Breakfast is often said to be the most important meal of the day, yet according to the HGCA* up to 33% of us miss it out!
24-30 January 2010 celebrates the eleventh annual Farmhouse Breakfast Week. The awareness week is organised by the HGCA and acts as an opportunity to educate the nation into the importance of eating a healthy breakfast. (more…)
As I write there is more snow forecast for this week – let’s hope not! We and other businesses are counting the cost of the terrible two weeks since the New Year. Whilst some retailers have benefitted from the bad weather by being the only local shop that customers could get to, the majority, I suspect, have lost varying amounts of money in 2010. Even Tesco has admitted losing £250m in revenue and Ocado were 5% down. I think independents generally will be in more deficit than this. However, let’s put it behind us, look forward, hope for better weather and that customers who haven’t been out much will have more cash in their pockets to spend in our tills.
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Well what a shambolic start to the year! It has not really been the weather for running a distribution business. It is the first week back after what seemed a very short break, and all hell is let loose. Some shops having to close for a day or two due to no staff and others having to close due to no customers. Wholesalers like us trying to move heaven and earth to get customer’s deliveries out, drivers battling through the snow only to arrive at the farm shop half an hour after they have shut early for the day! (more…)