Companies joining Azores Brand present at Taste Azores Colombo event - Communication

Secretaria Regional da Agricultura e Alimentação

Between October 30 and November 3, the Taste Azores Colombo event will welcome more than two dozen Azorean companies to Lisbon, an initiative of the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food, through the Azores Brand Management Promotion Office.

The Taste Azores event is returning to Lisbon for its 6th edition, in the main square o Colombo Shopping Centre, with the direct participation of 20 regional companies from different sectors of activity: Adolfo Mendonça Atelier; Ourivesaria Teles; Boa Fruta; Centro Social e Cultural da Atalhada, Cooperativa de Artesanato de Santa Maria, CRL; Cooperativa Leite Montanha; Garcez & Santos ; Restaurante Espaço Açores; Insulac - Produtos Lácteos Açoreanos, SA; Lactaçores; Marta Tomé & Filhas, LDA; Natur Froyo, Lda; Pastelaria O Forno; Plantações Chá Gorreana Lda; Promineral SA; Pronicol - Produtos Lacteos S. A.; Queijo Vaquinha; MPD - Bensaude Distribuição; Salsicharia Ideal and SCA - Sociedade Conserveira Açoriana, Lda.

Two institutional partners are also participating, Azores Tourism and the Crafts and Design Centre of the Azores (CADA), with the Azores in a Box project, considering the demand from visitors for information on the Azores destination and regional handicrafts.

"This edition follows on from the success of previous editions. It aims to continue the strategy of increasing consumption of Azorean products among national consumers, in a space where more than 70 thousand people visit daily," noted the Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Food, António Ventura. 

The Taste Azores event includes various promotional activities, "boosting the presence and visibility of companies joining the Azores Brand, which also have their brand activation space at their disposal," he continued.

He explained: "In addition to individual consumers, participating companies can establish contacts with distributors and retailers throughout this event."They can benefit from this promotional activity and presence in Lisbon to continually and consistently expand the range of products and services provided by the Azores on the national market."

This initiative is promoted by the Regional Government with the aim of actively contributing to an increase in exports through integrated and coherent promotion of the best the Region has to offer.