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
Why the Food Industry Is Entering a New Era of Change
Amy and Sarah start by clearing up one of the industry’s most common misconceptions: what IGD actually does. Far from being “just another acronym,”...
Bethan’s Bite Sized Bulletin February 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,...
Courageous Leadership: How to Stop Carrying It All Yourself
Courage in leadership is often misunderstood. In food manufacturing and retail, it’s rarely about bold speeches or dramatic decisions — it shows up...
Leading Without the Mask: Trust, Inclusion and Real Performance
This episode is for anyone who has ever felt they needed to “fit in” at work rather than show up as themselves. Amy Wilkinson is joined by Fran...
Leading Through Uncertainty: How to Support Your Team When You Don’t Have the Answers
Organisational change doesn’t just test systems—it tests people. In this straight-talking episode, Amy unpacks what actually helps when teams are...
Creating an Innovation Culture: What Food Leaders Must Know
What is true innovation and why does it matter? Nell Masey O Neill and Amy Wilkinson get painfully honest about how “innovation” gets thrown around...
Bethan’s Bite Sized Bulletin January 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,...
Women in Food: Leadership, Data and What Needs to Change
We kick off with Laura’s backstory - how a proud northerner with zero agri-food experience stumbled into a decades-long love affair with the meat...
Start the Year Lighter: Three Work Habits to Leave Behind
This episode kicks off with Amy welcoming listeners to a space built for honest conversations about the food and retail world. She immediately...
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.