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Episode #40: Kerrigans, the early innovators of fresh online delivery

- Introduction
- Green Friday - supporting Irish businesses on Black Friday
- 60 years old, Kerrigan is an early innovator of online fresh delivery
- History of Kerrigans Family Butchers
- While traditional craft butchery is still the core of their business, how do they adapt to lifestyle changes?
- The first journey into ecommerce was in 2013 but why was it unsuccessful
- Launched Food for Fitness in 2015 which lead to other ranges like Fakeout
- Reasons why the first attempt of online retail failed
- Working with DPD to deliver fresh food
- The difference between the type of products bought in-store and online
- Restrictions in certain products that they can sell in shopping centre stores, that they don't have online
- Migrated to Shopify and utilising partnerships
- Adapting to trends like vegan
- Lambay Island cattle
- Thoughts on the Shopify platform since migrating
- Using apps like Zapiet for pick up and delivery.
- The benefits of Klaviyo for email marketing. And Rewind for peace of mind.
Sponsored By:
- The Point of Sale Store
- Rewind.io
Links:
- Kerrigans
- Milk Bottle Labs
- Milk Bottle on Twitter
...more