In this Episode we are talking with Tom Lomas who is the Farm Shop Manager for Greendale Farm Shop. Greendale is a multi-award winning Farm Shop based in the heart of Devon. A world away from the supermarkets, Greendale farm shop is bursting with fresh, locally-sourced produce. If they can’t grow it on their farm or catch it from their fishing boats, they buy from carefully chosen suppliers.

We delve into what retailers might look for in a producer, how best to get in touch with retailers and what you can do to prepare yourself for a meeting with retailers. Somehow we also manage to touch on the matter of walking trousers and their amazing practicality!

You can find out more about Greendale Farm Shop at: https://www.greendale.com or on any of the Social platforms @greendalefarmshop

As ever, if you run your own business and you feel like you have some insightful information to share, get in touch!

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In this Episode we're talking to Annie Mae from Hatari - Hot Sauce to Cool the Planet. Hatari is a seed to source Hot Sauce company based in Devon.

So, they are pretty cool, they grow their own Chillis on their farm in Tanzania where the farm is run and managed by an all female staff. Badass right?!

Once the chillis touch down in the UK, they are turned into a range of amazing hot sauces, chilli oils and chilli salts.

Fun little side note: We use all the bi-products from Annie's hot sauce production to help create our delicious Chilli-Chutney and Chilli Biltong.

Annie talks about the struggles they faced early on, trying multiple options to solves a problem and what she thinks is one of the most crucial things to do when starting a new business.

You can find their products at https://hatari.co.uk/collections

As ever, if you run your own business and you feel like you have some insightful information to share, get in touch!

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In this Episode we'll be talking about who we are, why we started a Podcast, what we do and most importantly, some of the mistakes we made early on! The great thing about this show is that we make mistake, and talk to people that have made mistake, so that you don't have to!

Early on when we started our business there were so many things we didn't know, so many unanswered questions. Back then we wished we had a resource that wasn't overly technical, but one that could help us understand some of the basics of starting a business. That's what we're trying to do for you!

If you have any questions, we'd love for you to ask us! If we don't know, we'll find someone that does and ask them.

Thank you for listening and stay tuned for more great episodes!

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We'll be using our own business, Inyama Biltong, a 7 month old Biltong Company based in Exeter, UK at the main example, but we'll also be talking to other business owners to discuss their journeys.

We want to learn, but we also want to educate. When we started, we had so many questions and it seemed like we just could find the right answers. Well, hopefully we can help with that now!

So come along and learn, grow and develop with us!

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