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This weeks help is at hand!
Good afternoon
We hope you are all well. As promised in the last weeks we will email you weekly with information we believe will be of use to you in these extraordinary times. We want you to know you are not on your own, we are here championing you all.
Thank you so much to all of you who have been in touch. We love hearing your news, and telling the world how they can shop with you.
The May basket for Velvet magazine has been filled, so we are now working on Fathers Day and the month of June, so please get in touch.
We are busy chatting to our network to learn about new opportunities for you and will update you on these over the coming weeks.
Wishing you the best of health, take care.
Team Grub Club
Hider Foods and Delishops have joined forces to create a retailer online shopping solution for consumers, enabling independent retailers to continue serving their customers and most importantly earn revenue even if they are closed.
The bonus is you don’t have to do the orders! The team at Hider will despatch everything for you, while you earn 15% on every order. The range on offer will be extensive. They will all be lines Hider has on offer. They are looking for a wide range of new products to grow their offering.
So if you are looking to drive sales to your fabulous customer base with minimal hassle, please check out the new site here
The newly launched #HelpHub for foodservice businesses is up and running packed with advice and support.
A new £1.8m Accelerator and Venture Fund which will back ambitious food and drink challenger brands ready to help tackle childhood obesity.
Our Aim: To deliver market-led solutions to one of the biggest challenges facing the nation’s health.
Applications Open: 30th March 2020
To find out more click here
It is so important to be on a variety of platforms all helping to promote your business and products.
So why not sign up to be part of our
Big Barn page. The site traffic has gone mad in recent weeks and is now receiving over 20,000 hits a day! The site is proving so popular that many producers are receiving record numbers of orders.
We want to help
Good afternoon
We hope you are all well, as promised last week we will email you weekly with information we believe will be of use to you in these extraordinary times.
Thank you so much for all the emails we received asking for mentions and shout out on social media. Keep them coming as we are so keen to support you all.
We are working on the next two issues of Velvet Magazine shopping baskets, so please get in touch if you would like to be included.
Wishing you the best of health, take care.
Team Grub Club
It is so important to be on a variety of platforms all helping to promote your business and products.
So why not sign up to be part of our
Big Barn page.
Every month we search out three delicious products you can’t be without. We would love to hear from you if you have a product that would like to be seen by thousands of consumers.
Please drop us an email with your product details, RRP, where it is available from and then we can chat about a sample and what else we need.
If you have moved to online sales, please check out what WBC has on offer here they have a wide variety of protective packaging, perfect for shipping out your goodies.
You may wish to use some or all of these posters if appropriate for your business.
To access all the posters click here
A petition has been created to extend COVID-19 support to independent mobile catering businesses & the self-employed. To sign click here
Thanks to Howes Percival for all their COVID 19 advice
https://www.howespercival.com/coronavirus/
Help is at hand!
We will email you weekly with information we believe will be of use to you in these extraordinary times. If you are not already signed up to our newsletter please sign up here.
If you have information you think would benefit, please get in touch.
We are trying to support all of you selling in-store, online, click and collect or delivering. Please drop us a line if you would like us to give you a shout out.
Wishing you the best of health, take care Team Grub Club
We’ve launched in Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire!
Well we certainly celebrated the launch of the award-winning Grub Club into Bedfordshire Hertfordshire in style! With almost 30 people attending the inaugural event in the area, we were delighted to coincide with the half-year anniversary of the fabulous new bistro restaurant, The Arbury in Baldock. As always we had a very warm welcome from our excellent hosts Martin, Lucy and Josh.
World’s First Food Product Certified as Carbon and Plastic Neutral
Farrington’s Mellow Yellow Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil Becomes World’s First Food Product Certified as Carbon and Plastic Neutral
Networking at The Lodge Duxford
What a way to start our networking year at the stunning recently refurbished Duxford Lodge. We were delighted to take over the wonderful venue for the evening. Welcoming 55 guests for the evening.
A trip to Atithi, Cambridge
We were delighted to be invited to visit the recently opened restaurant Atithi.
Raising a Glass for Local Gin
This month saw the first event hosted by our Northamptonshire & Leicestershire group. The evening included a fascinating talk and tour of the award-winning Warner’s Distillery in Harrington.
Parkers Tavern: Festive Afternoon Tea
We were delighted to be invited to visit Parkers Tavern (situated in the University Arms hotel) to enjoy a festive afternoon tea. It was a lovely way in which to spend a relaxed afternoon.
Our Festive Advent Calendar Review
The festive season is nearly upon us and to celebrate all things seasonal food and drink, we’ve reviewed 4 very different Christmas advent calendars to see if they’re worth your pennies. Read our reviews below!