Give chance a chance while there�s time

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0100

It is almost perverse that the less I write about the confectionery industry, the more you seem to enjoy reading. Pilate did not want to execute Jesus, the crowds did, and I think about that parable when I write in general now...

I cant help thinking that the more I try to write in the way that a trade magazine should be expected to be written, the more you raise your arms and demand that I deliver from the soul.

Subsequently, the more irreverently and out [...]

OK have you made your pledges?

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0100

OK have you made your pledges? Have you finally decided what you are going to achieve this year in 2010? Yes we are now already into the next decade (thought I would remind you, as the last decade did go in a puff!) We hardly noticed the noughties, that means (2000-2009) by the way. What did you achieve?

Do you believe that its worth even making a resolution any more? Did you already try one in January and its long since gone? Like just three days later, and the diet [...]

Working in a winter wonderland

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:00:00 +0100

Here's the view today from Kennedy's office office in Kent!

Twitter

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:00:00 +0100

I guess you have all heard of Linkedin and Twitter and I remember writing about the false 'friends' that I had from Face book last year. Yes, I did close that account in the end. Last week our wonderful distributor came over to our offices for our monthly chat and when over lunch she said "Angus you have to have a Twitter account."

I guess most of you either already have one or have decided not to bother as you have got so many things to do like renew your essential su [...]

Please - No More Surveys

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:12:03 +0100

According to a study carried out by the Institute of
Development, Aging and Cancer of Tohoku University, Japan and Morinaga &
Co. snacking and egg breaking stimulate the prefrontal area of the brain. This
area is responsible for ability to think, creativity, motivation, concentration
power and the ability to learn and communicate. Ok, so far so good

The study measured the flow of blood flow supplying the prefrontal area of 43 children from kindergarten to sixth form whil [...]

Would You Name and Shame a Bad Payer?

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:00:00 +0100

I have recently provided a client (outside Europe) shall we say with a lot of editorial and a lot of advertising and - he never paid me. Not after months and months of calls, claims, letters and emails. It's now a year later and still I am owed (over 8000 euro). I guess he had no intention in not paying Kennedy's and now I see his adverts and articles in other magazines that have not been warned. The company even had a stand very close to mine at Interpack, when they openly had not paid us.

My new 'friend'...

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:00:00 +0100

This month, Angus Kennedy is pleased to announce to the world that he has a new friend...
I dont normally go through my junk mail box but I have just read the book The Yes Man where the character says yes to everything, even spam e-mail [...]

Business shoes

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:00:00 +0100

This month, Angus takes a fresh look in his closet and wonders whether he has been properly dressed for business for all these years!
I came across a real beauty recently in my search for evidence that humans are, possibly, the most gullible [...]

Happiness is a stiff feeling

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:00:00 +0100

My wife came home with a tube of hair gel. I have found a new trick - if I apply the hair gel onto the defiant new grey hair patches they instantly look darker. Great! OK so flipping what you say and you would of course. Anyway while applying my morning slap on the head and quick brush (I would say a maximum of 2 minutes grooming), I noticed something rather amusing on the hair gel tube. It didn't say all the normal masculine words like:
FIRM HOLD
EXTRA STIFF
POWER GEL
[...]

Sans Thinking

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:00:00 +0100

Just do it. Without thinking, do the very thing that you thought of too much in the past that has been bugging you like a hungry mosquito. For the more you think of what it is that you want to do, the less likely it is, in fact that you actually manage to do it. Now I have decided not to apologise for my off-the-wall writing but to do completely the opposite, hug it, kiss it, flavour it, digest it and shoot to score with it, but never to think about it. For had I thought about it the e [...]

It's taken a year, but finally...

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:00:00 +0100
Angus Kennedy is proud to announce that this magazine has an ABC Certificate, which proves how good its circulation really is!
I had no idea that the Kennedys Confection ABC audit would be a year in the making but now that we have [...]

Happy Easter!

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:00:00 +0100

Oh God.... Five hours sleep last night! Three of the kids have contracted some gastric stomach virus, I have a meeting in 45 minutes and my Editor wants this page yesterday...No pressure then.
However, with dubious confidence I ann [...]

7 is a magic Number

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:00:00 +0100

Reasons to be happier now than when you did not read this
1) I woke up this morning
2) Cadbury announced a 30% increase in profits
3) My children may be able to afford a flat when they grow up as prices crash
4) The Euro Millions this Friday pumps out an obscene 85 million and if, (when) I loose, I get a free dominos pizza with my loosing ticket
5) I am still writing
6) Really, you know what? I know the world is eating more chocolate!
[...]

In the immortal words of The Beatles (and Angus Kennedy) �All you need is love�...

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:00:00 +0100

Contented cows (as opposed to depressed ones) produce up to 500 more pints of milk a year than not-so-happy cows. So its proven... We can rest and put our feet up and say our lives are complete.
Its true... A happy cow will produce more m [...]

Predictions for 2009

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:00:00 +0100

Its a very daring task to write a feature that has to last a whole year, and one that predicts what lies ahead for the confectionery industry. So, I had better tread carefully because many of you are learned Kennedys Confection readers a [...]

See what we really did at our Xmas party

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0100

Click here!
OK, we confess, we dressed up for Christmas take a look then, but quick we can only post this until our xmas video is wiped. I never knew they were all such good dancers at Kennedy's until they all hit the floor. So whatch out at [...]

Why are Stockings just for Christams anyway?

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0100
.... while on the subject- will you be hanging out your stockings at Christmas? Do they do that all over the world? I keep putting out a nice silky black pair over the edge of the bed in a prominent position and hope for the best... Why we only can do that at Christmas I don't know. Enjoy your Christmas parties won't you, drink as much as possible be a fool and don't care what they think. I shall take my camera for Monday morning blog.

Everyone Must be Happy ON Monday Morning - Please.

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0100

Everyone's talking about the credit crunch. When people talk a lot about something it's often because they do not know the answer. Now some of us do and all you have to do is vote online if your business is worried about the credit crunch on this site and then you can see the answer. See the vote to the left of this panel and click- that's simple - voila. Now as is stands more people are not worried about it than are in the confectionery industry. Now that's quite a result don't you think? Co [...]

Christ en Mass Shopping

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:00:00 +0100

I am so sorry- I left the blog for so long. Well the truth is that the more I try to write about the food industry the more I go off on a tangent, like what is the point in buying tonnes of [...]

Happy Halloween to all our spooked readers

agkennedy@kennedys.co.uk — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:00:00 +0100

If you [...]

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Give chance a chance while there�s time

OK have you made your pledges?

Working in a winter wonderland

Twitter

Please - No More Surveys

Would You Name and Shame a Bad Payer?

My new 'friend'...

Business shoes

Happiness is a stiff feeling

Sans Thinking

It's taken a year, but finally...

Happy Easter!

7 is a magic Number

In the immortal words of The Beatles (and Angus Kennedy) �All you need is love�...

Predictions for 2009

See what we really did at our Xmas party

Why are Stockings just for Christams anyway?

Everyone Must be Happy ON Monday Morning - Please.

Christ en Mass Shopping

Happy Halloween to all our spooked readers