Podcasts about Tesco

Hörerfrage des Monats: Wo kaufst du in Irland eigentlich ein?Wo kauft man in Irland Lebensmittel und Dinge für den täglichen Bedarf? Welche Supermärkte gibt es und worin unterscheiden sie sich?In dieser Hörerfrage des Monats geht es um die verschiedenen Einkaufsmöglichkeiten in Irland. Dabei werfen wir einen Blick auf bekannte Ketten wie Aldi, Lidl und Tesco, aber auch auf den irischen Supermarkt SuperValu.Außerdem erfahren wir, warum Aldi für viele alltägliche Einkäufe die erste Wahl ist, was für Obst, Gemüse und die Backtheke von Lidl spricht und wann sich ein Besuch bei SuperValu oder Boots lohnt. Auch die Bedeutung lokaler Metzgereien und der bewusste Blick auf Herkunft und Qualität von Fleisch kommen zur Sprache.Besonders praktisch: Rund um Max' Wohnort befinden sich fast alle wichtigen Einkaufsmöglichkeiten nur wenige Gehminuten entfernt.Vielen Dank an Robert für die spannende Frage!Fragen, Anregungen oder Themenvorschläge?

In this episode, sponsored by Instacart Enterprise, Portager, Vusion, and Sifter Solutions, Ben Miller is joined by Jordan Berke, Founder & CEO of retail consultancy TOMORROW, for his first time on GrocerTalk. Jordan shares a little about his retail background and the work he's doing at TOMORROW before he and Ben jump into surveillance pricing, the realities of rapid delivery, AI hype becoming reality, and whether retailers are actually listening to their shoppers. This week, they discuss: • Seattle approving its Fair and Transparent Pricing policy to ban so-called “surveillance pricing,” and Walmart CEO John Furner laying out the principles that will guide Walmart's use of AI and pricing technology: https://progressivegrocer.com/seattle-bans-grocery-surveillance-pricing • Tesco store employees raising concerns about the operational impact of its Uber Eats and Deliveroo partnerships, and what grocers need to consider as more ecommerce fulfillment shifts into stores: https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/tescos-new-uber-eats-and-deliveroo-partnerships-genuinely-destroying-the-store-say-staff/723888.article • Instacart CEO Chris Rogers' claim that AI will transform grocery more than any other retail category, what AI shopping agents could mean for the industry, and the growing questions around who ultimately owns the customer relationship: https://www.supermarketnews.com/grocery-technology/-ai-is-going-to-transform-grocery-more-than-any-other-tech- • Sam's Club giving its members a bigger role in shaping what it sells through its Member's Mark Community, which now includes more than 200,000 shoppers providing feedback on products, merchandising decisions and the broader member experience: https://www.grocerydive.com/news/sams-club-members-mark-community-private-label-differentiation/831220/ Plus, Jordan joins Ben for GrocerTalk Grab & Go, where they share the grocery stories that have caught their attention this week. Ben digs into Instacart's latest marketplace partnerships, including Dollar General joining the platform with no price markups, and keeps an eye on the potential sale of Tesco's Central European operations. A few things worth checking out from this week's episode: Catch up on Omni Talk's Groceryshop 2026 coverage, including conversations with some of the biggest names across grocery, retail, technology and CPG. Watch the latest interviews and episodes across the Omni Talk LinkedIn page, podcast channels and YouTube. Episode 007. Welcome to GrocerTalk. P.S. Be sure to check out all our other podcasts from the past week here, too: https://omnitalk.blog/category/podcast/ Music by hooksounds.com.

Ali Dasdan, CTO @ Dropbox, joins the pod to share insights on the company's large-scale AI adoption and research as a foundation of successful engineering leadership. First, Ali shares insights on why he continues publishing research despite his role as a CTO and how research / curiosity can drive better trust within your organization. He shares about how his research ultimately guided decision making regarding redrawing Dropbox's entire architecture and the importance of creating a record of the company's progression as the rearchitecture occurred. The bulk of the conversation centers around how Dropbox is adopting AI, including tools like Nova and Dash, within both EPD and non-EPD departments. ABOUT ALI DASDANAli Dasdan is a C-suite technology executive with 25+ years building, scaling, and leading global engineering, product, and technical-operations organizations of up to ~1,000 people across a dozen industries, in public companies, high-growth startups, and enterprises in Silicon Valley and London.Today he is CTO of Dropbox, serving over 700 millions of users on an exabyte-scale platform with $2.5B+ revenue, where he also leads the AI strategy and AI enablement. Previously EVP and CTO of ZoomInfo and VP of Engineering at Atlassian (Confluence Cloud, Trello, Jira Work Management). As CTO (at Turn, Vida, Poynt, ZoomInfo, and Dropbox) he defines and owns company-wide technology strategy; in divisional roles (eBay, Atlassian, Tesco, Yahoo) he led engineering for revenue-critical parts of the business. SHOW NOTES:Why Ali continues to publish research as a CTO (1:51)How research results can alter decision making as an eng leader (3:30)The connection between research & organizational trust (4:29)Redrawing the org's architecture to learn more about it (6:00)What kinds of info help eng leaders better understand the business / technology (8:12)Building a record of the org's progress & development (10:13)Where Dropbox is at in their AI adoption journey (11:58)AI @ Dropbox in EPD vs. non-EPD functions (13:36)Frameworks for implementing AI at the highest level (15:23)The engagement / ownership model @ Dropbox (16:58)Insights on Nova, Dropbox's code review AI workflow (18:59)Incorporating human-driven feedback into the AI loop (21:12)What the immediate future looks like for automated developer tools (23:54)How AI has directly impacted productivity @ Dropbox (27:15)Addressing bottlenecks related to AI adoption (30:35)Using AI infrastructure to assist in non-EPD functions (32:33)Dash as a contextual AI platform (35:39)Ali's experience with specialized models vs. foundation models (38:10)Rapid fire questions (39:48) This episode wouldn't have been possible without the help of our incredible production team:Patrick Gallagher - Producer & Co-HostJerry Li - Co-HostNoah Olberding - Associate Producer, Audio & Video Editor https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-olberding/Dan Overheim - Audio Engineer, Dan's also an avid 3D printer - https://www.bnd3d.com/Ellie Coggins Angus - Copywriter, Check out her other work at https://elliecoggins.com/about/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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1. Elektrické autá si v auguste ukrojili 28 percent trhu, viac než naftové a benzínové dohromady 2. Slovenské obchody Tesco chce kúpiť majiteľ Lidla a Kauflandu, Biedronka aj Ahold 3. Smer navrhol SNS kompromisné zvýšenie platov aj dôchodkov 4. Panika na dlhopisovom trhu sa zhoršuje 5. Krátko o lepších vyhliadkach nemeckej ekonomiky, zvyšovaní daní v Rusku a americkom zákaze vývozu nafty

