3 weeks into our journey at www.the-foodie.co.uk and what a whirlwind of activity, excitement, lists and spreadsheets! To do lists!! I’m sure my husband Duncan has particularly enjoyed this bit! Although thankfully he doesn’t mind a spreadsheet! Rock and roll hey!
What have we been up to? Well learning about marketing! We love our range of products but how do we get it seen by those fellow foodies! That is the tricky bit! So I signed up to a free marketing challenge @nikihutchinson and as a result of that I tackled our Instagram and Facebook pages so our bio captured exactly what we’re about!
We take bored, “in a rut,” food shoppers to artisan heaven with a range of homemade and taste-tastic products for all dietary needs; ensuring likeminded foodies spice up mealtimes from the comfort of their own home. Many great taste award winning products.
Then we added more homemade taste-tastic products to our breakfast range. We were excited to add @Thursdaycottage home-made jams and @Nutcessity nut butters.
Thursday Cottage have been hand making their Jams, Marmalades & Curds in small batches for over 55 years. They lovingly hand pour their Jams & Marmalades into traditional jars to ensure that each one is perfect. Pouring by hand also means that each jar will contain more whole fruit for more flavour. In recent years Thursday Cottage products have received gold awards at the Great Taste Awards. Not an easy task!
Nutcessity was started by Mike in 2016 at home after discovering nut butter on his travels in Australia. Mike has a peanut allergy but is obsessed with tree nut butter. In his own words, “I wanted my nut butter to be embellished - in every area. Because I don’t add refined sugar or syrups (and definitely no palm oil), my spreads are only slightly sweet, in a wholesome fashion, whilst their texture is more fudge-like & creamy, depending on the room’s temperature. The company’s mission is to ‘support the plant-based and organic movements in the UK and abroad by offering delicious, sustainable products in plastic-free packaging, and to give back to communities less well off than our own.” He has already won Great Taste Awards for his products, incredible!
Well it’s still early days for The-Foodie and starting a business from scratch is definitely not for the faint hearted. It takes another level of determination and tenacity but I’m a firm believer that hard work pays off. I’m probably the most impatient person I know, so it’s good to remember - Rome wasn’t built in a day! Although I’ll give it a go!
]]>Welcome to The-Foodie.co.uk and thank you for visiting our website! Let me introduce us. We are a family of food enthusiasts based in Worsley, Manchester. Whilst we may not have Michelin star abilities we definitely have a passion for different food products. We don’t have an about us page as we want you to join us on our journey of starting a new business.
My name’s Carmen and I’m the founder of the business although each member of the family has played a role even our 7 year old Freddie who has definitely enjoyed taste testing!! Why this and why now? Like most people the last 12 months have been full of challenges but it’s definitely made me re-evaluate where I am now and my dreams. I have always wanted to start a new business but maybe a mixture of self doubt and being stuck in a rut meant I never tried. Always procrastinated! So, now’s the time!
Filled with excitement, packed with passion, a dollop of optimism and a sprinkling of nerves we launched our website last weekend. Our journey begins to bring fine food products to your home to excite the taste buds and take the boredom out of food shopping!
As we begin our steep learning curve, we would love you to join our foodie club and follow us on Instagram and Facebook! As the saying goes Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained!
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