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Freddie's Farm founders, Laurie and Charlie Fermor, launched their kids' fruit and veg snack business on the eve of a global pandemic. Through positivity and hard work, they turned challenges into opportunities, leading to a win on Channel 4's Aldi's Next Big Thing. This triumph saw their products hit Aldi shelves nationwide, introducing the challenge of managing rapid growth. Their story is a beacon of resilience, showcasing how to navigate adversity and embrace expansion opportunities. 👉 Discover more about their journey and growth strategies here https://lnkd.in/ecEPBGRh #actioncoach #actioncoachhastings #freddiesfarm #BusinessResilience #GrowthMindset

Freddie's Farm founders, Laurie and Charlie Fermor, launched their kids' fruit and veg snack business on the eve of a global pandemic. Through positivity and hard work, they turned challenges into opportunities, leading to a win on Channel 4's Aldi's Next Big Thing. This triumph saw their products hit Aldi shelves nationwide, introducing the challenge of managing rapid growth. Their story is a beacon of resilience, showcasing how to navigate adversity and embrace expansion opportunities. 👉 Discover more about their journey and growth strategies here https://lnkd.in/ewKx-KQk #actioncoach #actioncoachhastings #freddiesfarm #BusinessResilience #GrowthMindset

Supermarkets have underserved both consumers and producers for too long. When did you last walk in to one and think ‘Wow, this is amazing!’? Meanwhile, producers tell stories of predatory practices and barely being able to be make ends meet. It’s time to Go Wylde. Wylde is a farmers’ market, where everything happens online. Liberated by technology, fishermen, farmers, hunters and food artisans of all types pitch up with what they’ve caught, grown and made. And they set the prices. You pick what you fancy, and - with nationwide delivery - everything arrives in one convenient box on a Friday morning. Like any market in real life, it’s best to get there early…. www.wylde.market

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Thanks to Jason Miller for these insightful charts using publicly available government data... let's look at the facts! #priceinflation #grocery #retailsupplychain #ncsusupplychain

Rob Handfield This is a great write-up. Jason Miller is to be commended for his excellent work that extends well beyond magic with government statistics! I had the pleasure of speaking to Jason about this subject last week, so I've had time to reflect further. His logic is correct and the politicians are well off the mark. No prima facie evidence exists for gouging by the stores and distributors. On the other hand, consumers know prices of core items have increased and that is true. They attend to price increases and have reacted to protect themselves. Many have worked to lower grocery bills by shopping around, buying more in bulk or substituting cheaper items. One consequence is that spend relative to income has not increased in line with prices. I had a discussion with a famous economist that it is the price level not the rate of change that people understand. Consumers don't why prices have gone up. Prices for wheat, corn and soybeans from the farmers are decreasing significantly this year as the result of bumper yields. Weather has been good and yields are higher. Prices spiked after Ukraine was invaded, since it is a major exporter, as is the US. Geopolitics will play a larger role in commodity prices in the future, so we can probably expect spikes in prices for a variety of items. A lot happens from the sale by the farmer until the food is on the shelves. Intermediaries for some food chains are few in number and have more pricing power. Consumers have almost no notion of food supply chains and who has real market power. Will they be disappointed if bread prices or corn tortillas remain at current levels, because intermediaries are in a position to retain the benefit of lower costs? The politicians obviously want to be seen to take action to protect consumers against higher prices. Neither the politicians nor apparently many of their staff understand what is really going on. The companies with names on the labels and storefronts are the obvious targets. Certain intermediaries might be better targets for investigating price gouging. On the other hand, the volatility in commodity prices complicates any such assessment. They do better when commodity prices are higher and worse when prices are down. Consider that Cargill just had an internal memo released suggesting that margins are well down from 2022. Truck freight spot prices rocketed when government fiscal stimulus was provided after Covid. Carriers and brokers were flush with cash and operating margins improved for most. That was not gouging. Shippers were bidding up spot rates to secure very scarce capacity. They had to ship and their demand was inelastic relative to prices. Surplus cash for carriers went to upgrading fleets and to create cash cushions which they are burning off as the industry now has excessive capacity. One could accuse them of poor management but not gouging. The populists have grasped the wrong side of the stick once again. #gouging #inflation #DNC #RNC

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