10 episodes
Accidentally Starting a Food Business by Condimaniac Condimaniac
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Kier and Jen are the founders of Condimaniac, a condiment business from South London. On this podcast, they share their journey on how they accidentally started a food business, giving tips along the way for any aspiring small business owners, as well as sharing (sometimes funny, often infuriating) anecdotes from figuring everything out.
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Kier on Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars, TikTok Shop, Wholesale, Hiring & More
In this episode Kier and Jen talk about Kier's experience on a BBC1 prime time TV show and what it did for the business, live-streaming on TikTok, wholesale and why it's not for everyone, a subscription box, loans, hiring their first employee and much more...
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Cost of Living Crisis - Running a business as recession looms
Kier and Jen are back after nearly 10 months. Whilst the bad luck streak did eventually end, many new challenges also surfaced - one of them being the fact that the whole of the UK has entered into a dire cost of living crisis and it's harder than ever to sell direct to consumer.
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The Bad Luck Streak - summer sales slump, getting hacked and more.
Stuff has gone too well lately, so maybe it was inevitable: Bad Luck. Kier and Jen are having a moan and sharing their not-so-great experiences.
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Marketing: Where to start, how much to spend and what makes a great campaign.
Musings about marketing. Both Kier and Jen have had careers in marketing but Condimaniac was actually founded before any of that. How did they start their brand journey? Find out in this episode.
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Customer Service: Is the customer always right? Dealing with enquiries and what we learnt along the way
Dealing with customers means both good and not so good feedback. As a small business it can be tricky to navigate customer service and whilst not perfect, Kier and Jen try to give some advice through their experiences and anecdotes.
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Product Development - How to bring a product to market: From idea, recipe to naming, design and more
In this episode Kier and Jen go over how they typically come up with new product ideas and how they actually bring them to market - including all steps of the process.
Customer Reviews
Super Informative!
Using this as inspiration to get my food business off the ground! Jen and Kier are a great duo— they have different perspectives often, so helpful to hear how they both process challenges and move the business forward.