Leading independent wholesaler MJ Baker Foodservice completed record-breaking sales at its annual foodservice trade show.

The Newton Abbot-based firm, which runs the biggest food service event in the West Country, concluded deals worth more than £600,000 at the event held at Newton Abbot Racecourse.

More than 700 food service professionals, including leading independent food manufacturers from across Devon, Cornwall, Bristol and Somerset, and some of the UK’s leading suppliers, attended the show, which smashed the £500,000 sales mark set in 2015.

The trade show, which was free to visit, ­featured 250 exhibitors displaying their new and best-selling products, as well as offering one-off deals to attendees on the day.

Sales director Giles Thomas said: ‘I think the key to success was in the support provided by our suppliers.

‘There was a fantastic mix of suppliers taking part – from big household names to fabulous locally-based suppliers,’ he said.