March's Food Exchange Newsletter

The Food Exchange community is three years old this month! This newsletter is dedicated to the amazing community behind the Food Exchange's success. We take a stroll down memory lane to celebrate how Food Exchange businesses have been supporting the food and beverage, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), creative, and innovation industries since its launch.

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February's Food Exchange Newsletter

February is here and love is in the air... but also stacks of pancakes and loads more going on at the Food Exchange. We have plenty of exciting dates coming up and achievements to celebrate, as well as opportunities to join the Food Exchange community in this month's newsletter.

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January's Food Exchange Newsletter

2021 is here and with a new year comes a chance for resolution and focus. As many of you will be working to eat healthier or challenging yourself to stick to a vegan diet for the month, we've put together a list of companies that are shaking things up in the food industry to help you stick to your goals.

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December's Food Exchange Newsletter

With the holiday season upon us, we are taking time to reflect on this past year and share our gratitude for your continued support. We are excited to tell you about leasing opportunities at The Food Exchange and tell you about everything our community is celebrating and working on.

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November's Food Exchange Newsletter.

We are excited to tell you about leasing opportunities at The Food Exchange and let you know about what our community are celebrating and working on!

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Discover Your New Workspace at the Food Exchange, London.

Home to London's most exciting Food Entrepreneurs. 

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British Food Fortnight Q&A with Giles Moody, Mighty Small Online Supermarket.

Why Mighty Small’s British Products are Kitchen Cupboard Dynamite!

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Food Exchange July Summer Social

The Food Exchange at New Covent Garden Market is now fully tenanted. To celebrate we held a July Summer Social with our fabulous tenants. 

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Trading in Chocolate with Doisy and Dam

We caught up with Richard Wilkinson, Director and Co-founder of Doisy and Dam

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Have you heard about Intuitive Eating yet?

Here’s everything you need to know about this 2019 wellness trend that’s closed the door on clean-eating and dieting.

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In the spotlight: CBD Oil

This naturally occurring compound derived from cannabis is shaking off its stoner-stigma and experiencing a surge in popularity for its potential health-promoting benefits.

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NishkamSWAT

We spoke to Randeep Singh, founder of the Sikh charity NishkamSWAT who feed and care for the homeless across London, the UK and around the world.

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AI in food

We explore three ways that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making an impact in the food industry.

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Chef Ravneet Gill on Kitchen Machismo

We met up with Ravneet Gill, who recently launched Countertalk – a chef community that looks to promote gender equality and fair working conditions in professional kitchens.  

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How can businesses move towards sustainability?

In the third part of our series on sustainability we caught up with Tom Leech from Department 22, an innovation consultancy that helps businesses to tell a new sustainable story.

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Bug Grub

Crickets, ants, caterpillars, wasps, beetles – repugnant gimmick or sustainable superfood?

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The Migrateful Chef

Betty Agbons is an undocumented migrant from Nigeria who arrived in the UK at 16, alone, with one saucepan in her bag and some big dreams.

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How to be more sustainable as a food business

In part two of our sustainability series, we look at how food businesses can support the environment in light of the 2019 global EAT Lancet report.

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Life after bankruptcy

Simon Waterfall, COO of Spoon Cereals, talks to us about how he became a better version of himself after filing for bankruptcy for his own business several years ago.

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In the spotlight: Prebiotic Fibre

The potential of prebiotic fibre hasn’t yet been fully realised by food manufacturers, but more and more scientific evidence is showing how beneficial it can be to our digestive health. 

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A London café revealing the true face of Haiti

We had a chat with Richard Macien-Clarke the owner of Haitian café Kafe 1788, freelance photographer and all-round-nice guy. You’ll find him at Kafe 1788 in Poplar, the only Haitian café in London that offers Haitian coffee and food.

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What does the landmark sustainability EAT-Lancet report mean for businesses?

In this three-part series we’ll be exploring sustainability in business. This first blog of the series focuses on the newly released EAT-LANCET report, a global commentary from the scientific community on how to support the environment through food choices, food production and food waste.

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A start-up story: How Oppo ice-cream trail-blazed their own supermarket aisle

With strong sales and an increasing responsive consumer base, Oppo has seen their business grow 700% year-on-year between 2015 and 2016, and 250% between 2016 and 2017.

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The Rise of the Vegan Start-Up

Businesses that make money while being environmentally and ethically responsible. Could it be that yesterday’s fantasy is today’s reality? 

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Department 22 win the bursary

Meet the winners of our Food Exchange bursary

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Bursary: win an office rent free for a year

Apply for our new bursary to get an office rent free for a year.

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Oppo join the Food Exchange

Healthy ice cream brand Oppo join the community.

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Welcome to the Food Exchange

A bold new home for everyone and everything to do with food.

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