FADNE - State of the Sector Survey Summer 2024

State of the Sector Survey 2024

Since launching in 2020, Food and Drink North East (FADNE) has supported our region's food and drink sector by improving resilience, guiding businesses through a significant period of challenges, providing targeted business support, and nurturing a network of over 1200 industry stakeholders.

Our advocacy has raised the sector's profile, focusing on food, farming, productivity, innovation, entrepreneurship, procurement, and public health.

Through training, events, and exhibitions, we've united the industry and found common ground for the region's agri, food, drink, hospitality and manufacturing clusters.

Despite our progress, our work is far from done.

We aim to make our initiative more inclusive, support businesses of all sizes, working across the region, and influence the content of a new local industrial strategy and, with new government and a new regional Mayor, this is a critical crossroads for our industry.

Recognising the sector's role in employment, innovation, sustainability, and public health is crucial and your support is vital.

By supporting FADNE, you amplify our voice, ensuring our sector's interests are prioritised in policy decisions.

Participation in this survey will help shape the future of this organisation, but will also help us to grow a thriving food and drink sector here in the North East.

Sincerely,

Chris Jewitt - CEO, Food and Drink North East

Business Details:

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* 1. I work in

Primary Production

Secondary Production, Manufacturing or Processing

Hospitality/ Restaurants/ Hotels

Buying or Procurement

Retailing, Wholesaling, or Distributor

Supply and Logistics

Business Support or Service Provider

Market Trading or Street Food Vending

Non Food

Other (please specify)

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* 2. I work in the following category:

Wheat, Grain and Barley

Beer and Cider

Wine, Spirits and Sparkling

Fruit, Vegetables and Salads

Meat, Game and Poultry

Fish and Seafood

Milk, Cheese and Dairy

Bakery, Bread and Biscuits

Sweets and Confectionery

Savoury Snacks

Honey, Oil and Condiments

Plant Based Products

Hot Beverages, Tea and Coffee

Street Food

Ready Meals

Nutritional or Functional Foods

Soft Drinks

Other (please specify)

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* 3. I am in the following area:

Northumberland

North Tyneside

Newcastle

Gateshead

South Tyneside

Sunderland

Durham

Hartlepool

Darlington

Middlesbrough

Redcar and Cleveland

Stockton

Other (please specify)

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* 4. The amount of people working for my business currently:

It's just me

2-10 Staff

11-20 Staff

21-50 Staff

51-100 Staff

101+ Staff

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* 5. What is your forecasted turnover for 2024?

£0k - £100k

£100k - £500k

£500k - £1m

£1m - £10m

£10m - £50m

£50m - £100m

£100m + £250m

£250m + £500m

£500m + £1b

£1bn +

Your Business Needs in 2024:

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* 6. Has your business in 2024:

Shrunk in size

Grown in size

Stayed the same

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* 7. In 2024, has your business had to go through:

Recruitment

Redundancies

Stayed the same

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* 8. What price increases have affected your business? (if applicable). Please rank the below from the biggest impact, to the least impact.

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* 9. Right now, what would you say is your biggest business challenge?

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* 10. Has your business had any successes in 2024 that you'd like to share?

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* 11. What aspirations do you have for your business in the next 1-5 years?

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* 12. What do you need to achieve your short term business goals? Please rank the answers below from most beneficial to least beneficial.

FADNE Community:

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* 13. How have you engaged with FADNE in 2024?

FADNE Monthly Newsletter

Engaging with FADNE Social Media

Visiting the FADNE Website

Attending a Local Heroes Market (as a trader)

Attending a Local Heroes Market (as a customer)

Attending the HITS Expo 2024

Benefiting from FADNE Connections and Referrals

Utilising BuySupply Platfrom

Engaging in WhatsApp Groups

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Where do you see FADNE news and updates?

FADNE Monthly Newsletter

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

Website

Other (please specify)

FADNE Membership:

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* 15. What level of FADNE membership do you currently have?

None

Network Member (Free)

Affiliate Member (£10 a month)

Associate Member (£40 a month)

Partner (£2.4k a year)

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* 16. What do you expect FADNE membership to deliver for you?

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* 17. What do you need FADNE to do on your behalf?

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* 18. If currently a FADNE member, has your involvement with FADNE helped you to achieve any personal business goals?

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* 19. Please rank the following on what you think FADNE, as an organisation, should prioritise from most to least important:

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* 20. Have you attended any of the following FADNE events or programmes in the past 3 years? For those that you have attended, how did you find the event?

	Didn't Attend	Poor	Adequate	Okay	Good	Excellent
Speaking From Experience	Speaking From Experience Didn't Attend	Speaking From Experience Poor	Speaking From Experience Adequate	Speaking From Experience Okay	Speaking From Experience Good	Speaking From Experience Excellent
Beyond The Kitchen Table	Beyond The Kitchen Table Didn't Attend	Beyond The Kitchen Table Poor	Beyond The Kitchen Table Adequate	Beyond The Kitchen Table Okay	Beyond The Kitchen Table Good	Beyond The Kitchen Table Excellent
Producer Pitch	Producer Pitch Didn't Attend	Producer Pitch Poor	Producer Pitch Adequate	Producer Pitch Okay	Producer Pitch Good	Producer Pitch Excellent
HITS EXPO	HITS EXPO Didn't Attend	HITS EXPO Poor	HITS EXPO Adequate	HITS EXPO Okay	HITS EXPO Good	HITS EXPO Excellent
FADNE Socials	FADNE Socials Didn't Attend	FADNE Socials Poor	FADNE Socials Adequate	FADNE Socials Okay	FADNE Socials Good	FADNE Socials Excellent
Room With A View	Room With A View Didn't Attend	Room With A View Poor	Room With A View Adequate	Room With A View Okay	Room With A View Good	Room With A View Excellent
Local Heroes Food Market	Local Heroes Food Market Didn't Attend	Local Heroes Food Market Poor	Local Heroes Food Market Adequate	Local Heroes Food Market Okay	Local Heroes Food Market Good	Local Heroes Food Market Excellent

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* 21. If you were able to ask the region's decision-makers one question linked to your business and the overall food and drink industry, what would it be?

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* 22. Is there anything else you'd like to let us know? (optional)

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