We hope you are all well this week. We would like to share some useful information and opportunities with you this week.

It is great to hear so many of you opening up in new ways this week. Please don’t forget to update us so we can give you a shout out on social media.

Wishing you the best of health, take care.

Team Grub Club 

Thanks to those of you who joined us for last weeks webinar, for those of you who missed it, don’t worry you can catch it here.

During these times it is vital that we come together and support each other as we are so much stronger together. We need to share advice, learnings and tips to come through this chapter. So check out the Delishops foodie community, it’s a great foodie tribe of businesses who are keen to grow and support each other.

To get involved register here

We have teamed up with the fab team at Montgomery to offer a weekly competition series on our Instagram feed. Please share and get involved there are some great prizes.

Let’s get winning 

British Cheese Weekender, Early May Bank Holiday, 8-10 May

This is a great message to share with your customers and a wonderful foodie wave to be part of.

So get involved.  They have a star-studded foodie line up of events for the weekend. Have you got the perfect cheese accompaniment, or can you offer a delicious British cheese collection to sell to you customers?

The three-day event will encourage the public to enjoy the country’s best cheeses with a series of free, online tastings by the country’s top cheese experts. Please visit here to find out more and use the #BritishCheeseWeekender

If you are looking for support as how to trade online then check out Speciality Food’s ultimate guide to online retail. It is free to download here

We hope you are all well this week. We just wanted to share some useful information and opportunities for you this week.

Wishing you the best of health, take care.

Team Grub Club 

‘Business as usual’, it certainly is not! Join Vhari as she shares insights into new routes to market during these extraordinary times. From online listings to delivery boxes, let’s delve into who you can sell to now and how you can plan for the future. This webinar is great for producers, retailers and brands looking to grow sales.

To get involved register here

If you missed last nights cheese class with Charlie Turnbull, catch up on Youtube and be sure to tune in next week.

Cheese TV 

British Cheese Weekender, Early May Bank Holiday, 8-10 May

To celebrate the amazing range of cheeses made by small producers in the UK and to highlight the crisis they face The British Cheese Weekender will be taking place over the Early May Bank Holiday weekend (8-10 May). The three-day event will encourage the public to enjoy the country’s best cheeses with a series of free, online tastings by the country’s top cheese experts. Please visit here to find out more

An online Food & Drink Festival has been created so you can discover and buy epicurean delights for direct delivery to your own home.
They are also looking for more brands to get involved, so check it out.

Supply Now 

The Food Marketing Experts Social Media Calendar is brimming with #SocialMediaDays, key foodie events and helpful tips to keep you relevant and your brand on track throughout the year.
Simply sign up below and download your copy now.

Those Grub Club friends who are in the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure industry should hopefully be aware of the RHL Grant.  This is being administered by your local authority. I urge you to look at the details on the government website and if you have not heard yet from your local authority, give them a call.  Grants are starting to be paid, so the money has been received from central government.

Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund

• Under the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant (RHLG), businesses in England that would have been in receipt of the Expanded Retail Discount (which covers retail, hospitality and leisure) on 11 March with a rateable value of less than £51,000 will be eligible for the following cash grants per property
• Eligible businesses in these sectors with a property that has a rateable value of up to and including £15,000 will receive a grant of £10,000, in line with the eligibility criteria as set out in paragraphs 24-31
• Eligible businesses in these sectors with a property that has a rateable value of over £15,000 and less than £51,000 will receive a grant of £25,000, in line with the eligibility criteria as set out in paragraphs 24-31

Thanks to Marissa Lebeau

Accounts Director at Macintyre Hudson

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We hope you are all well this week. We have been sharing lots of your stories and enjoying seeing what wonderful work you are all doing. Thanks so much to you all for keeping us fed and watered.

We are working on the Velvet magazine Fathers Day feature, so please get in touch if you have any products you would like featured.

We have a number of new opportunities coming up so please stay in touch, we will share more news next week.

Wishing you the best of health, take care.

Team Grub Club 

Why not take the opportunity to get your products some additional attention!

The Great British Food Awards are open now until the 22nd of June.

Enter today

Fresh Montgomery is bringing a series of weekly webinars to you to share insight, guidance and support from the industry to the industry.

To register for these webinars visit here

We are delighted to see so many businesses being so agile during this chapter.

So if you are looking to enjoy a home dining experience check out this round-up of who is doing what near Cambridge.

Thanks to Velvet Magazine

At this time we are all looking for sites and information to learn from. This is a great resource for the whole family. Eat farm have created a wealth of content for us to share and enjoy.

Eat Farm Now 

During the current situation, cash is king. Hopefully, by now, all business owners have a cashflow forecast set out over the next 6 months, taking us up to September, when we hope business will be back to normal (a new normal).

Over the last week, all of you who employ people should have received notification of the information needed to claim back the cost of furloughing staff from the Government.  The time is now to collect this information together, on a spreadsheet, and get ready for Monday 20^th April.  This date is important.  It is the date that the government hub becomes available for you to put your claim in for repayment of furloughed individuals.  It will be busy. Be persistent.  The sooner you put in your claim, the quicker the money will be in your bank account.  Remember – cash is king!

To find out more click here