Episode 9: A view from the top of the grocery industry with Steven Esom
Release Date: 12/11/2019
Episode 27: The truth behind the Truthbrush
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In the seventh episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, Hamish talks to Cat and Catherine, the founders of Truthbrush, the beautiful bamboo brush. Hamish chats with Cat and Catherine about what prompted them to go into the oral care industry with a strong focus on sustainability and design. The founders share their passion for innovation, but also the difficult challenges they have faced from designing a product that is completely new to the market. If you would like to feature on the podcast or have any questions, get in touch at .
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Episode 26: Exploring Clean vs. Natural beauty with Emma Lewisham
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In the sixth episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, Hamish talks to Emma Lewisham, founder of the world’s first Carbon positive beauty brand.
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Episode 25: The Future of Coffee with John Steel
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In the fifth episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, Hamish chats to Cafédirect's John Steel. CEO of the UK's very first certified B-Corp Certified coffee company, John has been instrumental in making the unique coffee company's business model a success.
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Episode 24: Unpacking The New Science Rocking the Hair Care Category with Milena Prinzi
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In the fourth episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, Milena Prinzi joins Hamish in discussing the new landscape of the hair & beauty category. As Editor-in-Chief of AllThingsHair (https://www.allthingshair.com/en-us/), Milena has a breadth of knowledge on what the future has in store for the category.
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Episode 23: A retailer's view of Australia's food and drink with Mark Field
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In the third episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, we talk to Mark Field, an Australian-based consultant with a breadth of experience within the food and drink industry.
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Episode 22: Behind the bar: what’s for sale in the pub of the future? Beer, low and no alcohol and hard seltzers with Ben, Dom and Fran
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In the second episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, we talk to an expert panel within the beer and wine trade about upcoming trends in the industry. We speak to; Dom South, founder of Brand Fitness Ltd; Ben Lockwood, the On-Trade Marketing Manager for BrewDog and Fran Bridgewater, a fellow CIM member currently working at the Drinks Network.
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Episode 21: The Hidden Links between Sleep and Food with Stephanie Romiszewski
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In the first episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, we welcome Stephanie Romizsewski, an established Consultant Sleep Physiologist and founder of Sleepyhead Clinic. With an impressive career history to date, Stephanie shares with us her experience of sleep physiology and tips on how to optimise your 40 winks.
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Episode 20: Setting the wheels of organic supplements in Motion with Joe Welstead
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Episode 19: British Wine Comes of Age
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In this week’s episode of The Grocery Insider Podcast, in association with HRA Global, we speak to Jacob Leadley, winemaker and CEO of Black Chalk and Fran Bridgewater, owner and founder of Drinks Network.
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Episode 18: Is this the end of the Human Buyer? With Martin Rand CEO of Pactum
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info_outlineIn this week's episode of The Grocery Insider, in association with HRA Global, we speak to Steven Esom from Product Chain.
Get to know Steven and the industry
- Career path
The Grocery Industry and Retailers
- What changes have you seen in the industry since you started?
- Massive delayering on the retailer side - do you think this is going to continue as part of the reconfiguration of retail?
- Can you see the challenge from the discounters changing in the next decade?
- Do you think the big box retailers will start to transform their shops to be similar to that of the discounters?
- Are we seeing more subletting of retail plots?
Waitrose and M&S
- Where is Waitrose going over the next few years?
- M&S are in a unique position with a unique audience, thoughts?
Category Management
- Have we passed peak category management?
- New products on the shelf for a shorter period, is this enough?
- Product chain - Is it tougher than ever to get and keep listings, and to grow sales?
- Challenger brands concentrating on a proposition, marketing and sales, is this the case with all?
- What impact is this having on the corporate structures of the big retailers?
- Do you think BCORP will be mandatory in a few years?
The important questions:
- Where is grocery going to go next year?
- What piece of advice would you give someone starting out in the industry right now?
- Thoughts on the John Lewis Christmas advert?