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Q: what challenges are involved with providing a large company a bakery which employs 70 people?

Dyas says that artisan had the highest classification of food hygiene and preparation of best practices already but had change operations in other areas.

"Companies like Starbucks have to be very careful."They only buy containers."These containers are sealed and Padlocked with sécurité.Vous bands must have the right kind of sécurité.Nous officers felt that it was worth," she says.

Lead times are however something to following and there were a few "teething problems", she admits.

"You need to make the product."You must then have time to plan a great ordre.puis bring il.Et and then ship it lasts four weeks.And then he won bring their network. Since the day they place the agenda that it lands in the store, it can take four months. ?

Q: what about exchange risk?

"Quote us prices because most customers won't have to worry about money." We have therefore agreed rate of Exchange with them. The truth is that when we started we had a high exchange rate, but when it comes to the first sales we should tell them that the price was too high because the Exchange had fallen. "Artisan decided it made sense to pass savings to Starbucks customers to sell more in store. "The moment when he starts creeping over $1.60, you start you worried," said Dyas.

Q: what is the main challenge now facing the company?

"Contents premières.Notre more serious problem is that we define butter prices once per year, and in September he went from ￡ 2,300 per tonne to ￡ 3,300 per tonne." We took a short contract and wait us and see what will happen to the new année.Il is the biggest problem we encounter. This was money and now is raw materials.There is also increasing 30pc price floor in September.If you bring cookies, the floor price butter and sugar take a leap you difficulté.Nous had two personnes.Quelques times need to cut your margins because you do not want to lose business. ?

Some large companies are new to their suppliers.Starbucks is a good client?

Dyas: "they are Honourable and decent and fair and that they pay on time."This is what makes such souhaitable.Ils partner are not a touch of sweetness, but they are very straight.You must be evil and want to succeed.

How you retain a customer like Starbucks?

Basically panic, she says."They examine their products nouveaux.Nous policies have simply with what we avons.Vous must be responsive."It should be recalled that major companies are somewhat like the ocean liners - displacement of the rudder.

"That being said, when we deal with them we believe that we are dealing with a group very young, very perceptive, highly committed personnes.Ils are absolutely charming and we look forward really see them."

It adds: "" it out and see your .c customers ' is a relationship and it will be weakened if you invest in il.Nous will once a year, just to catch up YH ' tries to give them a good time, have not spend lot of money, a spectacle.Non just at the moment where we have meetings fun, we rire.Notre main contact is a great many plaisir.Elle makes it very easy. ""

The OWL and Pussycat will appear in a Starbucks UK soon?

"As they say in the Japan slowly, lentement.Il would be nice to do business with Starbucks in other parts of the work, we ravis.Mais we are also very satisfied with what we have."

For the full story on how artisan met with Starbucks, visit: telegraph.co.uk/businessclub

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