by Amy Wilkinson | 28 09, 2026 | Communication, Food Industry, Leadership, Resilience
We’ve spent so long in food and retail equating creativity with the ideas people (the ones who bounce off the walls in a brainstorm, think in colour, and generate concepts at pace) that we’ve accidentally told a huge chunk of our teams that creativity... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 28 09, 2026 | Food Industry, Food Manufacturing, Leadership, Mental Health, Women in food
In the food and drink industry, almost nothing gets done by one person or one department alone. NPD, commercial, marketing, technical, production and retail all have to pull in the same direction, and when they don’t, it shows. Projects stall, launches slip, and... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 28 09, 2026 | Food Industry, Leadership, Mental Health, Women in food
Let me ask you something. When was the last time someone new joined your team and you genuinely paused to think about what their first few weeks would feel like from their perspective? Not just ticked the boxes (laptop ordered, desk assigned, induction form sent…) but... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 28 09, 2026 | Leadership, Mental Health, Resilience
Why the way you communicate at work matters more than you think and what to do about it. I’ll be honest with you: for a long time, I was terrible at this. I was the person who got on with the job, delivered the results, held everything together, and then quietly... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 21 07, 2026 | Communication, Food Industry, Food Manufacturing, Leadership, Retailer Partnerships, Women in food
In the food and retail industry, we talk endlessly about product quality, price architecture, and promotional strategy. But there’s one ingredient that nobody puts on a project plan. That ingredient is the relationship between supplier and retailer. I spent 20+... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 21 07, 2026 | Career, Communication, Food Industry, Food Manufacturing, Leadership
The word “authenticity” has a problem. It has developed a reputation. It’s been used so often, by so many people who aren’t actually authentic, that it’s lost almost all meaning. I spoke about this in-depth recently with Danny Franklin, Group Commercial Director at...
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