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
AI Is Not the Problem: The Skills Gap Food Leaders Can’t Ignore
AI is not the story. People are. In this episode, I focus on what’s really changing in food manufacturing and retail as AI becomes more embedded in...
Bethan’s Bite Sized Bulletin April 2026
Welcome to Bethan’s Bite-Sized Bulletin - your quick-fire briefing on what’s happening across the food and drink industry. In under five minutes,...
Why Innovation in Food Isn’t About Products (And What It Really Takes)
Innovation isn’t just about products. It’s about how people think, collaborate, and make decisions across the business. In this conversation, David...
Why You Can’t Switch Off (And What It’s Doing to Your Leadership)
This episode opens the season with an honest look at something most people in the food industry experience but rarely talk about, the inability to...
Bethan’s Bite Sized Bulletin March 2026
Welcome to Bethan’s Bite-Sized Bulletin - your quick-fire briefing on what’s happening across the food and drink industry. In under five minutes,...
When Everything Is Urgent: Food Leadership Under Pressure
This isn’t a high-energy finale. It’s a grounded one. Amy takes a step back to connect the threads running through this season: leaders feeling...
Stop Fixing Women: Start Backing Each Other
International Women’s Day often comes with big themes and bold statements. This episode brings it back to what actually moves the needle inside food...
You Don’t Need a Career Plan — You Do Need to Work on Yourself
If your career path looks more like a bowl of spaghetti than a straight ladder, you’re not alone — and you’re probably doing better than you think....
It Shouldn’t Be This Hard: What Really Slows Teams Down at Work
This conversation is about busting one of the most common myths in food and retail: that when teams struggle, it’s because they don’t care or aren’t...
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.