AI is changing the economics of business. But it is not rewriting the fundamentals of strategy. In this episode of Scouting for Growth, I sit down with Professor Gianvito Lanzolla, Professor of Strategy at Bayes Business School, advisor to boards and CEOs, and co-author of Diversification in the World of Data and AI, to examine what actually creates competitive advantage when access to intelligence is rapidly becoming ubiquitous. The uncomfortable truth is that better technology alone does not create a better strategy. Being early to AI can accelerate learning, but scaling before you understand how the technology creates value, how the organization captures that value, and what customer problem it solves can simply mean buying expensive learning. Gianvito makes an important distinction between being early for learning and being early for scaling. We then explore why data in context matters more than data volume. Tesla's understanding of driving behavior can translate naturally into insurance because the data is relevant to risk. Tesco's knowledge of what customers buy did not automatically reveal what they wanted to watch. The strategic question is not how much data you hold, but what the data describes, how it was generated, and which decisions it can improve. That same discipline applies to diversification and governance. Companies still need a credible right to win, supported by continuous data in context, domain expertise, and the ability to orchestrate an ecosystem. And as AI increasingly influences or makes decisions, governance cannot remain a sequence of static gates. Gianvito argues for adaptive governance built around monitoring, feedback loops, escalation mechanisms, and the ability to revisit decisions as the technology evolves. Most importantly, the conversation brings strategy back to fundamentals. If AI ultimately becomes more like electricity than a source of differentiation in itself, advantage will come from the business model built around it. Gianvito leaves leaders with three questions: Value, Visibility, and Viability. What new customer problem can you solve? What can you see or do now that was previously impossible? And what can you organize and execute economically today that you could not before? Because AI may change the context, the economics, and even the architecture of decision-making. But competitive advantage still depends on understanding where value is created, why you have the right to capture it, and how you build an organization capable of doing so. KEY TAKEAWAYS I want to challenge the assumption that moving first on AI automatically creates an advantage. Gianvito's distinction between being early for learning and early for scaling is particularly important. Organizations should experiment early because they need to build the capacity to understand and implement the technology. Scaling is different. That decision requires a credible hypothesis about the business model: how does AI create value, how will the company capture it, and what becomes possible economically that was not possible before? Access to increasingly powerful models will spread. The differentiation comes from what the organization builds around them. This is also why the conversation around data needs to become more precise. It is not enough to say that a company has enormous amounts of data. What matters is data in context: what the data describes, how it was generated, and which decisions it can inform. Gianvito identifies three capabilities behind AI-enabled diversification: generating a continuous flow of relevant data, combining AI with domain expertise, and orchestrating the ecosystem required to deliver the proposition. Even then, traditional strategic questions remain. Do you genuinely know something your competitors do not? Do you have a right to win? And is the opportunity economically large enough to justify pursuing? For me, the governance implications are just as significant. As AI evolves and takes on greater decision authority, we cannot govern it solely through fixed approval gates designed for relatively stable technologies. Governance itself needs feedback loops, monitoring, escalation, and the ability to revisit decisions. The same principle matters for founders selling into enterprises: do not lead with how much AI sits inside the product. Lead with the bottleneck you remove and the outcome you enable. As operational activities become easier to automate, validation and trust may become increasingly scarce sources of value. The strategic question remains remarkably familiar: what customer problem can you solve, what can you now see or do, and can you execute it in a way that is economically viable? BEST MOMENTS “First mover advantage or advantages, they've never been about being first.” – Professor Gianvito Lanzolla [06:48] “I would separate early for learning from early for scaling.” – Professor Gianvito Lanzolla [09:13] “It's not data, it's data in context.” – Professor Gianvito Lanzolla [22:06] “There is a conceptual shift from governance as gates to governance as a continuous learning system.” – Professor Gianvito Lanzolla [43:25] “Access to AI is not a competitive advantage in itself.” – Professor Gianvito Lanzolla [01:02:41] “AI strategy doesn't start with AI, starts with the three V, value, visibility, viability.” – Professor Gianvito Lanzolla [01:05:44] ABOUT THE GUEST Professor Gianvito Lanzolla is Professor of Strategy at Bayes Business School, City St George's, University of London, Founding Director of the Digital Leadership Research Center, and an advisor to boards and CEOs. Originally trained as a mechanical engineer, Gianvito's work has evolved around a fundamental question: if technology matters but is not enough, what else determines who creates and captures value? His research and advisory work spans strategy, digital transformation, AI, diversification, business models, governance, and organizational change. He is co-author, with Constantinos Markides, of Diversification in the World of Data and AI and has researched how organizations can scale AI through adaptive governance. His work connects enduring principles of strategy with the rapidly changing economics of data, AI, and digitally orchestrated ecosystems. You can buy the book on Amazon wherever you are in the world: Diversification in the World of Data and AI ABOUT THE HOST Sabine VanderLinden is a corporate strategist turned entrepreneur and the CEO of Alchemy Crew Ventures. She leads venture-client labs that help Fortune 500 companies adopt and scale cutting-edge technologies from global tech ventures. A builder of accelerators, investor, and co-editor of the bestseller The INSURTECH Book, Sabine is known for asking the uncomfortable questions—about AI governance, risk, and trust. On Scouting for Growth, she decodes how real growth happens—where capital, collaboration, and courage meet. If this episode sparked your thinking, follow Sabine VanderLinden on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram for more insights. And if you're interested in sponsoring the podcast, reach out to the team at hello@alchemycrew.ventures

It's time to look back on the best of Mícheál, Shane & Ella, and it starts with the most important tradition of all: Tuesday Treat.The gang have been to Tesco, they're dishing out clues, and listeners are throwing in guesses from custard creams to Penguin bars… and somehow someone actually gets it right.Then it's crisps chat as Tayto launch “Grab a Tayto With” featuring Ireland's most popular surnames, and the lads debate what name would look best.And finally: Electric Picnic predictions, secret acts… and the Irish surprise that actually showed up.

It's a new season of Vogue and Amber and we're BACK! Vogue, as a new mum of four. Remy Valentine is here, he's a dote, he only woke twice last night, and Vogue has left him for the first time for two and a half hours to record this. And Amber, still a golfing legend, who spent her time off getting two birdies, discovering a love of padel and achieving silver status with Aer Lingus.We've got the FULL birth story in full, why the name changed from Elvis to Remy and all the names in between.Plus, the kids meeting the baby, Lime bikes, the woman outside Tesco who told Vogue to eff off, Sandra's view of the HYROX athlete who had a bit of an accident and a listener's boyfriend who booked a solo trip to Amsterdam...weird right?!Watch us on YouTube! CLICK HERE! or search Vogue & AmberRemember, if you want to get involved you can:Whatsapp us: 07879809710Email us at vogueandamberpod@global.com OR find us on socials @voguewilliams, @ambrerosolero @vogueandamberpod

As we begin to wrap up The Coach's Journey Podcast after seven years, we're sharing some of our favourite episodes from the back catalogue…Sat atop a Welsh mountain in 2007 in a moment of depression and despair, Chris Joseph had the first in a series of instances of clarity that would eventually lead him to coaching. On the brink of a meltdown, he knew his Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics was no longer serving him. Buddhism, yoga and mediation became the elixir for him and soon he found he couldn't sleep with excitement at the discoveries he was making. His life changed when he trained to become a mindfulness teacher with Breathworks, and Chris went on to complete his Ph.D. and launch his first coaching practice. But it wasn't a success and in the end he gave it up. His extraordinary journey includes a multitude of highs and lows, from making £10,000 a month in passive income to losing it all to a fraudulent trader. Now he's back coaching and headed for a seven-figure year with his highly successful practice.In this episode, we talk about:Where his practice went wrong the first time round.Why the inner work is so important - understanding that you can only take people as far as you can go yourself.Why a true insight always comes packaged with an action - an ‘outsight' or an ‘outer action'.How to invite an individual to coaching - how to make it feel like a gift to the individual and not a request for yourself.Alongside the practical we get into some big topics: death, impermanence, the importance of play and the effects of all these on our lives. And it is a total pleasure to be in a space with Chris' beautiful open-heartedness.For more information about Chris, visit www.christopherjoseph.co.uk, find him on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/drchrisjoseph/ or on Facebook: www.facebook.com/chrisjoseph.uk/ For information about Robbie's wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswale.com. Read more about The Coach's Journey and sign up to our mailing list at www.thecoachsjourney.com.Download the free ebook, An Introduction to The Coaching Business Flywheel, at https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel Music by My Good Man William listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgThings and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):~ Alex Swallow on The Coach's Journey Podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-62-alex-swallow-life-is-better-when-we-choose ~8: Rich Waterman: https://www.richwaterman.com/ ~10: The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt: https://www.happinesshypothesis.com/~12: Michael Neill: https://www.michaelneill.org/~12: Dick Bettinger: http://3principlesmentoring.com/index.html ~12: Sydney Banks: https://sydbanks.com/~14: Breathworks: https://www.breathworks-mindfulness.org.uk/~20: Unleash the Power Within with Tony Robbins: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/events/unleash-the-power-within/ ~25: Unleash the Power Within with Tony Robbins: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/events/unleash-the-power-within/~26: The Coaching Academy: https://www.the-coaching-academy.com~26: Richard Bandler: https://richardbandler.com~26: John LaValle: https://www.nlplifetraining.com/trainers/john-lavalle~26: The Prosperous Coach by Steve Chandler and Rich Litvin: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prosperous-Coach-Increase-Income-Clients/dp/1600250300 ~26: Breathworks: https://www.breathworks-mindfulness.org.uk/~27: Simon Coulson: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prosperous-Coach-Increase-Income-Clients/dp/1600250300~27: Peter Thompson: https://peterthomson.com/ ~27: Michael Neill: https://www.michaelneill.org/ ~27: Project Kairos with Rich Litvin: https://richlitvin.com/kairos/~30: Steve Hardison video: https://youtu.be/0Tine-9dz-Y~32: Rich Waterman: https://www.richwaterman.com/ ~33: Three Principles: https://threeprinciplesfoundation.org/ ~33: Eckhart Tolle: https://eckharttolle.com/ ~33: Bryon Katie: https://thework.com/ ~33: The Coaching Academy: https://www.the-coaching-academy.com~33: Tony Robbins: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/ ~37: Crazy Good by Steve Chandler: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1600250343/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_JMAKFbP0PYJ7E ~43: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield and Shawn Coyne: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1936891026/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_xlBKFbG7XW11B~50: Loom: https://www.loom.com~1.11: Cardiff University: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk ~1.29: Wealth Warrior by Steve Chandler: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1600250408/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_EFCKFbY9VGH7M~1.29: Time Warrior by Steve Chandler: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1600250378/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_kICKFbB90WCJN~1.29: The Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1608681890/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_8RCKFbEEPT36Y~1.31: The Meaning Revolution by Fred Kofman : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1524760730/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_BsSKFbKHQ773N~1.45: Chris's contact details: email address: chris@christopherjoseph.co.uk, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drchrisjoseph/, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrisjoseph.uk/~1.50: Steve Hardison: https://theultimatecoach.com/ FULL BIOGRAPHY FROM CHRIS Dr. Chris Joseph is a sought-after coach and mindfulness trainer living in South Wales. He specialises in working with high-achieving coaches who are ready to play at the next level. His expertise is in helping people slow down, reconnect with themselves and then create the life that they truly want to wake up to every morning.In his coaching role, Chris works with a small number of clients each year, by invitation or referral. His clients have included the former marketing director of one of the most iconic brands on earth, a senior VP for a fortune 10 company, a woman who has worked in mission control, a former private investigator on Wall Street, a Wall Street attorney, an ex-personal advisor to the former Prime Minister of the UK, a London investment banker and business owners with multi-million dollar turnovers.As a mindfulness trainer, he creates original and impactful sessions on emotional resilience and mindful leadership for world-class companies. He has worked with Tesco, Tata Steel, Cardiff University, the NHS, Breast Cancer Care, Jacobs and MotoNovo Finance. Chris has a Doctorate from Cardiff University and is a qualified Breathworks Mindfulness Trainer and a Richard Bandler certified NLP practitioner.In his former career, he was a Civil Engineer, working in the contracting, consulting and research sectors. His work has been published in international journals.Chris has been featured on National Radio in Wales for his mindfulness work, has written over 20 articles on Mindfulness and is in the process of writing his first book on coaching.When he isn't coaching, training or writing, he is continually learning about play, creativity, fun and laughter from his children, Aled and Anwen. He also enjoys triathlon and has completed an Ironman, a 10km charity swim and a 70km ultra run!

