Please contact Jenny Rose at jenny@farmretailassociation.co.uk with any queries or suggestions.
Because we’re not all from the school of retail! Take a step back from your business for an hour and remind yourself of some key commercial measures you should be considering into the day to day running of your farm shop.
1. Maximising Your Farm Shop Turnover
2. Controlling Purchasing and Stock levels
3. Achieving Gross Margin targets
4. Running Events profitably
5. Controlling Overheads
6. Managing staff costs and performance
7. Effective Marketing
8. The importance of Data Analysis
9. Key Performance Indicators and Targets
10. Future business development planning
This course toom place over zoom in November 2020
It’s been an incredibly challenging few months. Owners, managers & staff have worked incredibly hard – with the busy Christmas period yet to come. This online session will explore how farm shop owners and managers can see their team (and themselves!) through the next few weeks.
This course took place over zoom in November 2020
Ensuring your website is ready for Christmas orders is on everyone’s minds at the moment. We’ve enlisted Susan Hallam MBE to give us some professional and practical guidance on how to ensure your current website is up to scratch, or how to update your site to do exactly what you need it to.
Christmas is a key trading period for all farm shops & markets, and we are all facing uncertainty and a changing social landscape. We are all planning for a Christmas like no other. Whilst we may not know exactly how the pandemic will impact Christmas 2020 ecommerce sales, we do know that online shopping will play an important part in your customer spend, and that spending patterns continue to evolve.
Susan will be covering:
The session was held on Tuesday 29th September. The session can be purchased to watch back, please e-mail jenny@farmretailassociation.co.uk.
As we are approaching the critical Christmas period, learn how your company can take best advantage of social media to reach new customers, nurture relationships with your existing customers, and drive sales.. In this practical session, Susan will share examples of how you can set up your social media campaigns for optimal success,
The session was held on Tuesday 20th October. The session can be purchased to watch back, please e-mail jenny@farmretailassociation.co.uk.
Hosted by Susan Hallam MBE, CEO of award winning Digital Marketing Agency Hallam
It is clear the COVID19 crisis isn’t going to blow over any time soon, so your business needs to be rapidly realigning the way you communicate with your customers. Creating the right kind of messaging, defining a new purpose and focus is key to social media success. In this 40 minute session, Susan will help you to reflect upon and create a plan for:
Tuesday 19th May, 6.00pm
Hosted by Elliot Rich, The Alternative Board (TAB). Elliot will share his practical advice on how other sectors are considering the return to work for some or all of their people and how this relates to Farm Shop Retail members.
Everyone wanted to talk about furlough and now no one wants to talk about furlough!
The key question now is how and when do we return to work, is there a new norm and has this lockdown period masked some of the challenges we were already facing some months before in our business which have just been kicked down the road.
Topics include:
How can good #food & #farming lead the economic recovery?
Join the discussion Weds 9th Dec at #Sustain2020 Annual Conference.
Guest speakers inc. Farming Minister @VictoriaPrentis & National @food_strategy leader @HenryDimbleby.
Register now:
https://www.sustainweb.org/webinars/annual-conference-2020/
#Sustain2020 Annual Conference is here! Join the alliance Wednesday 9 December with special guest speakers from across the sector. Not to be missed! https://www.sustainweb.org/webinars/annual-conference-2020/
Supplier of the Year 2021 - FINALISTS
Appetite Me
Brockleby’s
COOK
Digitickets
The #farmretail industry relies on the services of some amazing suppliers. The FRA are lucky to work with many fantastic associate members.
Congratulations to our worthy finalists!
Farmers Market of the Year 2021 - FINALISTS
Barnard Castle Farmers Market, Co Durham
Great Malvern Farmers Market, Worcestershire
Hampshire Farmers Market, Hampshire
Moseley Farmers Market, West Midlands
Farmers markets really are the ♥️ of local communities
#shoplocal #farmers
Farm Café/Restaurant of the Year 2021 - FINALISTS
Canalside Farm Shop, Staffordshire
Farringtons Farm Shop, Bristol
Minskip Farm Shop / Yolk Farm, York
The Farm, Stratford, Stratford upon Avon
Their passion for local, fresh food makes them shine 🌟
Rising Star 2021 - FINALISTS
@ColwithFarm, Cornwall
@minskipfarmshop, York
@FarmHeron, Strathaven
These relative newcomers are making impressive strides in the industry!
