Walnut Creek Foods Hosts 26th Annual Food Show at Mt. Hope

Wholesale customers, retail buyers and vendor partners are meeting at Mt. Hope Event Center as Walnut Creek Foods stages its 26th Annual Food Show, scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2026. Walnut Creek Foods promoted the event as a large industry gathering and highlighted new product lines and additional booths to explore, saying, "Additional vendors and booths to explore along with many new product lines. We’ve added more booths, which means more products!"

The company's online event material details program features aimed at both business and family attendees, promising "A full seminar schedule with engaging speakers and customer panels discussing a range of relevant topics." The site also touted "Sales Connect where you can meet up with your Sales Representative," and noted upgraded guest services: "Added family amenities, including more restrooms, a privacy room for mothers, and kids activity kits that are available at the entrance." Walnut Creek Foods listed the Mt. Hope Event Center address as 8076 OH 241, Millersburg, OH 44654 and asked attendees to register by Sunday, February 1, 2026, with the exact notice: "Registration is now open! Please register by Sunday, February 1, 2026."

The Mt. Hope Event Center calendar and nearby hotel listings present a contrasting description of access. Mt. Hope's shows archive lists the March 5 entry as "The Walnut Creek Foods, Food show will take place at the Mt. Hope Event Center March 5, 2026," and explicitly states, "This is a private show for Walnut Creek Food vendors only." A Sleep Inn & Suites Mt. Hope event listing carries similar private-event language and also includes an archived March 13, 2025 listing marked "This event has passed." The venue phone appears on multiple listings as 330.674.6188.

The location sits amid a busy spring calendar at the Mt. Hope Event Center, which lists neighboring events including the Mid-Ohio Draft Horse Expo and Horse Sale the week of March 9-13, 2026, and Chupp Amish Furniture Auction dates in April 2026. Local lodging that references the event is Sleep Inn & Suites Mt. Hope at 8050 OH-241, Millersburg, with hotel contact (330) 294-9977 and fax (330) 845-6260 shown on the property’s event pages.

Walnut Creek Foods also points attendees and non-attending customers to its media resources, writing, "Whether you missed the food show or want to listen to a seminar again, check out our library of seminar recordings," and hosting a "PHOTOS" gallery with "Scenes from Last Year." The venue and organizer descriptions diverge on whether the March 5 show is open beyond vendors, and that difference remains noted alongside the event’s program details and contact points for Mt. Hope (330.674.6188) and nearby Sleep Inn.