In this episode, Hilmarie sits down with Shelley Bosworth to explore what happens when a successful career looks perfect from the outside but no longer feels right on the inside. After 25 years in senior corporate leadership, Shelley shares how profound personal loss forced her to question the life she had built and finally confront what she truly wanted.The conversation explores why high-performing leaders lose trust in their own judgment, how overthinking can disguise fear and why confidence is the result of action rather than something we need before taking the first step. Shelley also shares her five-step Courageous Mindset Formula: catch, challenge, change, commit and celebrate, offering a practical framework for recognizing self-sabotaging thoughts and responding differently.Shelley opens up about redefining success beyond money and titles, navigating difficult conversations, overcoming feelings of being an impostor and leaving corporate life without knowing whether entrepreneurship would work. At its core, this episode is about developing the courage to question what is no longer working, trust yourself through uncertainty and build a life that genuinely feels like your own.About The GuestShelley Bosworth is an executive coach and leadership mentor who helps successful founders and senior leaders break through the invisible barriers holding them back. Before becoming a coach, she spent 25 years in corporate leadership, holding senior roles across major global brands including KFC, Harrods, Tesco and Starbucks, where she managed complex operations, large teams and significant commercial responsibilities.Now based in Dubai, Shelley uses her Courageous Mindset Formula to help leaders strengthen self-trust, challenge limiting thought patterns and take meaningful action before they feel completely ready. Her approach combines practical leadership experience with coaching, helping people navigate uncertainty, difficult decisions and personal growth with greater courage and self-awareness.Quotes6:00 - I wanted to help people who were in the exact situation that I was in, stuck and worried they didn't do something, they were going to wake up in a year, five years, ten years, and still be in the same place.9:06 - Success now is me being happy with me.11:48 - Leadership isn't knowing everything and doing everything, it's actually being able to make the best decision you can with what you know and to utilize the people around you and trust that they can bring what you need them to bring in order to trust yourself.17:35 - Look for the facts that contradict the story you are currently telling yourself. That is how you disconnect the internal feeling of the impostor and strengthen the external achievement feeling.22:37 - One of my other mantras is awareness is the first step of change. We cannot address something that we don't have any awareness of. So, the courageous mindset formula is five steps. And really simply it is catch, challenge, change, commit, and celebrate.Useful LinksWebsite:https://shelleybosworthofficial.comInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/shelleybosworth.official/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shelleybosworthcoaching/LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelley-bosworth/The Matrix Green Pill Podcast: https://thematrixgreenpill.com/Please review us: https://g.page/r/CS8IW35GvlraEAI/review

We ask AI questions. We trust its recommendations. We increasingly let it shape decisions about our work, our health, our money, and our futures. But there's a question we don't ask nearly often enough: who taught AI what it knows and who was missing from the room while it learned?In this episode of B The Way Forward, host Brenda Darden Wilkerson sits down with Shubhi Rao, founder and CEO of Uplevyl, and a leader who spent decades at the highest levels of global business (Ford, PwC, Tesco, and Alphabet) where she became the first woman and first person of color to serve as treasurer. From that vantage point, she saw a problem that never appeared on anyone's balance sheet: It wasn't only that women were underrepresented in the rooms where technology gets built. It was that the data powering artificial intelligence didn't really understand women's lives at all.If you build with AI, fund it, govern it, or simply rely on it, this conversation will change what you ask of it. Because behind every algorithm is a series of human choices, and the most important question isn't what AI can do. It's “Who is AI being built to serve?”Connect with Shubhi on LinkedInWe Learned About:1. Data is only half the equation; the algorithm is the other half.2. Foundational models are remarkable, and they're the wrong tool for specialized guidance.3. The internet is a skewed teacher, so Uplevyl built its own corpus.4. A woman is not a homogeneous group and that's precisely the design problem5. This isn't about replacing human advocates, entrepreneurship is a three-person job.Chapters:00:00 Welcome Back: Who Taught AI What It Knows?00:57 Meet Shubhi Rao: Ford, PwC, Tesco, and Alphabet02:27 The Problem That Wasn't on Anyone's Balance Sheet03:18 The Google Project Where the Data Wouldn't Come Clean04:57 Why Who Builds AI Matters05:28 Two Halves of the Equation: Data and the Algorithm06:43 Why Workforce Representation Alone Isn't Enough07:23 Foundational Models vs. Specialized Domain Models09:28 The Missing Middle Layer10:49 The Internet as AI's Largest Teacher11:19 A Very Western Internet — and How to Rebuild It Cleanly13:37 The Smithsonian, Women Artists, and Voices with No Webpage14:20 From Blame to Responsibility: The Consequence of Defaults15:16 What We Missed When ChatGPT Launched16:18 Now Everyone Can Be a Builder17:39 Grace Hopper and "We've Always Done It That Way"18:08 Seeing the Problem — and Leaving Corporate to Solve It19:01 A Problem Solver First, an Entrepreneur Second21:01 What Uplevyl Actually Solves22:26 Workplace Rights Across 23,000+ Jurisdictions23:25 A Woman Is Not a Homogeneous Group24:50 Widowhood, Advisors, and the Great Wealth Transfer25:50 Trauma-Informed vs. Grief-Informed Algorithms27:26 Why General Models Hallucinate on Lived Experience28:40 Founding Uplevyl Before ChatGPT29:28 Pattern Recognition as a Superpower31:42 Why Build a First-Party Knowledge Base from Scratch32:28 Uplevyl Studios and Hundreds of Women Experts35:11 Craft and Care: Protecting the Algorithm37:03 When People Questioned the Vision41:11 Building Every Line — and Choosing Europe for Privacy42:43 Entrepreneurship Is a Three-Person Job45:07 Taking Your Fingers Out of the Cookie Jars46:09 AI for Empowerment, Not Replacement46:36 Financial Flows, Human Capital, and Unsolved Human Problems49:21 Technology Should Reflect Our Priorities50:21 What She Hopes We See in the Mirror in Five Years51:48 Leadership in the Unknown Unknowns54:17 Presence, Passion, and Purpose55:04 The 10,000 Days Question56:22 Closing Reflections#BTheWayForward #AnitaB #ShubhiRao #Uplevyl #WomenInAI #AIBias #WomenInTech #ResponsibleAI

Zak Mir talks to Scott Livingston, CEO of Tooru Plc (AIM: TOO), after the UK-based investment and operating company focused on the health, wellness, and organic food sector announced its half-year financial report.This included EBITDA of over £1 million generated from its operating businesses during the first six months of 2026. The OAF brand continued to grow, with increased distribution in major retailers. Increased listings with Tesco during the period and new listings in Asda from April 2026.Highlights·    EBITDA of over £1 million generated from our operating businesses during the first six months of 2026·    Continued growth of the OAF brand with increased distribution in major retailerso increased listings with Tesco during the periodo new listings in Asda from April 2026·    New funds raised amounting to gross cash proceeds of £980,000 and debt conversion of £300,000·    Return of Pulsin to normal production and distributiono improving margins due to reduction in costs through move to contract manufacturingo new Swiss distribution agreement·    This is the first reporting period that includes all of the operating businesses for the full period.·    Post period end Market Rocket was sold enabling improved focus on managing and developing leading consumer brands.Chairman's StatementI am pleased to present my Chairman's Statement for the six months to 30 June 2026.This period represents the first reported accounting period which includes a full contribution from the businesses acquired from S-Ventures plc last year. Further details of the performance of our underlying businesses are set out in the CEO's Report.However, in essence, Juvela and OAF have continued to perform strongly, particularly with OAF increasing its listings in Tesco and Asda. Despite a difficult start to the year, Pulsin has turned a corner, re-building its sales and reducing operating costs.We have also raised some additional capital and, in line with our stated strategy, we have been actively looking at acquisitions, although we will only proceed if they meet our exacting criteria.  Post-period end, we disposed of Market Rocket which will help us to focus on the building of exciting brands in the wellness sector.We are optimistic that this progress will continue into the second half of 2026.Nicholas LeeNon-Executive Chairman 

In this very special branded episode of Talking Bollox, Terence and Calvin hit the road and head into the heart of Dublin's north inner city to visit the legendary Sheriff Youth Club. For over fifty years, this remarkable institution has operated as a true beacon of hope, keeping local kids engaged, active, and on the right track through football teams for all ages and genders.Throughout the episode, the lads sit down with club secretary Leonard Russell, dedicated coach and chairperson Grace Richardson, and lifelong club legend Thomas Daly. Together, they dive deep into the rich history of the club, the daily reality of grassroots community volunteering, overcoming major local setbacks, and the sheer joy of watching generations of kids grow up on the pitch.Brought to you in partnership with Tesco and their Community Fund, this episode highlights how vital support from local stores, like the recent contribution from the Cooper's Cross opening, helps fund grassroots projects, sports equipment, and transformative experiences across Ireland. Tune in for a powerful, hilarious, and inspiring look at community spirit at its absolute finest. It's true...Every Little Helps!

