Gender diversity in the food industry, automated stores & investor hunger for DTC - with guest Huw Llewellyn-Waters of MBS Group

Julia and Laura are joined by Huw Llewellyn-Waters, director at MBS Group. They discuss diversity and inclusion in food and grocery, whether automated stores really are about to go mainstream and Octopus Ventures' growing focus on consumer businesses. 

Plus, they chat about an intriguing clothes recycling initiative by H&M and celebrate two Co-op employees' recognition in the birthday honours.

Articles discussed in this episode: 

‘Two Co-op employees recognised in birthday honours for services during pandemic’ | The Grocer

‘Automated stores are heading for the high street’ | The Sunday Times

‘Karen Betts: the diplomat with a passion for whisky’ | The Grocer

‘Octopus Ventures to focus more on consumer startups’ | Sifted

‘Flies lead the way to a greener future’ | Financial Times

‘H&M to launch high-tech “Looop” system instore which will shred old clothes and create new ones in real time’ | Charged

 

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