Retail Ready Podcast

In today’s episode I got to hang out with Dan Pope, who is sales manager of Manilife. Manilife is a UK based peanut butter company which has some high-end customers such as Waitrose and Harrods.

Dan tells the fantastic story of Manilife in this episode with a bit of comedy thrown in too.

Manilife uses single origin high quality peanuts unlike a lot of its competition. It’s a great story and to think they were selling peanut butter from Dans backpack only 2 years ago is incredble.

It was great to chat to Dan and hear about Manilifes journey. When you finish the episode, please head on over to iTunes and leave a review.

Switch off, chill out and enjoy episode 33.

In today’s episode I got to hang out with Shaun Malligan, the co founder of Kooee! Kooee is an All Natural Jerky snacking company based in Tasmania, Australia.

Shaun is an Australian who was living in the USA when he started making his own jerky to snack on. It then turned into a side hustle when more and more people started to try it and pay for it.

Along with the way Shaun met Andy, who then become the other co-founder of Kooee! and set up a factory in Tasmania making jerky and growing a brand which can be found in Dan Murpys, Woolworths and various other retailers.

On episode 12, I got the chance to talk business with Jamie Thurin from Slim Secrets. Slim secrets was founded by his mum, Sharon in the early 00’s and has grown to not only be a product you will find in Australia but also in 10 other countries.

In this episode we discuss with Jamie all things export, protein, social influencers and get to know how this brand has been so successful.

You are listening to the retail ready podcast, hosted by Ben Whyatt and this is Epsiode 12. Enjoy.

Welcome back everybody. You are on episode 27 of the retail ready podcast. Thank you for giving up your time to listen to my show. If you are enjoying the podcasts, please make sure you leave a review, or get in contact with me directly as I am loving what you guys are thinking about each episode.

Also, if you are listening and have a brand, business or story within the grocery space and want to be on the show, get in contact with me. Also great to hear from new people and hear their stories.

In todays episode, we are stepping away from the food world and into the world of Magnesium. I am joined by Lee Harold, the founder of Amazing Oils.

Amazing Oils is an Australian family business which just focus on different magnesium based application product that are applied onto the skin, whether via a roll on, spray or cream.

I personally use Amazing oils on a weekly if not daily basis because it helps muscle recovery and rests my legs after a long day. We even used the baby range when my daughter was born to help her rest at night.

Lee and his family are a business with great principles and created magnesium oils to bring benefit to peoples lives. I am sure you will love this episode as much as I did recording it.

The breakfast category has had a bit of a crap time over the last few years and it is not going to be all rainbows and butterflies in 2021 either. We are on the cusp of another diet fad. Offices around the country will be talking about "Intermittent Fasting" or "IF, 16/8, On and Off Diet" if you want to give it a cooler name. In a nut shell all it means is that you miss breakfast but for some reason its now becoming a popular diet to follow and preach. Just when we were getting over the stupid Keto Diet.

In this short podcast, I briefly explain my views and the impacts it has on the category and cereal brands.