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  • Direct Sales

    Should Food & Drink Brands Sell Directly To Consumers

    We fully agree that not every brand or product can sell directly as things stand. But in our opinion all need to be speaking directly with the end user of their product.

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    Turning Problem Into A Virtue

    Interesting way of taking a problem and turing it into a marketing virtue.

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    Milking Food Packaging Developments

    Might an innovation in food packaging help save dairy farms? Innovations in food packaging always catch the eye though.

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    Sugar; What’s Your Coping Strategy?

    As the pressure on sugar use in food and drink grows so businesses and marketing must develop strategies to cope. Be that new products or battening down the hatches.

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    Happy New Year…

    As we reach the end of the year we thought we’d share this little story that passed us by in November. It might be nonsense but we liked it all the same! Scientists reduce angel’s share with new barrel design… Happy New Year from everyone at Root & Toot.

  • Is Your Brand Closed-Bridge-Proof

    The weaker your brand the more likely your buyer is to shrug their shoulders and take an alternative, after all if you’ve not managed to make your product indistinguishable from its competitors don’t expect your customers to be able to either

  • Does Technology Work For B2B Marketing?

    Get your marketing strategy right from the outset and you’ll never have to sell another thing in your life.

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    Beautiful Food Photography

    Not the most fashionable subjects but some beautiful food photography.

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    Is Waste Simply A Food Marketing Problem?

    These terms are used for a couple of reasons, usually because they are true and also because tests and experience show that consumers react well to them. Saying ‘we use the produce the supermarkets reject’ just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

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    10 Unusual Facts About Scottish Food & Drink

    We came across this enjoyable little diversion on the Scotsman newspaper’s website about Scottish food and drink.