The drive: What challenges have you overcome?
The last few years for business have been very challenging to say the least. Ingredient shortages are one of the biggest challenges we face. We have high expectations with ingredient quality and sometimes that might mean that a product becomes out of stock until we can produce a product line with high quality.
We also see a lot of our competitors copy our products, but instead of letting that distract or upset me, I always aim to look forward to producing something unique to the market and see it as a positive that people love our products so much that they would want to copy them.
For better or worse: What are the pros and cons of running your own business?
Pros : being able to finish early to pick up my children and work flexible hours. I love being creative and manufacturing my own products is so much fun. I get to create the recipe and play around with how to make it affordable and delicious, I actually love that bit!
Cons: I do take my work home with me and some days feel like I never actually switch off. I absolutely despise paperwork; there’s just some things that as a business owner you just must do and that is one of them… yuck!
Hopes and dreams: What next?
I am always working on new recipes and creations and have some great additions to add to our range very soon. On a large scale though, my biggest hope and dream is to really make a difference with breastfeeding rates, not just in Australia but worldwide.
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