SmallBizPod #89 – business lessons from a sandwich shop startup

This week SmallBizPod #89, the podcast for startups and small businesses, features an interview Jill Sutherland, co-founder of award-winning sandwich shop, Taste, on being successful as an independent retailer in recession.

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Show Notes

Summary

Intro:

● Alex on what’s coming up in the podcast this week.

Features:

● Thanks to Audible.co.uk for sponsoring SmallBizPod and an offer for SmallBizPod readers and listeners to claim a free audio book of their choice by signing up to a 14 day trial with Audible. Thanks too to XLN Telecom for returning as a sponsor – the small business telecoms and broadband specialists.

● Interview with Jill Sutherland of Taste, the Best UK Independent Sandwich Bar 2009. Jill is also the author of Start & Run a Sandwich & Coffee Shop.

Jill talks about how her and her husband quit their office jobs to set up their own high street sandwich shop and cafe. In a great discussion about the practicalities of starting a sandwich shop, she and Alex also discuss a wide range of topics beneficial to all startups including: franchising, managing staff, keeping costs under control, keeping branding simple and the work-life balance of running your own business. There’s also a discussion about how to survive the recession as a high street retailer and the advantages you have when competing against big chains.

● Listener book review of Nigel Temple’s How To Get Clients To Come To You, from Chris Lee.

●Music with thanks to IODA Promonet B6
from “Blind Leading the Blissed”
(Clubstream Green)

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