Of course I write with particular reference to our sector, speciality food, and am wondering whether the recent long-drawn-out election result will make any difference to us?
I am getting mixed reports from the sector at present. Some our my sales team are reporting that there is more caution around than they have seen so far this year, but on the counter-side our first few Christmas orders are considerably larger than last year’s early orders. (more…)
The ridiculously cold weather (and the fact that our Christmas catalogue is at the printers) must mean summer is on its way! Well, actually we can’t complain – April was a fabulous month for weather with two very warm weekends, which got the punters flooding through the doors of food retailers throughout the UK. My own company, Cotswold Fayre, was 25% up on last April, and I think this was largely due to the weather with particularly good drinks sales. (more…)