OH FOR FOOD’S SAKE
-THE FOOD INDUSTRY PODCAST
unravelling challenges faced when working in the food industry whether YOU’re employed or a business owner.
We are your food industry podcast hosts, Amy Wilkinson and Lucy Wager and we offer you a new discussion each week. Drawn from our own experiences in the industry from stress, burnout and resilience to working with retailers, setting up on your own food brands and much more.
There will also be guest interviews from our food industry network to explore these challenges further giving you a comprehensive offering of stories, tips and advice through this rewarding industry.
TALKING POINTS
Future proof your career with career cushioning
When the economy is uncertain and your manager’s talking about making budget cuts, it’s definitely time to start thinking about career cushioning....
Procurement Hacks with George Willis
When you work in the food industry, it’s very common to be so focused on your role and your team’s mission that you don’t hear any other team’s...
The 5 Dysfunctions of teams and how you can fix them
You can tell when a team isn’t working together. They could be missing targets, not getting on with each other or turnover might be too high. But...
Understanding diversity + inclusion at work with Amie Burke
The conversations around diversity and inclusion are getting ever more complex and employees are starting to expect their employers to treat...
Liquidating a Business
Most of the stories we hear about businesses in our culture recount business success, where a small, ballsy go-getter grows into an enterprise...
How to survive redundancy
Although we love talking about the best aspects of the food industry, we don’t shy away from the difficult ones either. So with a recession in the...
Change your mindset, not your job with Claire Martino
Can you have a career where you grow and feel challenged but still supported, and still stay with the same company for decades? Yes, you can! On...
Building your personal brand
Personal branding is just for people who are self-employed, right? Wrong! If you haven’t started building your personal brand now, you should...
Nourish Awards with Diana Babics
There are plenty of awards up for grabs when you work in the food industry, but none of them are quite like the Nourish Awards! On this episode of...
Torifin, 12/11/2022
Informative, varied and relatable
Super-informative podcast that covers a huge range of topics related to working in and around food. Lucy and Amy are really relatable and provide honest, genuine advice and guidance.
LouiseChick, 04/12/2021
Brilliant!
Absolutely loving every episode. As a bit of a newbie in the food industry it’s so good to listen to two experienced female voices sharing the wealth of their experience.
Asertyuiop, 16/11/2022
Great resource
This is a brilliant podcast for those working in the food industry. It offers so much advice on how to manage mental health, how to progress, how to manage a team as well as really interesting interviews. It’s the empowering manager you had or you wish you had. It makes me better at my job.