Shrewd Foodie Ltd

Great to see Scottish Honeyberry Growers get a mention at today's Excellence Summit by Scotland Food and Drink. Particularly enjoyed the session on Growing Pains featuring Rowan Glen Limited, reassuring to hear the challenges faced by businesses and how they've perservered to overcome them #inspiring

Wonderful to be at Speciality and to see so many friends and connections. The food and drink industry is such a special place. Huge congratulations to Svetlana Kukharchuk for winning Independent Retailer. To Soul Fruit's Nat, Karen Robinson, PhD, Alexa Fernandez and Hive Mind Mead & Brew Co. for being Rising Stars.To Two Farmers for their inspiring pitch to Indie and Ocado. And I think there should be a Perseverance Award to Schoolyard Chillies (now kitchen) for dealing amazingly with courier delays for their stand equipment. Sarah you were amazing 🤩. And thank you to @OR-ganic for being the most incredible and generous people to enjoy an evening out in London. So good to see so many old friends and new.

Fancy a taste of Two Farmer's wonderful new cider range? If you are at Speciality on Tuesday and have 20 minutes to spare at 2pm on the Drinks Uncovered Stage PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE come and support Mark and Sean as they pitch live on stage to Ocado. It would make a huge difference to have some supportive faces in the audience. And they want to make sure that everyone in the audience gets to try their new cider, and of course their amazing hand-cooked crisps made from their own potatoes, grown on their farm. Please come and support, thank you so much.

So proud of you, Karen Robinson, PhD Alexa Fernandez & Natalie Wood for being recognised as Rising Stars of 2024 by Speciality Food/Speciality & Fine Food Fair. Ladies, you're remarkable, what a delight to see you being recognised.

Please share onward to anyone at the early stages of a food/drink/non-food business and seeking to learn how to grow. MANY THANKS 🙏. I'm thrilled to be speaking at Bread and Jam's Startup Summit on 23rd May. Check it out at: https://lnkd.in/e5tc2qEF I'm a HUGE fan of Bread and Jam as they create a wonderful environment for founders and scaling businesses to network and share experiences to grow together and learn from the mistakes and experiences of others. This event is pretty unique, designed for startups looking for their first listing and to scale up fast. There will be 20x successful FMCG founders and industry experts share their experiences of launching their own products plus an opportunity to pitch live on stage to buyers from Whole Foods, Selfridges and Macknade. Everyone in the FMCG sector knows what a rollercoaster it is to grow a business through the launch and scale-up phase. Finding a network who can celebrate with you, commiserate when things go wrong and pass on support and advice makes a huge difference. If you are planning on coming along to the event as a lone founder, arriving on your own. I'm confident that you will leave with a smile on your face, a head filled with ideas, a heart which has been reassured (it isn't just you that finds this all baffling) and most importantly a few phone numbers of like-minded founders... who knows these people could become confidants and friends for life.