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SME Entrepreneurship 101

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Equitable Gourmet

How do you pass on entrepreneurship to your suppliers? For a business to grow in any environment it has to feed on information that it can understand and interpret. For it to thrive, these interpretations have to be original enough … Continue reading →

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NGOs and Beneficiaries: what’s in my account?!

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Equitable Gourmet

So how about those NGOs? On the supply side, our main focus is on building the skills of our producers and this is done as our commercial relationship with them develops. Our work in this area is pragmatic, focused, and … Continue reading →

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A Focus on Outcomes

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Equitable Gourmet

How do you define your experience with suppliers? Our relationship is contextual. We see a world where food is more than just a commodity or a personal indulgence; we see food as a vehicle of exchange, of ideas, and of … Continue reading →

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Developing Country Supplier Risks

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Equitable Gourmet

So tell us a bit about supplier risks. Our primary role is to source authentic quality products for buyers in developed markets. The products are relatively hard to get a hold of because they are made by producers in developing … Continue reading →

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Risky Business !

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Equitable Gourmet

Picking up from our last discussion regarding your business model, can you give us examples of the successes and failures you’ve had with your products and suppliers ? Sure, but before we get into these, I’d like to cover some … Continue reading →

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Wesgro Beneficiaries in London

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Equitable Gourmet

In December of 2011 we were asked by Wesgro, the official Investment & Trade Promotion Agency for the Western Cape, if we could present an overview of the U.K market to a group of their beneficiaries who were on a … Continue reading →

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What do you do exactly?

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Equitable Gourmet

Some people find the concept of a social enterprise quirky so to help clarify what it is that we do, here is how a typical conversation around our business model might go. What line of business are you in? We … Continue reading →

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