New Year Part Two

Well, it is the end of the financial year and the end of the business year for many

Spring Has Sprung!

What a fantastic week!

Ife 2011 – How Was It For You?

Well, IFE is finished for another two years

Two Trips To Brum

During the last week I have been to Birmingham twice, and I'll talk about both in my piece this week

Are We Dealing With Food Producers Or Branding Companies?

With the news that Jamie Oliver has launched a range of 55 'artisan lines for independents' I think we need to be careful where we are going.

Don’t Believe The Latest Gov Trade Figures – Not If You’re A Farm Shop Anyway!

I've just come back from the annual conference run by FARMA.

Selling The Customer What They Want

All I have heard so far this year is that customers are going to be tightening their belts and being very careful what they spend etc.

To Party Or Not To Party?

When in France last week, I was surprised to find out that the ‘staff Christmas party’ seems to be a unique event in the UK, and isn't really done in other European countries

Fighting Against Adversity!

Sometimes it seems as if everything is against you

What Do Your Customers Think?

First of all, apologies to those of you who wait for my blog – I have missed two

Product Selection Dragon’s Den-style

To save ourselves the tiresome biannual challenge of what new products to include in our catalogue, this year we came up with a different way of doing things

Being Positive

I learnt two lessons this week, both on the theme of being positive

Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2010 – How Was It For You?

Well, it’s over for another year. Event organiser Fresh RM is claiming it was the best ever, with nearly 600 exhibitors.

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