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30th November 2011
What On Earth goes 'Back to Business'
Last week we were very privileged to have two of the biggest names at Barclays Bank working with us for the day. Not only did it give us an excuse to dress up all smart, the day also gave us the opportunity to show the gentlemen around our premises, give them an insight into the daily goings on at What On Earth and also pick their business focused brains.
We were joined by Chris Head and Peter Simon – two of Barclays’ big bosses. They spent the day working with us in aid of the bank’s ‘Back to Business’ scheme, which gives bankers the opportunity to spend time working for their customers. This experience allows Barclays to gain insight into their customers’ worlds and gives them a clearer understanding of how they can support their customers. The scheme followed the creation of Barclays Business, which launched in early 2010. The bank had a vision to become the ‘Go-To’ business bank by collectively and continuously making its customers’ lives easier. They decided that this meant they needed to get into the minds and lives of the customers; they needed to think boldly and be unique so that their customers wouldn’t want to go elsewhere, hence the invention of Back to Business.
What On Earth was chosen as a business to work with because it offers a completely different environment to what both Chris and Peter are used to. We were able to provide Chris and Peter with a whole new working experience – the complete opposite of their usual day to day office based roles. One of their most exciting tasks was to get into the kitchen and make some of our renowned organic pizzas. Not only could they see what it’s like to be a What On Earth chef they also got to check out our products, joined us in the board room for meetings and they even got treated to lunch at Villandry – one of our biggest customers. |
25th November 2011
Yule not believe it...or maybe you will
Our Chocolate Yule Log is a joint winner of a yule log Christmas taste test carried out by The Guardian. HURRAH!
Our delicious festive treat got awarded four stars by the well known food writer Marina McLoughlin. She used lines such as “This looks great”, “It tastes like real cake!” and “the icing is gorgeously thick and buttery” to describe it. The word excellent was also used so we are ecstatic. Not only are we greatly appreciative and proud of this accolade, we are also extremely flattered. We’re so happy that our cakes our being recognised and enjoyed. I think we should say a great big THANK YOU to Marina for loving our product.
The Chocolate Yule Log, which is being sold through Abel & Cole, beat other yule logs from the likes of Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury’s and Asda. We are therefore thrilled to be able to compete against the big dogs...and ultimately win, on this occasion. We came joint first with Waitrose too - another big dog in the food industry.
Our winning dessert can be purchased from www.abelandcole.co.uk and is available from 12 December 2011. Be quick though, these babies fly off the shelf every year so get your order in pronto. |
10th October 2011
Our Organic Coconut Milk spotted on TV
Who watches Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking? Anybody? We at What On Earth are big fans of the BBC One show and after last week we are now even bigger fans. Why? BECAUSE WE SAW OURSELVES ON THERE!
That’s right folks, as we were sat at home tucking into our Friday night dinner and relishing the fact that we had two days off, we thought we would tune into a bit of Simple Cooking. Obviously we are all whizzes in the kitchen here (?!) but we felt it was time to open up our brains and take in some more recipes and cooking inspiration/direction.
As the Coconut Chilli Chicken recipe came on the screen we were most taken by what was being made before our eyes. It sounded and looked scrumptious. When coconut milk was mentioned we instantaneously thought of our own tins of the best organic coconut milk around. We imagined our little colourful cans sitting on the shelf in kitchens across the country. And then, there it was. It was like the TV was reflecting the images in our mind – just like some sort of telepathic vision. In front of our very eyes, staring out of our television screen, up popped a colourful can of What On Earth Organic Coconut Milk. We were astounded, amazed, thrilled – you name it.
How very exciting. Nigel Slater was using our food in his dish. Unfortunately, as the show is produced by the BBC, it could not directly show our branding but we could tell that it was definitely our tin. Nobody else has packaging quite likes ours that’s for sure. |
26th September 2011
Green trophy hat-trick for What On Earth
A few months ago What On Earth entered the Wandsworth Green Business Awards, which are run by Wandsworth Council. We registered for the awards in the hope that our environmentally friendly work may get recognised. It’s a good job we entered because it did get recognised! In fact, it got recognised three times. We won three trophies.
The Wandsworth Green Business Awards were launched to reward those businesses that do their bit to reduce their carbon footprint and help the environment. The judges of the awards look for particularly outstanding examples of commitment and innovation that have a real impact and may help influence other businesses in the future.
We felt we were right for the awards so we entered and last week we won three trophies at the award ceremony. We didn’t win the categories but we came runner up and for that we are very proud. The three categories we won trophies for were: Best or most original waste/recycling project; Experienced Greener and finally Overall Green Business Champion |
