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MarketingCreate a Brand New Marketing Campaign with BFT’s Help…
In March we will launch the Better Food Traders Marketing Support Scheme. We know that many local food retailers are struggling with falling customer numbers …
InspirationFridge or Bust: How Barra Organics Glavanised Their Community
Really encouraging news from our member Barra Organics, who successfully harnessed the support of their local community in Sheffield to save their business. Barra Organics …
Best PracticeTop Tips for Cost Savings (Part 1)
The last 12 months have been challenging for almost all Better Food Traders. While the pandemic brought a surge in demand and heightened awareness of …
Food policyBetter Food Traders at ORFC 2023
Great to see so many of you at the ORFC panel Radical Retailers: Working Together Better as Traders. For anyone unable to make it, we …
TechWhere Next After Boxmaster?
For many of our members, one of the biggest challenges of 2022 has been how to respond to Boxmaster’s announcement that they will soon cease …
SupportSurviving and Thriving: Business Support Week
We are excited to announce that bookings for our Business Support Week in January have opened! If you’re a Better Food Trader member, you can …
MarketingThe power of positive marketing: desperate times need not mean desperate measures
Better Food Trader Project Leader, Julia Kirby-Smith, argues it’s positive marketing that will help you gain and retain customers and members. Negative marketing is a …
Movement-buildingDo Better Food
Our food system – the way we produce, eat and buy food – is the single greatest threat to the health of our planet.
For customersTips from the experts on how to make the most of your fruit and veg
With the cost of food going up daily, it’s more important than ever to make sure we make the most of every mouthful of locally …