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  • “Off to the show”

    24 April 2017 Speciality Bites
    So, many of us will be off to the Farm Shop & Deli/Convenience Show this week. I’m writing this on Sunday and will be off later today to help set up our stand. I thought it might be interesting for a moment to compare the three…

  • “United in leadership?”

    18 April 2017 Speciality Bites
    There was a news story last week, which is still ongoing, that will be used in business courses for years to come. PR companies will use it as a salutary lesson for years to come and undergraduates will be taught “how to devalue a company’s stock…

  • “Trends bubbling under”

    14 April 2017 Fine Food
    Earlier in 2017, when the year was but a pup, Greggs the high street baker announced an impressive rise in several key financial indicators. For investors lucky enough to hold Greggs shares, dividends were up by 8.4%, and all of this despite a background of gloom…

  • The Interview: Craig Sams

    14 April 2017 News
    We catch up with the forward-thinker, innovator and founder of some of the UK’s most respected brands

  • “Avoiding the ‘b’ word”

    14 April 2017 Town Crier
    As a teenager in the early 1970s, prior to my first ‘dinner party’, parental advice didn’t just cover which cutlery to use. I was also briefed to avoid discussion of politics, religion or money. Perhaps that’s why I became a music, and later, a cheese bore.…

  • “Never trust an expert”

    14 April 2017 Expert Eye
    On a recent trip to Scotland I read an old adage that I do not recall hearing before: “A grain of truth does not make a loaf of success”. This reminded me of why it is always a daunting task to either give advice or indeed…

  • “Life is good”

    14 April 2017 On The Farm
    We’re well and truly starting to warm up here on the farm. The Easter holidays are upon us, which is our first real chance to show off all the hard work of the last year. Investment in our infrastructure is ongoing and we’re always striving to…

  • “Rediscovering the White Knight”

    14 April 2017 Opinion
    In past articles I have noted the demise of some sectors of our regional cheese heritage, most notably Farmhouse Cheshire

  • “Welcome to summer – (and Christmas!)”

    10 April 2017 Speciality Bites
    What a fabulous weekend! I really enjoyed my three days away in Tallinn last weekend, and can thoroughly recommend a visit there. However, I got the timing horribly wrong. It was 18 degrees at home last week and when we arrived in Tallinn, only one degree.…

  • “Keep looking forward and stay positive”

    03 April 2017 Speciality Bites
    Comments this week from one of the Waitrose directors following Brexit Wednesday (as it may become known) almost seemed to be expecting a good performance from the partnership due to an economic downturn in 2017. He is right, Waitrose, performed their best in the last decade…

  • “Inflation to lead to pay demands?”

    24 March 2017 Speciality Bites
    With the news within the last week of a sharp rise in inflation up to 2.3%, it is expected next month that the average wage increase will dip below the average pay increase of employees for the first time for 3 years. The average pay increase…

  • “The politics of uncertainty”

    17 March 2017 Speciality Bites
    By the time you read this Article 50 may well have been triggered, or it May have been delayed (see what I did there?) I have made my views on Brexit very clear over the past year, so have many others within the business world, but…
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