CHRISTINE WALKDEN

 

CHRISTINE WALKDEN  E-mail:- gardener@cmwalkden.fsnet.co.uk

 

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

 

For more details on what each course covers, along with costs, please
contact Christine by email gardener@cmwalkden.fsnet.co.uk

  

Two Courses for Farmers Markets


Course 1    Farmers Markets

 

Christine Walkden is an accredited instructor who is able to deliver this one-day course focusing on how to maximise sales. Looking at customer services, selling, merchandising and display.

 

Trainees receive a comprehensive course booklet to take back to their workplace. If they complete all the exercises on the day the Southern and South East England Tourist Board issue a certificate.

 

The contents of the course covers

 

·       Introduction.

 

·       Focus on farming and farm retailing.

 

·       Customer care in the market.

 

·       Selling your product.

 

·       What is the customer expecting.

 

·       Selling skills.

 

·       Merchandising and Display.

 

·       Dealing with customer issues and problems.

 

·       Maximizing the relationship.

 

·       Action plan and course review.

 

 

Course 2    Fantastic Farmers Markets, Farm shops and
                   Village stores

 

This one-day course will equip businesses with the tools to increase sales, improve presentation and increase confidence in the market place.

 

 

·       Why buy produce from a farmers market?

 

·       What stops people buying from a farmers market?

 

·       Methods to ensure excellent quality.

 

·       How does the customer flow and shop/stall layout influence sales?

 

·       Display techniques that excite and generate sales - Hot spots/cold spots.

   How does position on stall/shelf, pack size and point of sale material influence sales?

 

·       How do we sell those goods?

 

·       How to generate repeat orders.

 

·       Common faults found in many displays.

 

·       Question and answer session.

 

 

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