Kaitlyn Fitzpatrick makes handmade chocolates and sells primarily direct to consumer. By making some big moves to systemise her production and packaging recently, she has changed the way she does business which has enabled her to grow her wholesale channel, produce more chocolate, save on costs and give her 18 month old daughter undivided attention.
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Natalie Harris, and her partner Dan, have built the award winning Danny Balboa’s Sauce Co. A hot sauce business with inspired cooking thanks to the combination of knowledge gained from years working in the BBQ industry (both in restaurants and the competition circuit) and Dan’s natural wizardry in the kitchen producing something with a real depth of flavour, not just heat.
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Tanya Jovanovic says that the last twelve months haven’t been easy. The growth of Stubborn Olive hasn’t been easy. The constant dance of three steps forward and two steps backward has been difficult…and then with Covid-19 it made me rethink about how I was attracting, keeping and retaining customers and I took a moment to hit the reset button.
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Emily is the founder of Bad Batch, your ‘not so average’ bakery that makes naughty handmade cookies. Em has that wonderful, but incredibly rare, knack of creating ingenious edible creations (‘SHAKE YA TITS IT’S YA B’DAY’… anyone?!) whilst building a powerful and sustainable business that pays her a great wage. She says Females in Food keeps her accountable, steers her in the right direction, makes her feel like she’s not alone and liberates and empowers her.
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Meet Inna Kiner, founder of InnaMuse. Inna creates premium handcrafted nutritious and delicious mueslis. Inna, despite being an economist by training, shared with us how much she dislikes anything to do with numbers and finances! She says she just doesn’t enjoy accounting so has grown her muesli business with help in the finance area and says it’s made a massive difference to her cash flow and focus.
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Gilava Pour, founder of Exotic Bazaar cooking sauces and spices for the classic slow cooked meal with authentic Middle Eastern flavours. Gilava’s love of cooking is expressed when she says, “I feel like I have been invited to so many family dinner tables” – this is what she says when speaking about her consumers and their love for her Middle Eastern food.
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Meet Chantal Scarlett, founder of XO Foods. Chantal creates Moozly. Chantal’s infectious sense of humour and desire for consistent business growth is part of everything she does. Chantal is so much fun to be around and work with and I love helping her grow her muesli business into a sustainable business that pays her a solid wage and supports her family.
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Nicole Mahler is the founder of Delicious Foods, a consumer packaged goods range of vegan ready-to-eat meals. Nicole has successfully built three country inspired ranges, Indian, French Farmhouse and Mexican and is working on expanding her range into the Chinese market. She’s thinking big. That excites us!
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Michelle Farina is the founder of dairy free and cruelty free cheese business, Noshing. Michelle has taken Noshing from a standing start to a dairy free growth business. Before Michelle launched Noshing, she says she knew nothing about food manufacturing, now she not only knows a lot about food manufacturing, she’s paying herself a decent wage, has moved her operation into a commercial kitchen and is preparing for scale.
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Consuming sugary products has been linked to obesity, diabetes, tooth decay and erosion. Around the world, many countries have introduced a sugar tax on sugar sweetened products to overcome health related issues. Approximately a third of consumers say they are addicted to sugar or are concerned about sugar addiction. So what are the options for sugar alternatives when making a food or drink product?
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