Bold Bean Co didn't just make beans cool. They built a brand people actually care about.Tobey and Amelia join Dan to unpack how Bold Bean turned one of the least glamorous supermarket categories into a cult food brand, and why obsessing over culture, community and product beats blindly following the conventional FMCG playbook.From rejecting boring advertising and building genuine brand obsession, to supermarket listings, sustainability, hiring, growth and watching major competitors move into glass jars, this is a masterclass in making an everyday product feel anything but ordinary.ON THE MENU[00:00:00] Why Bold Bean Rejects the FMCG Playbook[00:06:35] How Do You Make Beans Desirable?[00:08:18] Beans Became Bold Bean's Competitive Advantage[00:23:25] Building Bold Bean's Brand From Obsession[00:42:18] Why Bold Bean Is Allergic to Advertising[00:50:42] Tesco's Christmas Ads vs Performance Marketing[00:58:38] Can You Manufacture Brand Obsession?[01:01:40] Why “Be Bold” Became a Company Value[01:10:10] Why Sustainability Doesn't Sell More Beans[01:21:03] Bold Bean's Obsessive Customers Are the Moat[01:25:28] Marketing Is Downstream of Consumer Culture[01:42:54] What Happened When Heinz Copied Bold Bean?[01:51:35] The Hard Reality of Building Bold Bean[01:55:36] What Founders Never Tell You on LinkedIn ============================================== ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It'll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/

For a business, “giving back” can sometimes sound like a bit of a corporate cliché, but what does it actually mean when that support reaches the ground and makes a measurable difference to people's lives? Tesco's Community Fund has been doing that since 2014, distributing more than €10 million to some 27,000 community projects across Ireland. Joining Bobby to hear all about the initiative is:Louise Glennon, Head of Community at Tesco Ireland John Moylan from Blood Bike West Jacinta Walsh from ABACAS

Ennis Taekwon-Do has been part of the local community for 37 years, helping generations of children and adults build confidence, discipline and resilience.   The club has also benefited from the Tesco Community Fund, which has helped members with competition costs and fundraising for international events.    Joining Alan Morrissey was Ennis Taekwon-Do's Aodha Marrinan, a 5th Degree Black Belt and Patterns European Champion, to tell us about her journey and the impact the club has had on her life. Photo (c) Naoise Culhane via Tesco Community Fund

Classical music is often treated with a kind of reverence that suggests you should be captivated every second. But what if your mind wanders? YolanDa is joined by LPO trombonists Tempo and Dave to explore whether boredom is really something to fear – or simply part of the listening experience.Mahler symphonies, shopping lists, sleeping opera-goers, and a trip to Tesco might seem unrelated. But according to YolanDa, Tempo, and Dave, they can all tell us something about how we listen to music. Together, they tackle a surprisingly taboo question: is it actually okay to be bored at a concert? Drawing on psychology, personal experience, and life inside the orchestra, they unpack the difference between boredom, distraction, daydreaming, and deep listening. Along the way, they explore some big questions: does mind-wandering mean you've disengaged, or are you simply experiencing music in your own way? Can challenging music be rewarding even if it isn't immediately entertaining? And is a concert hall one of the few places left where we're allowed to sit still and let our thoughts roam? #PitchMeClassicalInstagram: @londonphilharmonicorchestra TikTok: @lporchestraBluesky: @lporchestraFacebook: @londonphilharmonicorchestra YouTube: @londonphilharmonicorchestra Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you build a business from scratch with no assets, no backing and no safety net - twice?In this episode of Building The Brand, Andrew Coulson shares his brutal, tactical business failure story and comeback. From packing sandwiches at 8 years old after his father's breakdown, to walking out of school at 15 to become a commodity trader, to building a design agency to 45 staff by age 25 - and then losing it all when his bank pulled a £2.5m overdraft days before a £15M deal.This is not a motivational story. It's a playbook on how to rebuild after business failure, start again with nothing, and build a second business from his mum's kitchen table.Want more from Building The Brand? Connect here: https://buildingthebrand.co.uk/newsletterCheck out the very delicious Novo via https://novosnacks.com/IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN:→ How to start a business with no money or qualifications - and why sales skill beats credentials→ The scaling mistake that nearly killed a 45-person packaging design business→ Why a £15M reverse takeover collapsed: the overdraft trap every UK founder must understand→ What to do when you have no assets: how Andrew rebuilt from zero after losing everything→ The gym floor strategy: how rescuing a failing gym rebuilt his momentum and network→ How he became Head Judge for UK bodybuilding in 9 months - and spotted a gap in the market→ How he built one of the first online coaching businesses (Body Coaches) - pre-Instagram, pre-OnlyFans - using video + subscriptionKey Moments: 0:00 How do you build a business from scratch with no assets? Trailer01:08 Who is Andrew Coulson? From packing sandwiches at 8 after his father's breakdown02:45 How to start a business with no qualifications? Becoming a commodity trader at 1505:30 How he scaled a packaging design business to 45 staff by 25 - then lost a £15M deal07:40 Why did a £15M reverse takeover collapse a week before completion?09:55 What happens when the bank pulls your overdraft? 12:30 How to rebuild after business failure with no money? Penny shares and the satellite dish edge15:10 Sleeping on his mum's floor at 28: Starting again from the kitchen table18:40 Why rescuing a failing gym was his best business move23:15 How to become a UK authority fast: Becoming Head Judge for UK bodybuilding in 9 months28:40 How to build an online coaching business from scratch? The first video subscription platform (Body Coaches)33:00 How was the world's first protein crisp invented? The birth of Novo Nutrition46:05 Novo vs Walkers: Can a challenger brand beat the UK's biggest crisp brands?51:30 How to get into Tesco and Asda? The 72-hour packaging ultimatum that saved the product59:01 Is work-life balance a myth for entrepreneurs? Theobsession behind building a brand1:06:20 The true cost of success: Family, burnout and is the juice worth the squeeze?1:19:50 Legacy over money: Why he's still chasing Tesco after 14 years

After 10 years of motherhood, I'm really glad I did some things in those first few weeks, and plenty I'd do completely differently.Nothing can quite prepare you for becoming a mother. Those early weeks can be full of love and joy while also feeling exhausting, overwhelming and completely identity-shifting. I certainly wasn't prepared for the emotional whiplash of holding all of those feelings at once.In this special episode, created in partnership with Tesco Fred & Flo, I'm looking back at my first experience of new motherhood and sharing what I got right, what I learnt the hard way and what I wish I'd known before having a baby.We talk about setting boundaries with visitors (including my one rule that I still think was genius!), why new mothers need care rather than being expected to host, and the huge identity shift of matrescence that I knew absolutely nothing about when I had my first daughter.I also share how the mental load began creeping into my relationship almost without us noticing, and the practical change my husband, Guy, and I made to create a more equal division of parenting and household responsibilities. Plus, I share the newborn essentials I genuinely found useful, what I spent time and money on that I probably wouldn't again, and some very practical tips for making those sleep-deprived early weeks a little easier.Because when you're adjusting to life with a new baby, recovering from birth and trying to work out who you are now, the last thing you need is more pressure.

In this episode, sponsored by Instacart Enterprise, Portager, and Vusion, Ben Miller is joined by Stewart Samuel, Director of Retail Futures at IGD and a leading grocery retail analyst and industry expert, to unpack the global grocery news stories from this week that we believe are worth paying attention to. This week, they discuss: • Whether weak US consumer confidence is finally translating into changes in grocery shopping behavior, from strong results at Dollar Tree and Dollar General to lower-income shoppers pulling back at Walmart: https://www.supermarketnews.com/finance/dollar-tree-pops-in-q2 • BJ's Wholesale Club's plans to reduce its SKU count by 20%, and whether cutting back on choice is the right move for the membership retailer: https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/bjs-wholesale-club-to-cut-skus-by-20/828618/ • Target's new Beauty Studio concept, launching across 600 stores, and whether it can successfully rebuild the retailer's beauty proposition following the end of its Ulta partnership: https://progressivegrocer.com/target-launching-beauty-studio-concept-across-600-stores • Aldi's decision to close its grocery delivery business in Switzerland, and whether the move is a one-off or a broader reality check for online grocery: https://adalytica.com/news/aldi-swiss-grocery-delivery-10344f62 • Walmart bringing its Scintilla commerce intelligence platform to Sam's Club, and what it means for suppliers, retail media and Sam's future: https://www.supermarketnews.com/grocery-technology/walmart-brings-commerce-intelligence-platform-to-sam-s-club Plus, GrocerTalk Grab & Go brings even more stories to the table, including Simbe's Tally expanding with Tesco, Erewhon's latest store opening, a new Sobeys concept store, and Costco bringing custom cakes and party platters to online delivery through Instacart. GrocerTalk is a weekly podcast from the Omni Talk Podcast Network covering the trends, innovations and technologies shaping global grocery. Episode 003. Welcome to GrocerTalk. P.S. Be sure to check out all our other podcasts from the past week here, too: https://omnitalk.blog/category/podcast/ Music by hooksounds.com.

