Speciality Bites with

Paul Hargreaves

Chief executive of Cotswold Fayre

  • The Demise of Tesco?

    28 September 2014 Speciality Bites
    It was amazing how many smiling faces there were around in the speciality food world last week with the bad news about Tesco on virtually every news bulletin for two days at least

  • The largest pavilion to date!

    15 September 2014 Speciality Bites
    What a fabulous Speciality and Fine Food Fair last week. In terms of visitor numbers (which haven’t been verified yet) it looked to me as the busiest ever

  • Dealing with Stress!

    04 August 2014 Speciality Bites
    Many apologies that is has been quite a while since I last wrote. There is a clue in the title of this blog. I thought I would make myself a human experiment for your sakes, just so I could relay...

  • Letter from America

    01 July 2014 Speciality Bites
    I am currently at Fancy Food Show in New York, but possibly more importantly a few days out of the office to clear my head and get my head out of my laptop, and get an overview and fresh perspective

  • Summer Holidays

    09 June 2014 Speciality Bites
    I always know it is summer when I arrive at the office at 7 a.m. on a Monday morning and have to open some of the 18 windows to let the weekend heat out! And that was the case...

  • Summer 2014

    06 June 2014 Speciality Bites
    Well, we have just had the hottest weekend of the year, so I am expecting a large upsurge in our soft drink sales this week. It’s time to think about summer merchandising

  • Expansion & Investment

    28 April 2014 Speciality Bites
    It’s been a busy 2-3 weeks since coming back from Italy, with a weekend away in Prague (not work), a 24 hour trip to Ireland and our residential Christmas Sales Meeting

  • The Art of Patience

    09 April 2014 Speciality Bites
    I am writing this at the airport, waiting for my plane back to the UK, after an interesting few days in Italy in Verona. What a splendid city, one I haven’t visited before, but must do again when not working. ...

  • From Bala to Birmingham

    20 March 2014 Speciality Bites
    I am in the middle of a gear change – desperately trying to catch up with lots of projects after coming back from Kenya earlier this week, before heading up to the NEC on Sunday for the Farm Shop and Deli...

  • FARMA Awards

    03 March 2014 Speciality Bites
    This week I was privileged to be at the FARMA conference and awards. This annual event helps farm shops grow their businesses as well as awarding the best farm shops in the land. As one of the fastest...
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