Better Food Traders Business Advice Speed Dating

Written by Kate Ford

BUSINESS ADVICE Q&A At our annual gathering 2023

Connect with other radical food retailers, share problems, find solutions and learn from each other

Join Us in person at the Annual Gathering 9 June 2023, MANCHESTer

Business Advice Week 15-19th January 1-2-1 Advice sessions

Bookings are now open for Business Support Week. 1 week; 59 sessions of 1-2-1 advice.

The Topics

1. How to establish and run a successful ethical food store
2. Pitching for social entrepreneurs
3. Raising finance and crowdfunding for shops and stores
4. Sales Strategy, Pricing Strategy, Margins
5. Crowdfunding
6. Volunteer management
7. Search Engine Optimisation
8. Customer Management Systems for Box Schemes
9. Using Excel to streamline systems and find efficiencies
10. Organisational management and systems planning
11. Pricing Strategies, Fresh Produce
12. Running a successful cooperative
13. Customer commuications
14. Marketing
15. Branding
16. Customer Research
17. How to set up and develop a market or market stall
18. Finding new routes to market
19. Creating a Local Campaign
20. Social Ads
21. Social Media
22. Communications strategy and Copywriting
23. E-commerce Strategy
24. Getting local media coverage