WHO'S WHO - faces you'll see on the shop floor and others you may speak to on the phone...
 Amanda - Retail Manager |
 Rob - Assistant Manager |
 Lucy - Manager Health and Beauty |
 Zoe - Cafe Customer Service Manager |
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 Dan - Head Chef |
 Lucy - Marketing, Signs and Website |
 Olivia - Box Scheme Administrator |
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Phil Haughton Managing Director BFC's managing director and founder is the enigmatic Phil Haughton, whose passion and commitment to organic farming and sustainable food production started many years ago. As a young adult he worked in a community in Scotland with some of his family farming organically, and from there he hasn't looked back. In the mid 1980s he moved to Bristol and spent several years working at Windmill Hill City Farm. In 1985 he opened a one-stop organic shop on Gloucester Road, and later a butcher's shop. 'I am passionate about food and community and desperately worried about the state of our planet. It maybe too late for the planet but while we live off it I want to do all I can to help us be more sustainable.' He lives in Regil, North Somerset, with his wife Geraldine, a mover and shaker at Cotham School, and Charlie, their 14 year old son. 'I read, write, talk, drink, and do lots of gardening at home. Love life, people and the arts, but am impatient with the pace of change, coupled with a varyingly healthy/unhealthy amounts of anger and fear.'
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Mel Taylor General Manager Mel's job encompasses everything from making sure there are enough pumpkin seeds on the shelves to helping with the washing up in the café when it’s busy! She started working for the Better Food Company three years ago as a part time shop assistant and has gradually worked her way up to the retail manager’s position, which she has held for the last year and a half. She's always been passionate about food and health, having worked for a number of years as a chef and as an Aromatherapist/massage therapist. Mel's philosophy? 'To make my little corner of the world a more beautiful place, and to make at least one person smile a day (it makes up for all those I upset!)'. |
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Laurence Guy Wholesale and Box Scheme Manager Laurence has only started working for BFC in November, but don't hold that against him. He manages the overall direction of the Wholesale department and Box Scheme and is just as likely to be packing the boxes as answering your emails. If you want to speak to someone about a box or delivery to your catering establishment, Laurence is your man. When asked why he was attracted to working for the BFC, Laurence said, "I believe we all have to think globally but act locally, and BFC typifies that mentality. Organic. Local. Ethical. That says it all." |