Expert Eye with
John Shepherd
Owner and Managing Director of Partridges
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Is our café a hero or a villain?
03 August 2020 Expert EyeMy first article for Speciality Food was five years ago in 2015 and since then we have experienced three general elections (amazingly), the Queen’s 90th birthday, a major Royal Wedding, Brexit and several weather extremes. However, nothing even remotely compares to... -
“The battle for optimism and morale in retail”
26 March 2020 Expert EyeAfter a turbulent Christmas season how was the start of 2020? -
“Sustainable confusion”
20 February 2020 Expert EyeNew Year’s Resolution number one: greater sustainability awareness in all our practices. -
“What to do about January?”
08 January 2020 Expert EyeAfter December, the busiest month of the year at nearly 12% of our annual takings, comes the stark reality of January at just over 7% of our takings. -
“Is the Christmas boom sustainable?”
11 November 2019 Expert EyeThis is our 47th Christmas at Partridges. -
“2019 and all that”
16 October 2019 Expert Eye"Over the past 47 years, and since Partridges first started trading, the year 2018 has proven to be one of the worst!" -
“The multi-sensory deli”
06 September 2019 Expert EyeEver since I started working in food shops – some 16,790 moons ago – it has always been impressed upon me that the three most important aspects of a successful enterprise are location, location, location. -
“The Costa Del Shop 2019”
20 August 2019 Expert EyeEver since I started working in food shops – some 16,790 moons ago – it has always been impressed upon me that the three most important aspects of a successful enterprise are location, location, location. -
“The importance of regulars”
26 June 2019 Expert EyeVorsprung Durch Technik was a very successful advertising slogan used by Audi in the 1980s.