In this episode of The Learning & Development Podcast, David James is joined by Rob Peacock, Director of Leadership & Learning at Merlin Entertainments, to discuss the transformation journey of the global learning function. They look at the disconnect between legacy training methods and the "hands-on" reality of managing a commercial P&L, while tackling the question of how to select and deliver "power skills" that genuinely serve a young, frontline workforce. They also explore how senior leaders are being embedded as active role models across the organization, the friction encountered when transitioning from local teams to global academies and the specific metrics needed to remain accountable and valued in 2026. Take your L&D to the next level Take advantage of thousands of hours of analysis. Hundreds of conversations with industry innovators and 25+ years of hands-on global L&D leadership. It's all distilled into one framework to help you level up L&D. Access the L&D Maturity Model here - https://360learning.com/maturity-model KEY TAKEAWAYS Merlin shifted from fragmented, locally driven L&D to global academies to build consistent leadership, enterprise capabilities, and democratised learning at scale. Including academies that target specific roles or departments e.g. engineers. A sharp focus on a few power skills, including storytelling, great conversations and  business partnering drives frontline performance and long‑term careers far more than catalogues of courses. Those soft but powerful skills work for a lifetime. Storytelling is treated as a core power skill because it makes everything else work better: presentations, influencing, leadership, and guest experience all become more effective when people can tell simple, human, memorable stories. A shared high‑performing team model combined with diagnostics drives systemic change and shows you where you need to focus next. L&D leaders must lean into discomfort, own their expertise with executives, and relentlessly tie learning to business impact.   BEST MOMENTS “The goal is great leaders, not great leadership development.”   “If you identify the right levers, you can make a very very substantive difference.” “Data informs people. Stories move people.”   “Leadership is the cornerstone of any successful organisation. It´s a cornerstone of any transformation.”   “You have to stay laser focused on the things that make the single biggest difference.”   Rob Peacock Bio Rob Peacock is a senior learning and development leader with over 15 years of experience building capability across global organisations. He currently serves as Global Director of Leadership and Learning at Merlin Entertainments, having joined in 2024. Before Merlin, Rob held senior L&D and talent roles at The Very Group, Samsung Electronics, and Virgin Media, where he led the company's L&D Academy. His career began at Tesco, where he spent nearly a decade across recruitment, HR business partnering, and learning roles spanning 22 countries. https://www.linkedin.com/in/robpeacockuyl/ VALUABLE RESOURCES The Learning And Development Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-learning-development-podcast/id1466927523 L&D Master Class Series: https://360learning.com/blog/l-and-d-masterclass-home ABOUT THE HOST David James  David has been a People Development professional for more than 20 years, most notably as Director of Talent, Learning & OD for The Walt Disney Company across Europe, the Middle East & Africa.  As well as being the Chief Learning Officer at 360Learning, David is a prominent writer and speaker on topics around modern and digital L&D.  CONTACT METHOD  Twitter:  https://twitter.com/davidinlearning LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjameslinkedin L&D Collective: https://360learning.com/the-l-and-d-collective Blog: https://360learning.com/blog L&D Master Class Series: https://360learning.com/blog/l-and-d-masterclass-home This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/

Six of the country's biggest retailers - Aldi, Dunnes, Lidl, Marks and Spencer, SuperValu and Centra, and Tesco - have signed up to the principles of a new Horticulture Grower-Retail Charter. It arrives at a hard moment. Irish horticulture was worth €652 million at the farm gate last year. But the growers are disappearing. So how is the charter landing with the people who actually grow the food?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to The Lovely Show! This week your lovely hosts are chatting undercover middle aged women, threatening Tesco over G&Ts and female urinals at Electric Picnic If you enjoyed this episode of The Lovely Show, please ensure to leave us a LOVELY review. Support The Lovely Show to get ad-free listening and bonus episodes at https://headstuffpodcasts.com/membership/ - listen to your bonus episodes and ad-free feed in your favourite app! This is a HeadStuff podcast produced by Hilary Barry. Artwork by Matt Mahon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, sponsored by Instacart Enterprise, Portager, and Vusion, Ben Miller is joined by Martin Bailie, Global Retail CEO, AI & Growth Expert and Founder of MWB Advisory to unpack the news stories from global grocery this week that we believe are worth paying attention to. Martin brings decades of hands-on grocery experience across three continents, with a career spanning Tesco, Tata India, Primark and Lidl. This week, they discuss: • Target's Q2 results, and whether stronger sales, grocery growth and improved store traffic signal a genuine turnaround or simply a bounce from a weak comparison: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/target-tgt-q2-2026-earnings.html • Sainsbury's pause on AI facial recognition, following a case of mistaken identity, and whether retailers can use technology to protect colleagues and customers without creating new problems: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/17/humiliated-sainsburys-store-pauses-ai-scanning-after-false-shoplifting-accusation • Amazon's six-fold expansion of drone delivery, and why Martin believes drone delivery is moving beyond novelty and becoming part of retail infrastructure: https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/amazon-to-expand-drone-delivery-reach-sixfold-this-year/828253/ • Uber's partnership with Zipline, including its ambition for one million drone deliveries a day by 2029, and what the race for drone delivery says about the future of convenience and quick commerce: https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2026/Uber-and-Zipline-Partner-to-Bring-Drone-Delivery-to-Millions-of-Americans/default.aspx • Ocado's latest European technology partnership, and what its newest customer tells us about the future of automated grocery fulfillment: https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/amazon-to-expand-drone-delivery-reach-sixfold-this-year/828253/ Plus, GrocerTalk Grab & Go brings even more stories to the table from another busy week in global grocery. GrocerTalk is a weekly podcast from the Omni Talk Podcast Network covering the trends, innovations and technologies shaping global grocery. Episode 002. Welcome to GrocerTalk. P.S. Be sure to check out all our other podcasts from the past week here, too: https://omnitalk.blog/category/podcast/ Music by hooksounds.com.

In December 2010, 25-year-old landscape architect Joanna Yeates vanished after a night out in Clifton, Bristol. CCTV showed her buying a Tesco pizza on the way home but when detectives searched her flat, the pizza, its wrapping, and even the box were gone.Her body was found on Christmas Day. The case initially fixated on her landlord, Christopher Jefferies, who was later cleared and formally acknowledged by police as completely innocent.The real killer was Yeates's next-door neighbour, Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak. Forensic evidence linked him to Joanna's body, and prosecutors said he strangled her shortly after she arrived home before concealing and disposing of her body. He was convicted of murder in 2011 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years.

PJ talks to Hamp Sirmans of Feed Cork, the food bank that looks like a shop in Lr Oliver Plunkett St Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the Trade Legends Podcast, we're joined by Karl Sparky, an electrician who's become one of the most recognisable sparks on social media. Karl left school with no plan beyond skateboarding and Tony Hawk's, scraped through his maths and English, and stumbled into electrical because he couldn't face sitting in an office. We take it right back to the start: stacking trolleys and working the music section at Asda, bouncing between three different companies during his apprenticeship as each one folded around him, and why he was determined to keep going when so many would have given up.We dig into Karl's first year of self-employment, and it's one of the toughest stories we've had on Trade Legends. Just months after starting his business, Karl lost his wife to cancer in January, leaving him running a company solo while raising his daughter. Karl is honest about learning the paperwork she used to handle, chasing ten grand in unpaid invoices while grieving, dealing with nightmare customers who don't care what's going on behind the scenes, and why he refuses to let anyone tell him how he should be coping. He shares what actually helped: good friends who check in, family who stepped up, live music, and a trip to Trade Wars that reminded him life's too short.We also get into the side of Karl most people know him for: the rage bait and the hate comments. From the volt stick video that had people threatening to report him, to why plumber wiring looks like a rat's nest (and why sparky work is often just as bad), Karl explains why he loves the hate comments, kills trolls with kindness, and how baiting the algorithm actually works. Plus his advice for apprentices: ask questions, don't show up with all the gear and no idea, and why a Tesco bag for life beats a brand-new tool bag every time.

