I’m doing the reading (and the taste-testing) across the trade press, so you can skip the scrolling. And I’m serving it up in Bite Size portions. ☕🗞️ Between the reports, the trend pieces, and the endless “essential reading” landing in our inboxes each week, it’s...
From Complacency to Cheerleading: It’s Time to Talk Up Hospitality As someone who owes their entire career to the hospitality industry, I’m genuinely concerned that we spend too much time whispering about the tough times and not enough shouting about the brilliance. I personally believe we need...
For regular followers of Umami on Instagram or LinkedIn, you may know Michelle Dalley reads the trade press, so you don’t have to. But did you know we also WRITE for the trade press so you don’t have to? As an outsourced marketing manager there are many jobs that come across our desk, but one...
Sometimes opportunities present themselves with an incredibly tight deadline, and the only choice is to move fast and deliver! That’s exactly what happened when Michelle received a call from the Fresh Food Editor at The Grocer, asking if our client, Fairfax Meadow, would give a statement...
Recently I was asked to speak at a small business breakfast event about my career in the food industry and how that has influenced my business. For those that don’t know me, my first role in the food sector started thirty years ago this year. Let me say that again slowly – THIRTY...
If you’re a food manufacturer here’s further evidence that the market is in a state of change. This provides huge challenges for the market leaders and opportunities for the next tier of producers to step up and take some of the opportunities on the table. Are you ready? It’s sad news that...
