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APRIL 2016
The show featured a host of events all over
Toronto, leading up to the final weekend of
February, which is also Ontario Agriculture
Week. Business Elite Canada attended
this year’s show for the first time on Febru-
ary 29, and we were far from disappointed.
What we know as the Restaurants Cana-
da Show today is the result of a merger
between two separate shows — HostEx
and the Canadian Food & Beverage Show
— both organized by what was then the
Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices
Association (CRFA). The CRFA was re-
branded in 2014 as Restaurants Canada to
celebrate 70 years in the business.
Along with the new name came a new
