Iggy, the Illinois Product Expo mascot
Don’t Miss the 12th Annual 
Illinois Products Expo

Saturday, March 6
      10 am - 5 pm
Sunday, March 7
       11 am - 4 pm

Orr Building, Springfield
State Fairgrounds

12th Illinois Products Expo
March 6-7, 2010

The "12th Illinois Products Expo...A Food and Cooking Extravaganza" will be held on March 6-7, 2010, in the Orr Building, Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL. 

Over seventy Illinois food companies (and a few non-food companies) will be exhibiting.  Food companies will provide free food samples and most of these products will also be available to purchase at the Expo. 

A few non-food items, such as soy & herb candles, agricultural-based soaps, lotions, etc., will also be on display and available to purchase. 

The Expo is open to the public.  The cost to attend is only $4.00 (children 10 and under - free).  

The "Illinois Wine and Cheese Garden" will once again be a featured attraction at the Expo.  At least twenty Illinois wine companies will participate.  They will sell wine samples (for a nominal fee) and they will sell their wine by the glass and by the bottle. 

The hours of the Expo are:     

Saturday, March 6 - 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 7 - 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

A Weber Genesis® S-310 LP gas grill (retail value-$949.00) and numerous "Illinois Products" gift baskets will be given away as door prizes.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Marketing and Promotion is coordinating the event.  For more information, contact Larry Aldag, (telephone - 217/524-3012; e-mail - larry.aldag@illinois.gov)

Companies exhibiting at the 2010 Illinois Products Expo will be listed as they commit to participating in the show: