The Good Food Store sources from quality local suppliers and will deliver your goods to home or work within a 1 hour slot, so that you don't have to queue up, carry bags, or even wait in all day for your delivery.
They're passionate about what they do, you don't get any goods that they wouldn't buy themselves, and your goods are guaranteed they are so confident about this.
Vegetables, milk and eggs are from local farms, andthey sell both organic and non organic produce. Bread is delivered daily as is fish and meat. In fact, they only order when you order from them, your loaf is ordered specially for you - they don't hold stock.
You can place your order online at www.goodfoodstore.co.uk or call them on 0151 259 4425, when they can also have a chat with you and you can tell us what's important to you, we love feedback, it helps us to make the service to you better! If you love quality, fresh and seasonal local food, supporting local suppliers and helping the world go round in a greener way, you will love Good Food Store .
• What has been your biggest challenge to date?
Finding the right way to market good food store.
• Have you ever felt like giving up?
Yes tons of times, but the alternative, to just get a job is too painful and I'm probably unemployable now anyway!
• What has been your biggest mistake in business?
I'm too trusting and don't question when people present things as trying to help me, for a fee! I need to fully analyse costs and benefits and then decide what's best to do.
• If you were starting again, what would you do differently?
I would research more about certain operational aspects of the business and look to keep overheads to a bare minimum in the early stages - if you can can start off small scale then this is best.
• What business achievement are you most proud of?
Being awarded the award for New Entrepreneurs Scholarship Merseyside Entrepreneur 2008.
• Who is your biggest supporter?
A handful of faithful customers who say things like " I'm addicted to your food" " I grow my own veg and still buy a box" and also my NES mentor Geoff Stevenson who keeps me on the straight and narrow at all times .
• Who do you go to for business advice?
Geoff Stevenson, Phil Linley who supports businesses in the area and co-ordinates the local Business Leaders' group, and Claire Chang of Dream High Sirolli Network. Also my business coach, Bob Evans and Alex Lawless of Healthy Kids Rock.
• What advice do you have for an entrepreneur starting out today?
Listen to advice but run it past yourself and go with your gut, even experts get it wrong, or at best they may not fully understand your business, therefore may not be best placed to advise.
• What's the best advice you've been given?
Stealth not Wealth from Alex Lawless of Healthy Kids Rock.
• How do you handle tough business decisions?
With a deep breath and get on with it, any delay costs money or unnecessary effort.
• What's next for you and your business?
Reduce core costs, spread the word and test out low cost, effective ways to market the business which become key to our success
