CB-FOOD UK
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CB-FOOD UK
Central Baltic food SMEs aim to enter the UK market, where demand for speciality, organic, “free-from,” and premium Nordic products is growing. However, they face post-Brexit compliance costs, fragmented logistics, and limited access to concentrated UK retail and HoReCa buyers. CB-FOOD UK tackles this shared challenge by helping SMEs from Latvia, Estonia, Finland, and Sweden overcome barriers too complex and costly to address individually.
The project creates a joint export gateway under “Produced in Nordics,” combining market intelligence, export-readiness checks, UK compliance support, packaging and labelling adaptation, mentoring, buyer matchmaking, and shared logistics. Through trade fairs, UK missions, and buyer visits, it connects SMEs with buyers, enabling B2B meetings, innovation, and turning market interest into sales and contracts.
Expected results
CB-FOOD UK will prepare Central Baltic food SMEs for UK market entry through export-readiness diagnostics, targeted training, mentoring, UK-compliant product and label adaptation, buyer-ready marketing materials, and coordinated participation in UK trade fairs, regional missions and incoming buyer visits.
The project is expected to support at least 80 SMEs with non-financial services, help 18 SMEs introduce new marketing or organisational innovations, and enable 28 companies to achieve sales and contracts in the UK market during and after the project. The project will reduce the practical barriers that currently prevent small food producers from exporting individually, including compliance costs, fragmented logistics, weak buyer access and limited market visibility.
By combining products and capacities from Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Sweden under a shared “Produced in Nordics” offer, the project will create a stronger cross-border export portfolio, increase SME competitiveness, and build lasting business links between Central Baltic producers and UK retail, wholesale and HoReCa buyers.
Expected results
CB-FOOD UK will prepare Central Baltic food SMEs for UK market entry through export-readiness diagnostics, targeted training, mentoring, UK-compliant product and label adaptation, buyer-ready marketing materials, and coordinated participation in UK trade fairs, regional missions and incoming buyer visits.
The project is expected to support at least 80 SMEs with non-financial services, help 18 SMEs introduce new marketing or organisational innovations, and enable 28 companies to achieve sales and contracts in the UK market during and after the project. The project will reduce the practical barriers that currently prevent small food producers from exporting individually, including compliance costs, fragmented logistics, weak buyer access and limited market visibility.
By combining products and capacities from Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Sweden under a shared “Produced in Nordics” offer, the project will create a stronger cross-border export portfolio, increase SME competitiveness, and build lasting business links between Central Baltic producers and UK retail, wholesale and HoReCa buyers.
Duration 01.06.2026 - 31.05.2029
Total budget
Programme priority
Innovative Business DevelopmentProgramme objective
PO1 - More exports by SMEsLead partner
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Managing Authority
Joint Secretariat
c/o Regional Council
of Southwest Finland
Visiting address: Linnankatu 52 B, Turku, Finland
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 273,
20101 Turku, Finland
E-mail: info@centralbaltic.eu
Phone: +358 40 550 8408
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