This week we are talking alert level changes and impact on hospitality venues as they decide whether or not to give customers the takeaway choice, wine exports are falling but only because we’re overperforming, Feilding locals are feeding their essential worker and we ask the question - will ghost kitchens be the way of the future to reduce disruption and improve efficiency in a post-Covid world?

This week we are talking about lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. We’re in it and so is most of the food sector. We talk about pressure on supermarkets, the call for butchers to open, the cancellation of the Wellington on a Plate and Metro Food Awards, positivity in the hospitality sector and our lockdown food challenge. Plus we talk to suppliers and distributors directly impacted by the Level 4 Lockdown - including Gus Tissick from Bidfresh Hamilton and Isabel Pasch from Bread & Butter. 

This week we are talking about booze & violence rules, exporting to Korea, the latest Lewis road collaboration and take a deep dive into gin making in Aotearoa with 1919 Distilling founder Soren Crabb. Plus we do the world’s fastest review of Beervana.

This week we are talking about concerns for wheat growers, record methane emissions from dairy industry, Aussies fighting for the right to brand manuka honey, the sad but seemingly inevitable demise of Bernadino Spumante.

This week we are talking about the same thing everyone is… the Commerce Commission draft report into competition in the grocery sector! And we’ll tell you about how peanut butter can help kids get into mentoring, the latest gin garden opening and all about Wellington’s big foodie festival. Then we dig into an altogether alternative milk story with Glen Herud from Happy Cow Milk. Subscribe to the The Best of The Feed Weekly at http://thefeed.co.nz and please rate and review this podcast.

This week we are talking about what ought to be in your shopping trolley, the upcoming commerce commission report into supermarket competition and a potentially controversial report about food insecurity and child poverty in New Zealand - this is not a chat to miss. We’ll also talk to one of New Zealand’s first bottled cocktail businesses in Wellington.

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This week we discuss the farmer’s protests and what it means for the future of food producers in the country. We also catch up with the Choice Hospo bar build project and vegetable prices. Vincent interviews Angus Brown of Ārepa, a blackcurrant based nootropic drink that’s backed by science and is so successful he’s hoping to raise $5m for the next phase of growth in Australia and beyond.

This week we’re talking about record breaking horticulture exports, eliminating palm oil from your favourite candy, new ways of making plant-based milk and we’re decidedly NOT talking about adding folic acid to bread because we’re over that debate. We’re also celebrating with the Gill family who last week passed the 30 year milestone of running their Little India restaurants with their family recipes.

If you’re following us on Instagram, you may have seen our first search for the Best kickoff last week! We’re on the hunt for The Best Burgers in your town - all over the country - so jump over to Instagram, give us a follow and tag your favourite burger joint so we can share the treasure with the world.

This week it’s time to talk about cheese prices, a new bio-security tool that could reduce the nutritional value of your food and a chaotic but inspiring challenge a hospitality collective in Auckland is taking on to help one small business bounce back from Covid. We’re also talking to Katie Jacobs who traded a career in luxury champagne and spirits to build a start up to help busy people grow more of their own food.

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This week we look at an increase in excise taxes, the Outstanding NZ Food Producer awards, the NZ Spirits Awards and listen to the backstory of AF Drinks, the alcohol free brand created by Lisa King, of Eat My Lunch fame.

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