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21st July 2020
In the UK, live product demonstrations and food sampling have been on hold since lockdown began at the end of March. Now, as lockdown eases, retailers like Costco are all set to start offering samples and demos once again. So,...
15th July 2020
Established in 1993, Warehouse Demo Services (WDS) provides every single one of Costco’s UK and Iceland product demonstrations and sampling campaigns – over 75,000 per year, across 30 different locations. With the majority of their campaigns centred around food and...
6th July 2020
March 2020 will forever be known as the month when everything changed. Coronavirus had revealed itself as a devastating foe that tore through the UK like a monsoon, devastating businesses and tearing thousands of our loved ones away from us...
6th July 2020
The world we are all slowly returning to is not the same as the one we left. Since March, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped everything from the way we work and communicate with one another to the way we look...
29th June 2020
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, online training was increasingly in popularity with 77% of US companies using online training programmes in 2017. Closer to home, meanwhile, Sadiq Khan recently pledged £9 million to the online training sector as a means...
23rd June 2020
With COVID-19 lockdown in place since the end of March, Costco vendors have not only been unable to run their usual in-store demos but have had the vast majority of their marketing and business activities disrupted. It’s been a tough...
10th June 2020
Every year, we host the WDS Annual Achievement Awards: an occasion that celebrates our incredible teams in both the UK and Iceland. Sadly, as a result of COVID-19, this year’s awards – which would have been our sixth annual awards...
2nd June 2020
Our brilliant staff have stepped up to help Costco to the best of their ability during this challenging crisis, as online orders soar while in-store demos are unfortunately rendered impossible. We can genuinely say our brand ambassadors love their work....
21st May 2020
At WDS, the core focus of our business is on in-store product demonstrations, working with Costco since the early 1990s when they opened their very first UK warehouse. But with the onslaught of COVID-19 and subsequent UK lockdown, this work...
2nd March 2020
Fizz Training Academy was launched in 2018 to deliver in-house food safety, health & safety, and risk assessment training for its sister company, Fizz Experience. The academy doors were opened to external clients in January 2019 when it became clear...
27th February 2020
When Natasha’s Law comes into effect on 1 October 2021, businesses that sell foods and drinks that are prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) will need to make some changes to the way they label and communicate ingredients and allergens. If...
18th February 2020
The Food Standards Agency is an independent government department for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland that protects public health and consumers in the food industry. The FSA says that, as a food business, you must ensure you have food safety...