Summer Tips for Selling
It really does seem that we are all heading into this summer in a much more positive frame of mind than last year
Postcard from Macedonia
It is a long time since I have been to the Balkans – too long in fact! The last time was just up the road from here in Kosovo (then part of Serbia) and war was breaking out all over the former Yugoslavia just as I was leaving, which was a little awkward
The Year Starts Here
The Grocer confirmed in this week’s issue that the wife of Waitrose CEO, Mark Price, has been the director of a business that has been treating food suppliers appalling for years
Sun, Shows & Bad Debts
Generally exhibitors seemed pleased with Food & Drink Expo up at the NEC last week, although the numbers were down on the Sunday (largely due to the heat wave), this was made up for on Monday and Tuesday
Show Talk
I am currently at #fooddrinkexpo where I can tell you that the summer sun has made it inside the NEC and everyone is in a great mood
Giving Something Back!
The trouble is at Cotswold Fayre we can never do things by halves. We now find ourselves organising a massive event in the summer on top of everything else we are doing relating to the business
Trust
Another week, another country – only this time, it is only Scotland, which is currently in the UK – although if Alex Salmond has his way, not after 2014.
Delegation, thats’s what you need…
“If you want to be the best, if you want to beat the rest, delegation is what you need.” Actually it was dedication that the late Roy Castle used to sing about on Record Breakers - a memory from my childhood. Yes I really am that old.
I love speed-dating
I am just back from Ireland and still recovering from the splendid Irish hospitality in Dublin. Just as two years ago the Marketplace event in Dublin this week has to go down as one of the best events in the annual food and drink calendar.
Company Culture
I have been thinking this week about Company Culture. I am pleased with the atmosphere and commitment we have at Cotswold Fayre and it has always been my aim to create a culture that is fun to work in rather than simply to make money (and just as well as the latter hasn’t always happened!).
Californian Dream
I am writing this just at the end of my trip to the Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. Off to the airport in an hour
Happy New Year
Happy New Year. A lot to tell you about, so better get going! What a year 2011 was; I think many of us will be pleased to see the back of it, to be honest.
Local Shopping In The News
As I write this Mary Portas has just announced her plans for regenerating the high street in Great Britain via a 50 page report, which, I hasten to add, I haven’t read!
Selling Loose Olives
No good deli would be complete without a loose olive counter.
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