Category: Supermarkets and large retailers
How to make your sales dreams become a reality
I have been doing more 1-2-1 coaching for food clients this year – which I absolutely love. It is so rewarding to be able to work closely with food businesses to help them achieve the growth they are looking for. At the beginning of January I asked one particular client to tell me what their…
How to get your food or drink brand retail ready
I’ve had lots of conversations with many Relish members recently about the steps they need to take to be ready to present to larger retailers. Even when just starting off with a food or drink business it is good to know what is involved further down the line if gaining listings in larger retailers…
FREE E-Book: Getting Ready for Retail
The last couple of months I have enjoyed working very closely with 2 food producers who have big plans to get into the supermarkets. I have been helping them get “retail ready” – which although has been a lot of work for everyone involved has been very rewarding. I have written an e-book to…
5 Things a Retailer Nutritionist Looks for in a Product
1. How the product fits into a healthy balanced lifestyle – GDA’s (Guidance daily amounts ) or RNI’s (Reference Nutrient Intake) as they now need to be labelled can be helpful. All major retailers have nutrition strategies and policies and basic information on these will be detailed on their website. 2. Does the…
What makes a “winning” product?
With the exciting news this week that Relish member, Mos Cookie Dough has reached the final 5 of the Ocado Top Supplier 2014 competition, we thought we’d take a look at what is it that makes a winning product and makes buyer’s want to stock it in their stores? Clearly there are many components that make…
FREE e-Book on “Getting into Supermarkets”
To celebrate Relish Marketing’s 2nd Birthday, we are giving away 50 FREE copies of our new e-book: ‘Getting into Supermarkets’ Packed full of useful information to help you gain your first supermarket listing including: packaging legality checklists which supermarkets to target promotions costings preparing your pitch how to support your brands Plus, useful advice and…
Festival of female entrepreneurship
With only a few weeks to go until Women Outside the Box host their annual festival of female entrepreneurship, here at Relish we are putting the finishing touches to our workshop: “How to get your food product into the supermarket”. We are excited to be presenting this workshop at the festival on Monday October 7th…
Everyone needs a dose of inspiration…..
Yesterday at the Inspiring Foodie Entrepreneurs Event at the British Library it made me realise that we all need a good dose of inspiration every now and again. And the speakers – James Averdieck, founder of Gu Puddings, Camilla Stephens co-founder of Higgidy Pies, Harriet Hastings founder of Biscuiteers Ltd and Luke Johnson founder of…
Cooking Up Success – food marketing mentoring, sharing stories & learnings
I have just come back from a morning spent at the British Library where I was invited to be a food marketing mentor at a “Cooking Up Success” speed mentoring event. Along with 5 other mentors – all in different specialist areas, all related to food and drink – we chatted to about 30 food…