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The Interview: HAVI Director of Product Innovation, Chris Lipari
The Interview | HAVI. Host Karl McKeever sits down in conversation with Chris Lipari, Director of Product Innovation at HAVI.
The lifeblood of the QSR (Quick Service Restaurants) industry is customer demand - something that’s inherently unpredictable. Balancing supply with fluctuating demand has been an age-old challenging, leading to supply imbalances, overstocked inventory and waste.
We explore the big challenges facing the sector and how leading names in QSR are navigating the complexities of supply and demand in this fast-paced industry.
Presented by Kinaxis.
The Interview: Organic Garden CEO and co-founder, Martin Wild
The Interview: Organic Garden. In this episode of The Interview Series, host Karl McKeever is joined by Martin Wild, founder and CEO of Germany-based food-tech start-up, Organic Garden. As Martin prepares to take to the stage at Shoptalk Europe 2023 in Barcelona, we sit down together to discuss the brand’s journey, how the retail food industry can pursue a future that is good for people, the environment, and for business, and the story behind an unexpected appearance in Playboy magazine. Presented by Shoptalk Europe 2023
The Interview: Little Moons, CEO & co-founder Vivien Wong
In this episode of The Interview series, host Karl McKeever sits down with Little Moons CEO and co-founder Vivien Wong. As children growing up in their parents’ bakery in London, Vivien (and her brother Howard) were surrounded by a passion for creating amazing food.
In 2010, they set up Little Moons; making a Japanese-inspired dessert called "mochi”. After enjoying steady growth, the company set up a Little Moons TikTok account and began posting videos… and then things began to get really interesting.
The Interview: Joe & Seph’s, Director & co-founder Paul Sopher
In this episode of The Interview series, recorded at Spring Fair 2022, host Mark Faithfull is sits down with Joe & Seph’s co-founder Paul Sopher as he shares the intriguing story of how a trip to the US led to the transformation of the UK popcorn category, his experience of life in a fast-growing family business, and advice for wannabe entrepreneurs.
Despite the company's success and expanding range of product lines, it remains singularly committed to one thing: creating the best tasting popcorn possible. That focus has helped to reinvent a category, taking the word of popcorn far beyond simply being a moorish movie treat.
The Interview: Green & Black’s, co-founder Jo Fairley
In this episode of The Interview series, recorded at Spring Fair 2022, host Karl McKeever is joined by Green & Black’s co-founder Jo Fairley as she shares her experience of founding a business during a recession and discusses the importance of staying true to her core belief that doing good for your people and the planet simply makes good business sense.
The Interview: Hotel Chocolat, CEO and co-founder Angus Thirlwell
The Interview - Hotel Chocolat: In our latest episode, we sit down with Angus Thirlwell, CEO and Co-founder of Hotel Chocolat. He talks to Martin Popplewell about the business response to the global pandemic, the realities of ‘Retail Darwinism’ and its growing online sales and global appeal.
The Interview: Riverford Organic
The Interview: Riverford Organic Farmers: In an exclusive interview, recorded at the World Retail Congress 2019, our host Ben Bland is joined by Riverford Organic Farmers' founder, Guy Singh-Watson, to talk about the award-winning business which puts its success down to a spirit of ethical trading, and to discover why his decision to shun traditional retailers was, in his view, a good thing.
The Interview: Leon Restaurants
The Interview: Leon Restaurants: In this edition of The Interview, John Vincent, co-founder of Leon Restaurants joins host Ben Bland to discuss the story of the brand, its ethos and future plans.