful stage. I am designing a more elevated, carefully curated show experience that reflects current and future trends. Expos need re-imagining, and I am here to imagine the future”. – Sally Golan, founder.
A New Kind of Food & Beverage Expo
Unlike large trade shows, the Miami Beach Food and Beverage Expo is intentionally curated and boutique-scale to start, enabling deeper networking and hands-on product discovery. Key features include:
- Curated blend of emerging and established U.S. food & beverage brands
- Retail buyer, distributor, and investor networking
- Trend-focused panels and founder conversations
- Influencer and media engagement opportunities
- Direct consumer sampling and feedback
Early exhibitor registration and attendee updates are now open at: miamifoodandbeveragexpo.com
Founding Exhibitor Brands
The inaugural Miami Beach Food and Beverage Expo will also spotlight a group of Founding Exhibitor CPG Brands, serving as the event’s inaugural founding members. These founding Exhibitors get to shape the expo’s show vision by bringing a unique edge to their product innovations.
Founding exhibitors include Food Lust, Poshi, Solubrae Wines, Farchioni Olive Oil, Dilettoso, Myce Beverages, Xaca Catina, Goddess Juno, Jindilli Farms, Linear Bar, Blue Energy, and more, representing a mix of emerging and established brands. These founding exhibitors will play a key role in shaping the Expo’s first edition. They stand out as brands with innovative formulations, beautiful branding and packaging, thoughtful ingredients and flavor profiles, and all-around uniqueness.
Industry Partners
The Expo is further strengthened by a group of Industry Partners who support the event and contribute their expertise to its programming and community. Partners include BFL – an NFL-backed beach football league, Zero Proof Nation, a leader in the alcohol-free beverage movement, Loni Paige Consulting, an event and marketing veteran, and the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB).
Together, these organizations will bring valuable industry insight, cultural connections, and local support to the Miami Beach Food and Beverage Expo, helping elevate the event as a hub and bring the CPG world to Miami Beach!
About the Miami Beach Food and Beverage Expo
The Miami Beach Food and Beverage Expo is a curated two-day event dedicated to showcasing innovative, American-made food and beverage brands. Held October 28th+29th, 2026, in Miami Beach, the Expo brings together entrepreneurs, buyers, distributors, influencers, media, and consumers to discover new products, build partnerships, and accelerate growth in the CPG industry.
Why Miami Beach Is the Right Stage for CPG Innovation
The choice of Miami Beach as the host city for this inaugural expo is far from incidental. Miami has emerged as one of the most strategically significant cities in North America for consumer brands, entrepreneurs, and investors alike. Over the past several years, the city has attracted a dense concentration of venture capital firms, retail industry executives, and brand founders who have relocated from coastal hubs like New York and Los Angeles. This migration has transformed Miami into a legitimate center of gravity for the CPG world.
Miami Beach, specifically, offers a distinct advantage beyond business demographics. The city’s cultural diversity, international visitor base, and year-round hospitality economy make it an ideal testing ground for food and beverage brands seeking to understand a broad spectrum of consumer palates and preferences. Attendees at the Expo will not only represent domestic buyers and distributors but also international retail and hospitality professionals who are actively sourcing American CPG products for global markets.
The Miami Beach Convention Center’s Art Deco Ballroom reinforces the event’s elevated aesthetic positioning. Rather than the sprawling, impersonal floor plans typical of large-scale trade shows, the venue lends the Expo an atmosphere that aligns with the quality and intentionality of the brands it is designed to showcase. For CPG founders, this setting communicates credibility and craft before a single product sample is opened.
What the CPG Industry Stands to Gain From a Reimagined Expo Format
The American CPG sector is navigating a period of significant transformation. Consumer behavior has shifted decisively toward transparency, functionality, and authenticity. Shoppers are scrutinizing ingredient lists, demanding better-for-you formulations, and actively seeking out brands with compelling origin stories and purposeful design. Despite this cultural shift, the format of most industry trade shows has remained largely unchanged for decades: crowded convention floors, transactional booth interactions, and limited opportunity for the kind of meaningful dialogue that actually moves brands forward.
The Miami Beach Food and Beverage Expo is structured as a direct response to that gap. By limiting exhibitor count and prioritizing curation over volume, the event creates conditions where retail buyers can have genuine conversations with founders, where investors can evaluate products in context rather than through a catalog, and where media and influencers can develop stories with real substance behind them.
This model also benefits emerging brands disproportionately. Smaller CPG companies with limited marketing budgets often struggle to stand out at mega-expos dominated by legacy brands with large booth footprints and promotional teams. At this Expo, every exhibitor receives comparable visibility and access to the same high-quality audience. The result is a more equitable environment for discovery, one that reflects how modern retail and media actually identify and elevate the next generation of standout products.
How to Participate: Exhibitors, Buyers, and Attendees
The Miami Beach Food and Beverage Expo offers multiple points of entry for professionals and consumers interested in engaging with the future of American CPG brands. Whether the goal is to exhibit a product line, source new inventory, secure investment conversations, or simply experience the next wave of food and beverage innovation firsthand, the Expo is designed to deliver tangible value across all levels of participation.
For CPG Brand Founders and Exhibitors
Brands interested in exhibiting can apply for an exhibitor position through the official website. Given the intentionally curated nature of the event, applications are reviewed with attention to product innovation, brand presentation, and market relevance. Early registration is strongly encouraged, as exhibitor slots are limited by design.
For Buyers, Distributors, and Investors
Retail buyers, specialty distributors, and CPG-focused investors can register as trade attendees to access dedicated networking sessions, founder panels, and private product previews. The event’s scale makes it possible to have meaningful, unrushed conversations that larger shows rarely accommodate.
For Consumers and Media
General admission and press credentials are available for those who want to sample products, attend programming, and connect with the brands and founders driving the CPG industry forward. Full details on registration, programming schedules, and exhibitor announcements are available at miamifoodandbeveragexpo.com.