It's ev.news Briefly for Saturday 15 August 2026, only todays headlines and nothing else, in just 4 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show.Patreon supporters fund this show, get the episodes ad free, as soon as they're ready and are part of the ev.news Community. You can be like them by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/evnewsFORD SETS OUT UEV MODEL PLANSFord's Universal Electric Vehicle platform will underpin five models, beginning with the Fathom mid-size pickup in 2027 and an expected Escape revival in 2029, with the remaining launch dates undisclosed. The architecture supports up to eight body styles spanning B-segment cars, two- and three-row SUVs, sedans, a pickup and cargo and passenger vans, and launches with LFP cells while able to accept other chemistries.WEAKER EV TARGETS COULD RAISE OIL IMPORTSCarbon Brief analysis finds that weakening the UK's ZEV mandate — currently 33% BEV share in 2026, effectively 25% after flexibilities, rising to 80% by 2030 — could cost consumers up to £3bn ($4bn) a year, with a cut to 50% leaving 3m fewer BEVs on the road, adding 17m barrels of oil imports and lifting national emissions 2.5%. BEVs already cost around £1,100 ($1,485) a year less to run than petrol and beat rivals on total ownership cost by over £1,000 ($1,350), and while Energy UK and ChargeUK defend the mandate as the biggest single driver of emissions cuts, the SMMT argues natural demand falls short and reports suggest dilution is coming regardless.BYD RACCO TAKES OVER 1,000 JAPAN ORDERSBYD has logged more than 1,000 orders in two weeks for the Racco, its kei-class EV for Japan, and is targeting 10,000 sales by the end of 2026 in a market historically hostile to imports. Priced from £9,600 with a 22.4kWh battery and 130-mile range, most buyers are opting for the £11,500 35.8kWh version at 199 miles, comfortably ahead of the segment-leading Nissan Sakura's 112 miles.AVORE EX2S TARGETS INDIA'S COMMUTERSIndian startup Avore has launched the EX2S commuter motorcycle at ₹169,999 (about $1,800 / £1,330), using a 5kWh split-pack battery and a 10.5kW motor claiming 161 miles on the optimistic IDC cycle, 0-25mph in 2.8 seconds and a 70mph top speed. Onboard 1.5kW charging takes roughly two hours for 20-80% from a household socket, and features include a 7-inch TFT display, geo-fencing and a simulated four-speed SYFT mode, with no export plans announced.HUNGARY CURBS EV CHARGING IN HEATWAVEHeatwave and drought have cut Danube cooling water and left Hungary's only nuclear plant at Paks running at a fraction of capacity, forcing charging networks to curb evening peak demand. MOL has capped fast chargers at 100kW from 17:00-22:00, E.ON Drive Infrastructure has halved output at 300kW-plus sites to free up 10MW of grid capacity, Shell Recharge has limited stations to 150kW, Tesco and Metro have switched chargers off, and EV.app is instead pricing peak sessions at 420 forints (about €1.16) per kWh.BCP PLANS 1,128 ON-STREET EV SOCKETSBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council will install 564 on-street chargers providing 1,128 public sockets by March 2029, delivered by Connected Kerb and aimed mainly at residents without off-street parking. The mostly lower-speed AC units form part of a £16.5m Dorset-wide programme funded by the Department for Transport's LEVI fund and private investment.PORTER'S 10,000TH ELECTRIC TRUCKIndian intra-city freight marketplace Porter has flagged off its 10,000th electric truck in Delhi, running over 50,000 EVs monthly across 50 cities via 600,000 driver-partners and claiming 1.85bn km of empty running eliminated, worth ₹10bn ($105m) in avoided fuel imports. Utilisation rather than fleet size is the pitch — Porter wants daily trips up from 1.5 to 2.5 — with owner-drivers funding vehicles themselves at ₹400,000-500,000 and Omega Seiki Mobility supplying 5,000 three-wheelers for last-mile work.COSTANOA TO HOST PEBBLE FLOW STAYSCostanoa in Pescadero, California, becomes the first hospitality destination where guests can book an overnight stay in a Pebble Flow, the all-electric, software-defined travel trailer developed by Apple, Tesla, Rivian and Zoox alumni. Sleeping two adults and two children with rooftop solar, off-grid power, Starlink and climate control, rates start at $450 (£332 / €389) a night plus tax and a $10 conservation fee, with a two-night weekend minimum.

V dalším díle videopodcastu týdeníku Respekt Dělníci kultury spolu Jindřiška Bláhová a Pavel Turek debatují o tom, co je v uplynulém týdnu v kultuře zaujalo a o své aktuální práci. Tentokrát došlo na:nová pravidla Eurovizealbum sTESCOu zvukového umělce Tomáše Šenkyříkarežisérku Dianu Cam Van Nguyen a její debut Mezi světyrozhovor s Adrianou Světlíkovou z organizace Nová síť o státní kulturní politiceseriál Ricky Gervaise Toulavý kočky (Netflix)sitcom 1670 (Netflix)nový film Pedra Almodóvara Hořké svátkyKdyž už člověk jednou je, tak má sledovat kulturu v Respektu.

Wednesday the 7th of October 1998, 40-year-old Wendy Upton of Lichfield went to her local Tesco's to buy the basics, and vanished without a trace. For nine months, there was no trace of her; no sightings, no calls and her bank account wasn't touched, her husband believed she had been murdered, but the Police held firm to their belief that she was missing, had fled, or had overdosed.But what was the truth, and how did her killer subvert the investigation to his own need?Seven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA · Instagram· FaceBook· Threads· TokTok· YouTubeSUBSCRIBE via PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tesco vraj uvažuje o odchode z českého a slovenského trhu. Reťazec, ktorý na Slovensko prišiel okolo roku 2000, už niekoľkokrát zvažoval odchod, respektíve sa o ňom aspoň pošuškávalo. Teraz však už spoločnosť má mať v tejto veci najatých bankárov a spoločne s nimi riešiť, čo s trhmi v strednej Európe. Podľa Filipa Kužmu, riaditeľa Inštitútu moderného spotrebiteľa, ktorý bol hosťom Indexu s Evou Frantovou, to dáva zmysel hlavne vzhľadom na to, ako bezvýznamný je stredoeurópsky trh pre samotné Tesco. „Slovensko tvorí len dve percentá tržieb skupiny Tesco, v prípade celej strednej Európy hovoríme o tržbách okolo šesť percent a upravenom očistenom prevádzkovom zisku niekde nad tromi percentami,“ vysvetľuje Kužma. Problémom však je aj tlak na obchodníkov, ktorý spôsobuje niekoľkoročná konsolidácia a fakt, že sa mení nákupné správanie ľudí. Hlavne čo sa týka nakupovania v hypermarketoch, ktoré má Tesco vo svojom portfóliu. „Hypermarkety v prípade tržieb oslabujú. Posledné údaje z júna ukazujú už tretí pokles za sebou pri pohľade na medziročnú zmenu v stálych cenách,“ dodáva Kužma s tým, že v segmente oblečenia, elektroniky či domácich potrieb sa tešia popularite hlavne zahraničné platformy vrátane ázijských a čínskych e-shopov. Kto môže byť potenciálnym kupcom predajní Tesco, zatiaľ jasné nie je. Podľa Kužmu to môžu byť aj etablovaní hráči na slovenskom trhu, ale aj finančné skupiny. „Koluje informácia, že by Tesco chcelo svoje prevádzky predať v dvoch balíkoch. Slovenský a český trh dokopy a maďarský zvlášť,“ vysvetľuje. Problémom však podľa neho môže byť nájsť reťazec, ktorý je ochotný odkúpiť všetko vzhľadom na široké portfólio Tesca. V rozhovore sa dozviete: Prečo môže Tesco uvažovať nad odchodom zo strednej Európy, do akej miery sťažuje situáciu retailu konsolidácia, ako sa zmenilo nákupné správanie ľudí na Slovensku, kto by mohol mať záujem Tesco kúpiť, či je Slovensko ešte atraktívnym trhom pre retail vzhľadom na množstvo konkurencie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this special episode of The MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire COO Lindsay Rowntree is joined by Matt Bourn, director of communications at the Advertising Association and co-author of 'Trusted Advertising: How to Harness the Value of Trust in your Brand'.Matt explains the importance of trust in advertising and how brands can build and measure it, citing real-world examples such as Tesco and McDonald's. The conversation covers the role of social media creators and influencers, online channels, and emerging technologies in whether audiences trust the ads that they see. It also explores shifting public perceptions of advertising and the evolution of the meaning of trust.•••0:00 Introduction3:56 What made you write about trust in advertising?6:55 Do brands understand the importance of trust?10:53 Can brands rebuild lost trust?13:32 How do you measure trust outcomes?17:51 Creator and influencer marketing23:27 Public trust in advertising25:50 Online channels and ad placement29:32 Role of AI and emerging technologies36:18 Evolution of the meaning of trust

John has shaken up the show at a big meeting in Elis's absence. He should be prepared. In the meantime, comedy fans have been getting the true Elis James stand up experience: Having your joggers called s*** and then introducing Chris McCausland. Get ready Albert Hall. Maybe the mojo does need to return. Plus, the words reaping and sowing once again come to mind, as Buckinghamshire's most hubristic man sees the warning light chickens come home to roost. Also, John has a frequent male escort and a new friend. They are not the same. Been unwittingly papped or have comments on ABS sensors? Well send them to hello@elisandjohn.comFor lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn.For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn.For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com.The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can losing your father, losing the business you built in his honour and taking a job you never expected become the foundation for your biggest opportunity?Danny Gray is an entrepreneur, commercial strategist, former Commercial Partnerships Director within Steven Bartlett's business ecosystem and co-founder of LVLS, a wellness brand launched into 750 Boots stores from day one. After losing his father to Parkinson's disease, Danny became driven to build businesses that improve people's health, going on to launch an award-winning functional nutrition restaurant before joining Steven Bartlett's early team, helping build the commercial engine around The Diary Of A CEO. Through his Venture Capital fund building, he has now co-created Hide, stocked in 1,000 Tesco stores, and launched LVLS alongside Beta Squad's Sharky, brokering a deal to get the product into 750 Boots stores from day one. In this episode, Danny explains how Levels secured major retail distribution before launch, reduced its funding requirements through smart payment terms, built authentic creator partnerships and set out to make wellness more fun and accessible for everyday people. Watch more episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@buildingthebrandofficial Join the Building The Brand newsletter: https://buildingthebrand.co.uk/newsletterKey Moments: 0:00 — Losing His Dad Two Weeks After Launch1:21 — Danny Gray: Entrepreneur and Levels Co-Founder2:14 — How Money, Shame and Family Created His Drive6:53 — His Father's Battle With Parkinson's Disease10:58 — Opening a Restaurant Before Losing His Father15:05 — Creating a Functional Medicine Restaurant18:54 — Building One of London's Breakout Restaurants20:09 — Manifestation as Tactical Business Planning23:38 — The Final Phone Call From His Father27:00 — Sleeping in the Restaurant to Pay Staff30:09 — Why Founders Cannot Outwork Grief34:41 — Scaling Into Google, Chelsea FC and Retail39:22 — Pivoting From Restaurants to Healthy Ready Meals42:45 — Joining Steven Bartlett With Three Bullet Points45:39 — Commercialising The Diary Of A CEO48:40 — Leaving Steven Bartlett to Become a Founder51:33 — Why Taking a Job Is Not a Step Backwards55:58 — Launching Hide Into 1,000 Tesco Stores57:46 — Athlete Equity Deals and Business Ownership1:01:01 — Identifying the Mainstream Wellness Opportunity1:03:46 — Launching Levels Into 750 Boots Stores1:05:34 — Retail First vs Direct-to-Consumer Strategy1:07:24 — How to Structure a Mutually Valuable Deal1:09:40 — Partnering With Sharky From Beta Squad1:11:33 — Why Creator Equity Beats Celebrity Endorsements1:18:32 — Why the Wellness Industry Is Too Serious1:21:25 — Building a Wellness Brand for Everyday People1:23:18 — Entering the Crowded Electrolyte Market1:28:20 — Building a Business to Make His Son Proud1:31:15 — Funding a 750-Store Retail Launch1:32:19 — Negotiating Payment Terms to Protect Cash Flow1:34:16 — Taking Risks and Building Without Regret

