International Women's Day, 'peganism' & Tesco's muddy spuds - with guest Michaela Hazzledine of Finnebrogue

Laura and Julia are joined by Michaela Hazzledine, head of category and customer insight at Finnebrogue Artisan.

They discuss this week’s International Women’s Day and how food manufacturers are making progress on gender diversity, recent media coverage of ‘peganism’, aka a diet that combines aspects of paleo eating and veganism, and why Tesco is selling muddy spuds to reduce food waste.

Plus, they chat about how seaweed could help reduce cows’ methane emissions and Unilever’s decision to crack down on the word ‘normal’ on beauty products (and whether we can expect to see similar moves in food).

A big thank-you to Shopper Intelligence for sponsoring this week’s episode.

To find out more about the mentorship programme for women Laura mentioned on the show, go to meatbusinesswomen.org

 

Articles discussed in this episode:

‘Why Peganism could be the next big food trend’ | Metro

‘Feeding cows seaweed could solve the big bovine burp problem’ | Wired UK

‘Muddy spuds back on the shelves to help chip away at waste’ | The Sunday Times

‘New ‘Freshness Timer’ Label To Help Reduce Food Waste’ | NAM News

‘Unilever drops word 'normal' from beauty products’ | BBC News

‘Diageo leads way for women in leadership in food processing’ | Food Manufacture

 

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