August 28, 2007

Tesco has gained the majority stake in Dobbies, the British garden centre chain, as reported by the UK’s Gardenforum online service. With its 53 per cent stake in the company, the British supermarket giant now controls the Dobbies business in which Tom Hunter, owner of the biggest British garden centre chain, Wyevale, was also interested. […]

To many, organic retailing is a new trend, but Waitrose in the UK have lead the way since 1983. The August edition of Boss introduced a story by Susan Owens on “How Green is my Supermarket.” In 2007 Waitrose, the UK retailer carries the largest amount of organic produce of any UK retailer with 11300

(Extract from an article in BA Business Life Aug 2007) It is unlikely that anyone will arrive at The Highwayman other than hungry, which chef Nigel Howarth has opened with his partner Craig Bancroft in the little village of Burrow on the Lancashire/Cumbria border. Howarth uses his role as chef to enhance the produce of

Blueberry sales in the UK have increased 132% since 2005 according to A. C. Neilsen . In 2005 Brits spent £40mil a year on the fruit, in 2007 £95million. Why the rush in sales? This is a fruit that is one of the world’s beneficial super-foods. It contains antioxidants to help keep the heart healthy,

According to Hansom Hosein and Heather Huges in their 2006 documentary, Independent America, it takes on average 1,500miles for the average piece of food to get to the average fork in the USA. Those who have been to my recent seminars will be aware that I am promoting neighbour to neighbour marketing as the new