Join us this week for a Tech Leaders Podcast Special, where Gareth sits down with Barry Pilling, Principal ITAM Consultant and VMware Specialist at bedigital to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing Tesco VS Broadcom court case. On this episode, Gareth and Barry discuss updates to the case, Broadcom's wider business strategy, and the possible impact on future customer-vendor relationships across the industry. Timestamps: Trial date set, and Tesco's amended claim (1:32) Is Broadcom market dominant? (5:10) Trial timetable and legal strategies (9:31) The Broadcom business model (13:41) The broader impact on customer/vendor relationships (16:08) Broadcom's 1 year offer, and Computacenter's involvement (21:04) Key takeaways (25:37) https://www.bedigitaluk.com/

The Shirleys celebrate their birthdays—same day, three years apart. They discuss Jimmy Choos going missing on Vinted, being buried in bog roll, and a day in Tesco with former goalkeeper, David Seaman.Please consider donating to my friend Samah and her children in Gaza:https://chuffed.org/project/181113-please-help-my-friends-samah-ibrahim-and-lanaPlease consider donating to my friend Salam in Gaza:https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-salam-mohammeds-children-survive-and-evacuate-gazaEmail your questions to contact@shirleyandshirley.comFollow us on Instagram @thetwoshirleysHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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“Please rate this book.” “What was your experience at Tesco like?” “Did this carrot meet your expectations?”… Star ratings are everywhere and they're ruining the world. You can't order a curry, watch a film or buy a kettle without having to check what others said about it – and being pestered to give your review. We've turned the entire planet into a customer satisfaction survey, but how did it happen? With a limitless choice on offer, are star ratings more help or hindrance? Can we trust them – and how can you spot a scam write-up? Benji Wilson, author of Rate This Book: How Star Ratings Took Over the World, tells Emma Kennedy what the pressure to review and rate everything is doing to our minds.  • Buy Benji's book Rate This Book: How Star Ratings Took Over the World from our affiliate bookshop and you'll help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org's fees help support independent bookshops too. • Back us on PatreonWritten and presented by Emma Kennedy. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode is a certified fever dream. We open with a man in Fort Wayne who mutilated himself and used the evidence as literal kindling, then pivot to an Argentine flight instructor who bailed out of a plane mid-lesson and left his student to land it solo. Biohacker Bryan Johnson — the guy trying to live to 2140 — just found out his own stomach is eating itself, and an Idaho mom who blamed vaccines for her twins' deaths is now facing murder charges instead. On the crime beat: a Vegas Little League president blew $65K in team funds on strip clubs and ED pills, a Pasadena doctor who drove his family off a cliff walked free after a mental health diversion program, a New Jersey woman got busted for child sex abuse thanks to a very unfortunate tattoo, and an 84-year-old Florida man tried to torch his ex of 42 years and mostly just torched himself. Then we lighten it up (sort of) with a UK mom tossed from Tesco for a backless top, Swifties dropping real money on cubes of literal trash from Taylor and Travis's wedding, and Jersey Shore lifeguards earning hazard pay wrestling a drunk guy out of the surf. And because the news never stops: we break down the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, the Mitch McConnell health-mystery-turned-fall-and-pneumonia saga, Conor McGregor's much-hyped UFC 329 comeback against Max Holloway (spoiler: it didn't go the way he predicted), and the World Cup semifinals shaping up with Argentina-England and France-Spain. Buckle up — this one's got everything.

Jay Klein lost $2 million on a gum nobody wanted. He sold the remaining stock to a pig feed company for $13,000 - then used every cent of it to launch Pur. Sixteen years later, Pur is the fastest-growing gum in North America, the #1 selling gum on Amazon, sells in over 50 countries, and does over $250 million in retail sales annually. All bootstrapped. All founder-owned. And built in a $20 billion industry controlled by fewer than ten giants who still haven't managed to take him out. In this interview, the founder of The Pur Company breaks down how he discovered his winning product insight for free at 30,000 feet, why he deliberately ignored Walmart and Tesco to win thousands of tiny independent stores first, and how he absorbed a brutal 39% tariff - without raising a dollar or passing a cent to his customers - and still grew 30% that year. What you'll learn in this interview: • How losing $2 million on his first gum brand rewired everything - and why getting back to zero was his greatest victory • The airplane focus group: how he discovered the aspartame insight for free that became the entire Pur thesis • Why he targeted independent health food stores instead of big retailers - and the "major league attitude in a minor league setting" strategy behind it • How he convinced his manufacturer to extend 30-day credit on a $250K first order with only $13K to his name • The "assemble the crumbs to make the cookie" philosophy: why Pur has never been built on a single big retail relationship • How duty free airports became his global expansion engine - and why he treated them like his version of New York City • Why he turned down the Dragon's Den deal even after it went through - and what he got out of it anyway • The 39% Swiss tariff crisis: how he absorbed the full hit rather than disrupt his retail relationships - and why scale actually amplified the problem instead of solving it • Why he keeps the lowest possible balance in his checking account on purpose - and what it does for his hunger as a founder • What he looks for now as a Dragon's Den investor: the two things that matter before any unit economics conversation If you're building a CPG or retail brand, trying to figure out how to grow without giving away equity, or looking for the real story behind what bootstrapped category-building looks like across 16 years and 50 countries, this conversation will fundamentally change how you think about distribution, resilience, and what it means to outwork the competition one crumb at a time. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend with the code FOUNDR50. Just head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://your.omnisend.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get started. WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/operators⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrial⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-application⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ → Already have a store? Apply here → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-application⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/nathanchan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CONNECT WITH JAY KLEIN Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/iamjayklein/ LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-klein-92b93319/ Website → https://thepurcompany.com/ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/2uyvzdt⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/foundr/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com/podcast⁠

1. Prímerie v Perzskom zálive sa skončilo, cena ropy stúpa 2. Čínske autá sa presadzujú už aj na Slovensku 3. V kauze Istrochem sa proti Babišovým záujmom postavil už aj okresný úrad 4. OpenAI spúšťa svoj najpokročilejší model. Americká vláda predtým skúmala bezpečnostné riziká 5. Tesco zvažuje odchod zo Slovenska

In this episode of Can Marketing Save the Planet, we are joined by Helena Mansell-Stopher, CEO of Products of Change (POC). POC, is a brilliant and active membership organisation working with over 1,400 people across brands, manufacturers, and retailers to come together and drive environmental and social change. This part of Helena's journey started at National Geographic, where she had the idea and insight to start connecting incubator brands doing things differently with retail distribution, while also helping larger brands learn from them. What started as a think tank six years ago has now become a movement with international reach. "Education is the biggest barrier, people in industry are problem solvers. If they know what problem they need to solve and why, they'll get on and find a solution." A key focus of Products of Change is shifting the language of sustainability from moral obligation to smart business. "We've got to start using more business language. It's how you're reducing your impact, reducing the cost of that, mitigating taxes, reducing risk because you're enabling your supply chains to be more robust." Helena shares the example of, UK Greetings who have been on a 6 year journey. They removed glitter and single-use plastic from their cards, and brought back a lot of their production to the UK, and as a result, have seen double-digit growth, retained staff, and unlocked creativity through paper engineering. We delve into POC's initiatives such as ‘Recycle to Read', a programme Helena explains, "showcases that our waste has a value." ‘Recycle to Read' enables children to swap or recycle toys, earning Planet Care points that translate into free books for their school through a Harper Collins partnership. They collected 15 tons of hard plastic toys last year in a small Tesco trial (now rolled out to 160 stores), with no PR. It's a programme which is building the blueprint for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in toys. Helena talks about the POC Conference held annually, where the industry gathers to share innovations from brands such as Lego, Disney, Universal Music Groups and Primark. She also shares the work they do on ‘The Partner Maturity Index', which was built with investment from Netflix and Paramount. The Index further accelerates progress by allowing manufacturers to fill in their sustainability data once and share it with all the brands they work with, reducing duplication whilst also benchmarking industry maturity. This is a really great listen! Tune in as we talk to Helena about: How Products of Change grew from a think tank to a global membership organisation. Why sustainability conversations must be framed as business resilience, risk mitigation, and cost reduction. How working as an industry can make change happen faster. Recycle to Read – getting value from waste. Why honesty in marketing is so important and how the language needs to change. Find out more visit https://www.productsofchange.com/ For The Partner Maturity Index see here Details of the 2026 POC Sustainability Conference Enjoy… With love Michelle & Gemma ________________________________________________________________________ About us… We help Marketers save the planet. 