This award is kindly sponsored by @fieldfarefoods
Small Farm Shop of the Year 2021 - FINALISTS
Bells Farm Shop, Stourport-on-Severn
Lower Clopton Farm Shop, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Farm, Stratford, Stratford-upon-Avon
Wishing you all the best for the #awards in March!
This award is kindly sponsored by Fresh Retail
Large Farm Shop of the Year 2021 - FINALISTS
@craigiesfarm in Edinburgh
@calcotthall in Essex
@theballoontree in York
A huge congratulations to these impressive businesses.
#Retail #farming #farmshop #shopping #shoplocal
This award is kindly sponsored by @theCOOKkitchen
We're thrilled to announce the finalists of the Farm Retail Awards 2021.
The awards celebrate the cream of the crop of the Farm Retail industry.
Congratulations to all!
https://farmretail.co.uk/farm-retail-awards-2021/
Do you have a #retail #plan for 2021 or are you waiting to see where you end up?
In this helpful article, Duncan Syme from @DataStrategyCon explores the three stages to creating a retail revenue plan.
https://datastrategyconsulting.co.uk/2020/11/19/2021-retail-revenue-planning/
Is there anything better than getting cosy by the fire this time of year? 🔥
#FarmShop customers will love the UK 🇬🇧 sourced kiln dried wood and kindling from our friends at Certainly Wood.
Request your #free #sample today!
https://www.certainlywood.co.uk/pages/farm-retail-association-sample-pack-request
Who could have imagined how important #handsanitizer would become in 2020...?
Our friends at @Anzupp1 have added their own twist to this everyday essential with a fabulously festive range... the perfect #stockingfiller this #Christmas 🎄
#feelingfestive
https://farmretail.co.uk/supplier_members/anzupp/
PLANNING UPDATE...
If your #planning application is due to expire before the end of December 2020, you now have until 1st May 2021 to start the project. This extension will help #FarmShops who had to put plans on hold to deal with Coronavirus. Read more...
https://farmretail.co.uk/planning-permissions-extended-to-may-2021/
We support @marketsmatter & @nabma_markets in a call to @GOVUK to give markets parity w/supermarkets during this lockdown.
More than ever in 2020, markets have shown they're a safe & reliable source of goods for local residents.
Sign the petition today https://www.change.org/KeepMarketsOpen
In March 2020 we were lucky enough to hold the Farm Retail Awards - little did we know what was about to come!
The entry deadline for the 2021 #Awards is this Fri 6 Nov - we encourage all #FarmShops to take an hour this week to share your submissions we'd love to hear from you.
Next Wednesday we're hosting FREE specialist support sessions for #farmshops and we've love to welcome you along.
From boosting team morale to commercial top tips, there's take away learmigs to be had for your #farm #retail business.
Find out more at http://farmretail.co.uk/welcome
Calling all Farm Shops...
Join our FREE afternoon next Wednesday, with expert speakers covering #Leadership of your team & how to drive #Commercial success.
We salute your hard work - lets keep supporting each other & help our businesses flourish. #farming #Retail #shoplocal
Get to know us! We're hosting a FREE afternoon of sessions exclusively for #farmshops on Weds 4th November.
Our #free workshops are open to all and will cover:
🌟The commercial realities of running a farm shop
🌟Boosting team morale in a COVID-19 world
https://farmretail.co.uk/welcome/
It's not too late to enter the #farmretailawards 2021. Our deadline has been extended to Friday 6th November.
We've had some fantastic submissions so far, and look forward to receiving yours!
With thanks to our event partner @theeposbureau 🙌
https://farmretail.co.uk/farm-retail-awards-2021/
Are you looking for inspiration for your #christmas #socialmedia messaging?
Our next #workshop with the fabulous @SusanHallam will help you:
✔️Reach new customers
✔️Nurture relationships with existing customers
✔️Drive sales
Tues 20th Oct, 6pm. Book now
Training and workshops - Farm Retail Association
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Building customer relationships for Christmas & beyond...
The inspiring @katehardcastle will join us this Wednesday at 11am for a live webinar exploring #customer trends & #Christmas top tips.
FREE for FRA members - read more & register via link below.
https://t.co/fItXEZ1sFD
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