The FMCG Insider

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The FMCG Insider is the leading Independent, Unbiased and 360-degree view of the Food & Drink and industry. We bring you the unvarnished, unsanitised inside track. A critical friend to the Grocery Trade, we bring the latest news, views and trends in bite-sized podcast chunks to busy time-crunched Food and Drink professionals.

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Episode 27: The truth behind the Truthbrush

Feb 17 2022 19 mins  
In the seventh episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, Hamish talks to Cat and Catherine, the founders of Truthbrush, the beautiful bamboo brush. Hamish chats with Cat and Catherine about what prompted them to go into the oral care industry with a strong focus on sustainability and design. The founders share their passion for innovation, but also th

Episode 26: Exploring Clean vs. Natural beauty with Emma Lewisham

Dec 08 2021 37 mins  
In the sixth episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, Hamish talks to Emma Lewisham, founder of Emma Lewisham Beauty, the world’s first Carbon positive beauty brand. Emma has built a pioneering health and beauty brand, with a circular beauty model that is now transforming the beauty landscape. Join Emma and Hamish as they dive into the future of cl

Episode 25: The Future of Coffee with John Steel

Sep 16 2021 32 mins  
In the fifth episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, Hamish chats to Cafédirect's John Steel. CEO of the UK's very first certified B-Corp Certified coffee company, John has been instrumental in making the unique coffee company's business model a success. Over 30 minutes, John and Hamish discuss advantages of social enterprises and how these appeal

Episode 24: Unpacking The New Science Rocking the Hair Care Category with Milena Prinzi

Aug 05 2021 43 mins  
In the fourth episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, Milena Prinzi joins Hamish in discussing the new landscape of the hair & beauty category. As Editor-in-Chief of AllThingsHair, Milena has a breadth of knowledge of the industry as it is now, how it has changed over lockdown and what the future has in store for the category. She also has her own b

Episode 23: A retailer's view of Australia's food and drink with Mark Field

Mar 31 2021 23 mins  
In the third episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, we talk to Mark Field, an Australian-based consultant with a breadth of experience within the food and drink industry. Mark, now Director of Prof. Consulting Group, has previously worked for big-name multiple Coles as the Head of Brand as well as Technical Director of 2 Sisters Food Group giving h

Episode 22: Behind the bar: what’s for sale in the pub of the future? Beer, low and no alcohol and hard seltzers with Ben, Dom and Fran

Mar 22 2021 39 mins  
In the second episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, we talk to an expert panel within the beer and wine trade about upcoming trends in the industry. We speak to; Dom South, founder of Brand Fitness Ltd and former Marketing Director at Green Kind; Ben Lockwood, the On-Trade Marketing Manager for BrewDog and Fran Bridgewater, a fellow CIM member cur

Episode 21: The Hidden Links between Sleep and Food with Stephanie Romiszewski

Jan 05 2021 40 mins  
In the first episode of Season 3 of The FMCG Insider, in association with HRA Global, we welcome Stephanie Romizsewski, an established Consultant Sleep Physiologist and founder of Sleepyhead Clinic. With an impressive career history to date, Stephanie shares with us her experience of sleep physiology and tips on how to optimise your 40 winks. To speak with Stephanie personally and

Episode 20: Setting the wheels of organic supplements in Motion with Joe Welstead

Sep 01 2020 44 mins  
In this week's episode of The Grocery Insider, in association with HRA Global, we speak to Joe Welstead, co-founder and CEO of Motion Nutrition. For more insights, consultancy, marketing and market research solutions, visit https://hra-global.com/ 00:00 - 08:48 minutes: Introduction to Joe Welstead An insight into Joe's former life as a professional swimmer for Scotland and forage

Episode 19: British Wine Comes of Age

Jun 23 2020 39 mins  
In this week's episode of The Grocery Insider, in association with HRA Global, we speak to Jacob Leadley, winemaker and CEO of Black Chalk and Fran Bridgewater, owner and founder of Drinks Network. For more insights, consultancy, marketing and market research solutions, visit https://hra-global.com/ 0:00 - 7:35 minutes: Introduction Introduction to both Fran and Jacob. Fran gives

Episode 18: Is this the end of the Human Buyer? With Martin Rand CEO of Pactum

Jun 05 2020 33 mins  
In this week's episode of The Grocery Insider, in association with HRA Global, we speak to Martin Rand, CEO of Pactum AI. For more insights, consultancy, marketing and market research solutions, visit https://hra-global.com/ 00:00 - 06:15 Introduction to Martin He was a project manager at Skype, moving into his own company in farm management systems for farmers. A look into how Ma