Untold: Behind the Scenes in the UK Food & Drink Industry

You have briefed your agency for a brand new pack design, had the over excited meeting speaking through it with them and then you wait.... Ever wondered what happens next, inside the room with the creatives! Faraz gets straight to it explaining the process from start to finish of packaging design and how to get the best out of agencies! 

James has worked with some of the biggest brands going and has built a social media following of over 565,000 followers. He has his own clothing range in Next, has featured in Men’s Health and GQ magazines, all whilst running the fitness app, The PWER. James shares his top tips for working with influencers, the strategy for success and how to build your social media community. He also goes into detail about his mental health journey and how his fitness routine has changed to support his mental health goals.

*Untold live podcast to raise money for Movember! We go behind the scenes with Josh White co-founder of canO water, Harry Corin founder of Corin&Co and Teddie Levenfiche co-founder of Perfect Ted. Incredibly open and honest conversations about times that have had a real effect on their mental health, and unbelievably open chats about how they got through it.  

GLOBALLY WE LOSE A MAN TO SUICIDE EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY. What a horrific stat.

LET'S TALK METAL HEALTH.

Next week I would love for you to Join The Savourists LTD for our first ever *Untold Podcast live event.

Doing our little bit to support Movember whose aim is to tackle head on Mental health and Suicide Prevention, Prostate and testicular cancer. we will be having an open and honest conversation around #mentalhealth and how it fits in to the culture in the workplace. Help us raise money for this wonderful charity! .

Teddie Levenfiche - Perfect ted
Josh White - CanO water
Harry Corin - Corin & Co - mental Health consultancy.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-talk-about-mental-health-tickets-452713958637

Game on! All ticket sales go to Movember.

Lottie Unwin founder of The Copy Club... Traditional FMCG marketing doesn't work for startups. 
A great episode where we hear from Lottie on all sorts of topics but the headline and key learning is that traditional FMCG marketing is very different to what is needed in the startup world. 

Buying Director Planet Organic to Partner at Wonderland Ventures. Al has had a wonderful career in the health, wellbeing and sustainability space. 19 years at planet organic working his way to buying director. He has now set up Wonderland Ventures  - A growth and change consultancy for businesses whose brands operate in the health, wellbeing and sustainability spaces. A fascinating episode that touches on: Trends, how to contact a buyer, the steps to getting a product on shelf and so much more! 

George Kruis has played 185 games for Saracens rugby team, won 45 England caps and is a British and Irish lion. An unbelievable career took him to Japan where alongside playing rugby he co-founded FourFive - Premium quality, independently tested CBD & Vitamin supplements. A wicked episode where George opens up about his experience playing rugby, retiring from rugby and running a business alongside. 
use code Pod20 for 20% off fourfive products direct from their website. 

Sara speaks openly about the experience of setting up her fantastic business Healthy Nibbles. The importance of setting Non Negotiable Values from the off - experience that was learnt the hard way.  From toxic employees, to the phenomenal growth they have seen and everything in-between! 

Jack opens up and speaks about the incredible growth Dash have seen over the last 5 years. Taking the business to 16 Million in retail sales over 5 years is remarkable growth. Jack opens up about the challenges of leading a high growth business on a personal level. Of course we couldn't not talk about the recent above the line campaign, Mr Nobergine taking a leading role in aiding the brand to go viral! Some tangible takeaways as always. 

This week, we have a very exciting guest in Sam Akinluyi. Amongst being the UK&I MD for Innocent drinks, an advisor to Young Foodies and a veteran of the FMCG industry, Sam is a founding partner of the non-profit Psalt. Psalt works within retail to increase the uptake of talent from different backgrounds and under-represented communities. Sam shared anecdotes from the Add Psalt incubator programme which he’s co-founded for black-owned brands, and hearing his perspective of how any size business can genuinely embrace diversity was fantastic to learn from. We can’t wait for you to hear the hope and ambitions he has for the future - so go on, give it a listen and let us know what you think!