Speciality Bites with

Paul Hargreaves

Chief executive of Cotswold Fayre

  • The Year of the Underdog

    05 May 2016 Speciality Bites
    It looks like it’s becoming the year of the underdog in sport with virtual unknown, Danny Willett, winning the US Masters Golf and Leicester just clinching the Football Premier League with odds at the beginning of the season of 5000-1

  • Understanding the Millennials Part 2

    18 April 2016 Speciality Bites
    If you have read previous posts, you will know that I have spent some time recently trying to work out what makes “millennials” tick both in terms of working out consumer trends but also in terms of harnessing their energy and...

  • Living Wage - Stop Moaning

    06 April 2016 Speciality Bites
    It seems that every magazine that lands on my desk has an article by retailers moaning about having to pay their staff the new living wage that came in on 1st April. Do bear in mind that this...

  • Millenial Energy

    23 March 2016 Speciality Bites
    I don’t just think it’s because I am getting older (just having celebrated a very large birthday), but I am sure there is a much higher number of younger people in the speciality food sector these days. It could well be...

  • Retail Trends

    19 February 2016 Speciality Bites
    This is always my favourite time of year for two reasons. Firstly we launch our new brands for 2016, and this year we did that through 5 launch events throughout the UK. In addition to that it is “show time” so...

  • Trade Shows

    15 February 2016 Speciality Bites
    Wow, that was quite a tough few weeks. I have been up and down the land with our 2016 Launch Events together with our 40 new suppliers for 2016. Chuck in Scotland’s Speciality Food Show for 4 days and the annual...

  • Consolidation

    25 January 2016 Speciality Bites
    It seems that the larger speciality food retailers are waking up to the fact that consolidation of supply is the only way forward in the sector

  • What do people need?

    11 January 2016 Speciality Bites
    By the time you read this, someone will be £60 Million richer as the winner of the largest jackpot ever in the National Lottery

  • Reflections on 2015

    14 December 2015 Speciality Bites
    “Nearly there!” we all cry. Just over another week to go before we can all put our feet up and relax for a couple of days, or a couple of weeks in some cases

  • Paul Visits Bala

    16 November 2015 Speciality Bites
    I sometimes wonder about the different motivations behind people who start their own businesses
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