Tampons in an Ice Cream TubIn this episode of Brand Growth Heroes, I'm joined by Tara Chandra and Susan Allen, co-founders of Here We Flo, the organic, sustainable period care brand turning one of the most shame-coded categories in consumer brands into something loud, funny, feminist and brilliantly visible on shelf. We talk about how two friends from LSE spotted a gap in women's intimate products, started with a period care idea in a Hackney flatshare, and built a challenger brand now stocked across major retailers including Boots, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Superdrug and Holland & Barrett.Here We Flo shows us the power of brand strategy to create value when the category ITSELF is broken. Tara and Susan didn't just create organic cotton tampons, pads and liners; they questioned why period care was hidden, clinical and functional when other parts of consumer life had already moved towards better materials, better design and better conversations. We cover packaging as a growth lever, why their ice cream tub became a “trolley magnet”, how they think about rate of sale rather than just chasing distribution, and why their mission now stretches across cycle care, bladder care and sexual wellness.What You'll Learn Why Here We Flo used packaging as their first “billboard” before they could afford media.  How starting in independent Hackney stores helped them build product market fit.  Why brand tone of voice matters so much in categories shaped by shame and stigma.  How they think about growing rate of sale with existing retail partners.  Why product reliability is non-negotiable in period care and bladder care. Key Topics Discussed Building a feminist challenger brand  Organic and sustainable period care  Packaging as a shelf strategy  Launching in independent retailers  Breaking into WHSmith Travel, Boots and Tesco  Making taboo categories emotionally accessible  Period care, bladder care and sexual wellness  Growing through rate of sale, not just distribution  Education on shelf and in-store communication  Sports partnerships, stigma and period confidence  Building a team of 31 women  Scaling towards 50–100% growth ambitions Like this episode? PLEASE share the love by sharing this episode with another founder building a challenger brand, a colleague or a mate who loves brilliant non-alcoholic drinks, or anyone trying to work out how to build a sharper, more focused growth model.Don't forget to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to Brand Growth Heroes on your favourite podcast app, and even LEAVE A REVIEW - both of these actions make a MASSIVE difference to our mission to help more founders just like you.Join our community Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/brandgrowthheroes) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/brand-growth-heroes/?viewAsMember=true) Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@brandgrowthheroes)Find out more about the programmes and courses Fiona runs here (https://www.brandgrowthheroes.com/mini-mba-2026)AND Do you want to lean in to unlock value from AI? We have a whatsapp group -the  NextGen CPG WhatsApp group for founders leaning in to the value that a leadership approach to engaging with AI can unlock for businesses like yours. Do you want to join? *** A massive thanks thanks to Brand Growth Heroes' podcast sponsor -  Joelson, the commercial law firm ***If you're a founder, you already know how much energy goes into building the perfect product, creating standout branding and connecting with consumers.But scaling a CPG business also brings legal complexities that can make or break your growth journey - from contracts and regulatory compliance to protecting your intellectual property.That's why we're proud to partner with Joelson, the leading commercial law firm specialising in helping founders of scaling consumer brands.Joelson works with brands like Little Moons, Trip, Eat Natural, Bear Graze and Pulsin, and advised the innocent founders on their landmark sale to Coca-Cola - and still work with them at JamJar Investments today!Joelson is offering a FREE LEGAL CONSULTATION to all BGH listeners (mailto:hello@joelsonlaw.com) - we highly recommend you take them up on it!CREDITSThanks to our Sound Engineer Gyp Buggane at Ballagroove.com and all the rest of the Brand Growth Heroes team.

Jason Cotta didn't take the classic corporate route to the boardroom. He left school at 16 with almost no qualifications and started on the very lowest rung of the retail ladder. Today, he is the CEO of Arcturus Group overseeing iconic hospitality brands like Pho, Rosa's Thai, and Mowgli.  In this episode, Jason shares his fascinating perspective as an "unlikely CEO", breaking down why your career isn't a linear ladder, how he handled massive commercial crises, and why real leaders always pull the next generation up behind them. You'll Learn Why: Linear progression is a myth, and navigating sideways moves can actually make you a much broader, more resilient leader. Overcoming an internal "impostor syndrome" about formal education can unlock a deeper, more strategic intellectual confidence. Successful leaders have a responsibility to actively lift others up the ladder and help them realise their full potential. Finding a corporate culture where you can bring your whole, authentic self to work completely transforms your leadership energy. This episode is living proof that no matter where you're starting from — or what life throws at you — it's never too late to be brave, bold, and unlock your inner brilliant. Visit https://brave-bold-brilliant.com/ for free tools, guides and resources to help you take action now

This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment examines Ahold Delhaize's decision to appoint former Amazon Fresh executive Claire Peters as CEO of Ahold Delhaize USA and what the hire could mean for one of the largest grocery retailers in the U.S. Chris Walton and Jenn Hahn discuss why Ahold Delhaize looked beyond traditional grocery talent, what Claire Peters' experience at Amazon, Woolworths, and Tesco brings to the role, and whether an unconventional leadership hire is exactly what the company needs. They also explore the growing trend of retailers recruiting executives from outside their core industry, why fresh perspectives can spark transformation, and whether taking a chance on nontraditional talent is worth the risk. ⏩ Tune in for the full episode here: https://youtu.be/k2JviUlR0-Q

Is Enterprise Tech Becoming Too Expensive to Maintain? From Ireland's staggering €1 billion Microsoft licensing renewal to Tesco's risky, high-speed migration away from Broadcom and VMware, the cost of enterprise infrastructure is reaching a breaking point. In this episode, we break down the upcoming Windows 11 26H2 release, Microsoft's newest Recycle Bin and Word automation bugs, and the controversial Wi-Fi location tracking feature returning to Teams. If you want to stay ahead of the enterprise IT curve, make sure to hit subscribe! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/tescos-risky-vmware-exit-irelands-e1-billion-microsoft-bill/

This week's episode covers a series of cybersecurity stories, including a researcher's discovery of vulnerabilities in FIFA's World Cup platform that could have enabled unauthorized administrative access and even the ability to alter live broadcasts. The team also discusses the risks of large-scale identity verification data exposure, supply chain attacks impacting the scientific research community, ongoing fallout from Broadcom's VMware acquisition, and legal challenges from major organizations facing rising VMware costs. Along the way, the hosts share commentary on AI-related security concerns, access control failures, and the broader impact of vendor decisions on enterprise security.Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST.A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team.https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurityChat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis

On this week's Totally Extra: Anna's full taken up the hunting Tesco name badges for long-service staff hobby, Lu's confessing to some poetry theft, whatever 'Nippy Nippy' is, a misheard lyric that's basically incest, the teacher gift debate, and confessions involving hacking a classmate's computer and a 43-year-old bogey eater. Enjoy your lunch.It's time to get TOTALLY EXTRA. Extra chat, extra rants, extra bants, extra stories, nonsense and more.LuAnna: The Podcast is a Global production, available every Monday and Thursday on Global Player, YouTube or wherever you get your shows. Make sure you subscribe so you never miss an episode.Remember, if you want to get in touch you can:Email us at luanna@everythingluanna.com OR drop us a WhatsApp on our NEW NUMBER: 07521564640Please review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/legal/privacy-policy/

Welcome back to Stick to Football, brought to you by ARNE.In this episode Jurgen Klinsmann joins Gary Neville, Jill Scott, Roy Keane and Ian Wright to discuss his incredible career, from signing for Tottenham on Alan Sugar's yacht to facing Diego Maradona and winning the World Cup with Germany.Klinsmann opens up on his famous rivalry with Lothar Matthaus, explains why Germany always seemed to find a way to beat England in major tournaments, and reveals the lesson that changed his life while playing in Italy.The former Spurs striker also shares the story behind his iconic dive celebration, reflects on working under Arsène Wenger and Franz Beckenbauer, and gives his verdict on England's chances at the 2026 World Cup.Plus, Klinsmann discusses Maradona's genius, Harry Kane's move away from Spurs, and the one thing England still need to become world champions.Who has the better chance heading into this World Cup, England or Germany? Let us know in the comments and don't forget to like and subscribe to never miss an episode!This episode is sponsored by Huel.Gary Neville and the Stick to Football team know - when your day's full-on, you need fuel that's fast and actually good for you.Huel is the ultimate meal on the go - high protein, packed with 26 essential vitamins & minerals, and ready in seconds.

In today's podcast episode, we discuss UK supermarket giant Tesco: its true superpower, its next big bet, and what it should cut—and keep—to maintain its position as the UK's #1 retailer. Listen to the discussion featuring Vice President of Content and host Suzy Davidkhanian, Principal Analyst Bill Fisher, and Senior Analyst Carina Lamb.   Get more insights like these with our free, industry-leading newsletters covering advertising, marketing, and commerce. Sign up at emarketer.com/newsletters Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com For a transcript of this episode click here: https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-britain-retail-king-tesco-next-chapter-reimagining-retail © 2026 EMARKETER