During my career one of the more enjoyable challenges I’ve taken on has been working with private equity owned businesses to help them reposition their offering ahead of selling the entire operation. Sometimes this has meant advising a legacy leadership team, while at others it has meant coming on board to help the new owners …
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I’ve recently been working a lot with food sector clients and spending time on my blog looking at the various trends and technologies that look set to shape the way food products are produced, packed and inspected for safety and compliance. In this post I’m continuing that pattern with a look at how vertical farming …
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In recent blog posts I’ve looked at issues around food industry trends, compliance concerns and automation in food processing plants. However, I haven’t yet looked at emerging food packaging trends. Food packaging can have an enormous impact on the success of a new product line, or play a part in reinvigorating an older established brand. …
One of the most important tasks a marketer can undertake is writing a solid marketing plan for a new product or service launch. But how exactly does one go about doing that? Inspired by World Product Day on the 19th July, here I share how to create a product launch plan from scratch. But first, …
In many of my recent blogs I’ve explored new technologies that promise a step-change for safety, authenticity and overall efficiency in the food manufacturing industry. Here, I’ll take a look at the current trends in the food and beverage industry that are driving the need for these innovations. Current food manufacturing industry trends 1. Sustainability …
Much has been written online about the importance of food production automation at both the processing and the packing end of the factory line. (In fact, I recently explored end of line automation myself). However, secondary food packaging processes often get overlooked. As a result, it’s one big area of automated food production where businesses …
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In my 30+ years working in marketing, strategy and strategic business development, I’ve noticed that a lot of businesses have substantial growth opportunities that they simply aren’t seeing, let alone taking. Often, that’s because they don’t have a true strategic approach nor methodology and therefore do not fully factor in thinking about the market they’re …
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In late 2021 I started working with a client who has produced a range of 3D stereo microscopes which they believe could offer a tangible advancement in compliance with food hygiene and safety procedures in the R&D, NPD and Quality functions of businesses. Over the past five months I’ve been researching food ingredients, the seed …
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In my last blog, I looked at the food packaging technology, specifically the importance of end of line automation in the food industry and how it can benefit both workers and product line efficiency as a whole. However, another often less discussed area where huge efficiency gains can be made is in the training and …
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Factory automation has become a particularly hot topic in recent months. The dual impacts of Covid-19 and Brexit have led to a shortage of workers across many UK manual jobs. As a result, UK companies are increasingly looking into the prospect of using automation to reduce downtime and increase work efficiency, as has been done …
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