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Why now is the time to champion small producers
09 April 2021 Cheese & DairyMeeting with cheesemakers – Covid-19 dependent – is a priceless way to boost your staff knowledge and morale, says James Grant of No 2 Pound Street -
What Brexit means for wholesalers
08 April 2021 BrexitAfter making it through the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, Jimmy Nelson of Essential Trading says Brexit is "an entirely new challenge" -
John Shepherd, Partridges: “There are reasons to be optimistic”
07 April 2021 CoronavirusDespite the challenges and uncertainty that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought for the retail sector, John Shepherd, MD of Partridges, outlines his reasons to be cheerful in his latest column for Speciality Food -
What indie retailers can learn from Italian culture
01 April 2021 Food & DrinkIf Italian culture was to be summed up in one word, ‘amore’ could well be it. -
Inside the local food community of South Wales
26 March 2021 Cafe & Food ServiceFor The Independent Shopper, Phill Lewis, founder of Dusty’s Pizza and Nook, explores the “symbiotic relationship” between food suppliers and restaurateurs -
5 minutes with Harry Turpin, The Savourists
26 March 2021 Start UpsWe chat with the founder of savoury snack specialist The Savourists about the best and worst parts of the job -
Covid-19 strikes small cheesemakers
25 March 2021 CoronavirusIn this edition of Cheese Talk, two small-scale cheesemakers tell their stories of adapting to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic -
Food labelling: the focus shifts from calories to climate
19 March 2021 PackagingThe call for labelling that not only tells us what a product contains, but also what it costs the planet to make it, is gaining momentum, writes Emilien Hoet, head of ClimatePartner UK -
Why retail’s “fallow time” isn’t all bad news
16 March 2021 CoronavirusIn farming, fallow time allows soil quality to regenerate and growing opportunities to increase. In his latest column, John Shepherd, MD of Partridges, explains why he’s staying hopeful despite a sales slump -
Mark Wiltshire, Diverse Fine Food: “2021 will be tough, but our industry is too”
10 March 2021 CoronavirusLooking back on a year of Covid-19, Mark Wiltshire, director at Diverse Fine Food, describes how his business made it through 2020, and why he believes the industry will come out of this crisis stronger
