Retail Ready Podcast

Hear from the founder of Funday Sweets, Daniel Kitay. In todays epsiode Daniel drops numerous business knowledge bombs and shares his story about how Funday Sweets can now be found in over 4000 distribution points in Australia.

Hear from the founder of Feel Good Foods, George Giannakopoulos. Feel Good Foods came to be in 2009 when we started selling milk alternatives from the back of a truck to the local Melbourne cafe market. Today they continue to deliver an awesome range of alternative food and bev brands to hundreds of cafes, independent grocers, and gourmet stores across Victoria and Tasmania. Hear in todays epsiode the jourey, the lessons, the ups and downs and a costly container during Covid!

Enjoy listening to how Scott set up Raw C. Raw C's mission is to bring you Australia’s best tasting, all-natural coconut water, coconut milk and coconut oils. In 10 years, Scott has managed to gain majority share hold of a huge category. Hear about Scott’s journey and enjoy the several knowledge business bombs he drops throughout this session.

Roz turned an ice cream hobby into a thriving business, that’s also giving back Lawyer and scientist Roz Kaldor-Aroni has turned her ice cream hobby into a thriving business. As the venture grows, she is also giving back to communities in Australia and abroad.

Listen to how Gordon built a complete meal replacement business in Australia then quickly took it multinational. The idea started while Gordon was studying and needed a healthy shake that contained all the nutrients he needed. Gordon then started making this complex smoothie meal for his friends and family who really enjoyed it too. That's when the light-bulb moment came... he thought: "why can’t I make this for everyone else to enjoy and benefit from!?". From this moment the hard work to develop vybey commenced and alongside our extensive team of food scientists & nutritionists, we produced a great tasting ready-to-drink meal fit for the global market. Check vybey out here - https://vybey.com.au/

Suzanne empowers product-based entrepreneurs to build and grow a successful business, focusing on profit first and having the time to enjoy a life you love. Suzanne unknowingly has helped save my own business, thousands of dollars. Every day I find her insights and knowledge fantastic and I am not even a client of hers. Suzanne has also grown her own business, Sol Breads from $800k to $30m. Enjoy the epsiode.

Welcome Alex Swift, Commercial Business Director of Salad Servers. Salad Servers can be found in many retail stores in the fresh produce section. Hear Alex talk about the journey of the family business and how it has adapted to the changing consumer.

Welcome Cian Dawson, the co-founder of Gymbod. Gymbod is now launched nationally in Coles and has a fantastic start up story behind it. In this epsiode we talk and laugh about the Gymbod journey. It has not gone all smooth sailing, enjoy.

Welcome Hayley Westoby who is the founder of Gambit Collective. In todays epsiode we talk about: - Personal branding, what do people say about you when you leave the room? - The power and opportunities of Linkedin - Workplace culture and quiting your job. - Fitness

I wanted to dedicate an episode to highlight my first year in business with Doggylicious and summarise what I have learnt as well as provide some stats as a lot of you guys have followed this journey since day one. To start things off, here are some Doggylicious headline stats from year 1 in business: com.au

I think I could have talk to Co-founder of Heaps Norma, Peter Brennan all day. If you love hearing from brands which are disrupting markets then you will want to hear this episode. So many topics were discussed but hear how Heaps Normal is making huge waves in the non alcoholic beer market.

It is always good to chat with David Burns. He has so much passion for the food industry and in this episode we talk about 2 new businesses he has set up, Creme and Food Mover. We also chat about Naturally Good where you can see and hear David talk in the Business Summit Session.

So much fun and insights in this podcast. In this episode I chat with, David Andrew who is a leading Australian entrepreneur that has redefined the national health and nutrition sector. Driven by innovation and a desire to create a world where health is not a sacrifice, The No Nasties Project and Naked Life Beverages CEO and Founder David Andrew is a true entrepreneur at heart who is not afraid of disrupting the market.

It has been 2 years and I had missed Scotty Tulloch that much we got him back on the show. We chatted about what Farmer Jo has been doing as they have been going from strength to strength and are now playing in more categories that just cereal. Hear from straight talking Scott about the industry, innovation and everything else with a few swear words thrown in.

Growing up my dad used to take me to school, pick me up, do the cleaning and make the dinners while my mum was working full time as a teacher. It never dawned on me that this was not the norm but what also never dawned on me because like many males I had my eyes and ears closed was the discrimination that women back then and even now still receive. International women’s day is a fantastic day to hear the unbalance between genders that still exists today. In this episode I touch on why my mum was such a strong figure in helping me see women should be on the same playing field.

There seems to be an unspoken rule in the start up world that the number of social media followers you have equals the level of success of a business. Having watched for years numerous brands chasing likes, pay influencers and sponsors posts it makes me wonder if they are making any profit. It’s always good to know early that likes don’t pay the bills. If you are focussing 2 hours a night on a post and not on your product in the early days then you have your sh*t in the wrong order. In this episode here my thoughts and what I have been up too over the last 2 weeks.

The stuff that goes through my head gets very interesting at times. This week I realised being a category manager is like playing tinder with businesses. It’s been a few years since I did some serious swiping right trying to find the “one” but what I love is that category managers are playing this tinder every day. Hear my reasons why in todays episode.

Today I talk about my breakfast with the co-founder of Catch.com.au, Menu Log, Scoupon and Luxury Escapes. It was great to sit down and absorb learnings from a individual who was created one of the best online stores in Australia. I also discuss my 2021 Goals that I have finally locked in and ready to tackle, they are mainly business but a also have a 60KG dumbbell thrown in for a bit of fun.

The breakfast category has had a bit of a crap time over the last few years and it is not going to be all rainbows and butterflies in 2021 either. We are on the cusp of another diet fad. Offices around the country will be talking about "Intermittent Fasting" or "IF, 16/8, On and Off Diet" if you want to give it a cooler name. In a nut shell all it means is that you miss breakfast but for some reason its now becoming a popular diet to follow and preach. Just when we were getting over the stupid Keto Diet. In this short podcast, I briefly explain my views and the impacts it has on the category and cereal brands.

Nootropics are going to be a big business in helping individuals to get those 1% improvements. Whether you are a biohacker, gym goer or just someone who wants neural improvements then you will want to learn more about what Daniel Stone, Co-founder of Neuratech has to say.