Television suggestion - Blood Sweat & Takeaways

A big hat tip to Gavin Chatterton for spotting a new series on BBC3 which looks like it contains some terrific business studies materials…

BBC 3 - Blood Sweat & Takeaways

The first of 4 programmes was last night - it is available for another month for viewing using iPlayer. It follows six people going to various parts of the world experiencing food production and the way food gets to our supermarkets. Superb resource for ethics, staff motivation, economies of scale, production costs, targets, specialisation, quality control, standards of living and many many more.

Gavin points out that the six people in it are generally very unlikeable which adds to the business points being made. Gavin also cautions that the programme contains a bit of “ripe” languageA bit of ripe language at times”!

Revision Presentation - Calculating and Measuring Profit [13 May 2012]
Marketing analysis: the UK supermarket battleground [3 May 2012]
Legislation forces Coke and Pepsi to change their recipe [9 Mar 2012]
Barriers to entry for business expansion to Brazil [23 Feb 2012]
More perspectives on our changing shopping habits [26 Jan 2012]
Online marketing at children [19 Dec 2011]
Marketing and the supermarket ‘price war’ [6 Dec 2011]
Empty Shelves at Sainsbury’s - You Decide! [27 Nov 2011]
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Gerald Ratner [27 Nov 2011]
Cut price cup cake deal goes wrong…... [22 Nov 2011]
Unilever hit by rising costs [6 Nov 2011]
How PepsiCo are trying to control diseconomies of scale [18 Oct 2011]
Revision Quiz - Costs, Revenues and Profits [12 Oct 2011]
Revision Quiz - Business Costs [12 Oct 2011]
Shoppers switch stores as income patterns change [11 Oct 2011]
Where there’s muck there’s brass [6 Jul 2011]
British manufacturer exploiting a niche [21 Jun 2011]
An end to outsourcing? [18 May 2011]
Using Chucklevision to Teach Business [8 May 2011]
Discounters move into UK shopping malls [19 Apr 2011]
Strategy and bargaining power - food for thought [22 Mar 2011]
CSR - keeping a CCTV eye on suppliers [4 Feb 2011]
The Year of Corporate Philanthropy [31 Jan 2011]
An idea that’s a lot of hot air…. [11 Jan 2011]
Dominos Pizza - Growth & Strategy (Part 3) - Smart Marketing [26 Nov 2010]
Dominos Pizza - Growth & Strategy (Part 2) - Innovation, Service and Smart Operations [26 Nov 2010]
Cash flow Clue-doh! The Mystery is Revealed… [2 Nov 2010]
Profits up at Amazon - but so are costs [22 Oct 2010]
Rationalising & Redeployment at Alliance Boots [9 Oct 2010]
The business cost of labour turnover [7 Oct 2010]
Who ate all the pies? [17 Sep 2010]
Would you stand for it? [14 Sep 2010]
Inflation and profit margins - lessons from the market [27 Aug 2010]
Strategy Case Study - Vauxhall/Opel restructuring [24 May 2010]
British vodka beats the world! [19 May 2010]
The dangers of focus on one product [9 May 2010]
Marketing in a recession: more focus on brand advertising and product enhancements [20 Feb 2010]
Business priorities in a recession [1 Feb 2010]
Flexible working thrives in the recession [1 Feb 2010]
External influences - supermarkets reducing promotions on alcohol [23 Jan 2010]
Revision Presentation - Cost Basics [30 Dec 2009]
Outdoor Ice-skating heads firmly down the product life cycle [3 Dec 2009]
High street trends - pop-up shops and Poundland niche [28 Nov 2009]
Operations in Action - Video Tour of the Amazon Depot [23 Nov 2009]
BOGOF becomes BOGOFL (or BNFNT) [18 Nov 2009]
A tale of two bakers [16 Nov 2009]
Innocent Drinks - Teaching Accounts Exercise [9 Nov 2009]
Brompton Bicycles - Guardian Profile [9 Nov 2009]
Sainsbury’s and the electric vehicle superhighway [7 Nov 2009]
Halloween - packed full of business studies lesson ideas [3 Nov 2009]
Q&A - What is globalisation? [27 Oct 2009]
Q&A - What are the main causes of unemployment? [27 Oct 2009]
Managing Cash Flow - Beware the Economic Recovery [26 Oct 2009]
Economist on Lean Production [20 Oct 2009]
Dyson launches a new premium product [14 Oct 2009]
The Decline of Newspapers Creates a Surge in Local Startups [4 Oct 2009]
Providing What Customers Want? [16 Sep 2009]
Todd Stitzer’s Strategic Test [14 Sep 2009]
Beat the Teacher - Introduction to Costs [14 Sep 2009]
Kick-start for retail business [12 Sep 2009]
Patent Theft threatens enterprising inventors [3 Sep 2009]
More trouble in the skies [27 Aug 2009]
Plastic car is a blast from the past [25 Aug 2009]
Sainsbury’s and Diageo pitch in to battle [17 Aug 2009]
Own label brands profit from the recession [4 Aug 2009]
Demand and supply in action - tea prices surge [4 Aug 2009]
BA cuts out the cost of short-haul meals [29 Jul 2009]
Product life cycle - end of the line for Teletext [17 Jul 2009]
How to improve profitability? - give customers a “staff appraisal” [12 Jul 2009]
Batch production in action - cricket bats [12 Jul 2009]
Wonky Veg - Poor Quality or Just Cute? [8 Jul 2009]
What makes a profitable menu? [6 Jul 2009]
Standing room only - on Ryanair? [6 Jul 2009]
Stock control - de-stocking was over £5bn in Q1 of 2009 [2 Jul 2009]
Q&A - Outline the main costs and benefits of inflation [1 Jul 2009]
Q&A - Explain the causes of inflation [1 Jul 2009]
East Coast Rail Line is Nationalised [1 Jul 2009]
Recession Bites - new food shopping habits [29 Jun 2009]
A Mars A Day The Original Recipe Way [28 Jun 2009]
Snap, crackle and ... crumbs? Are cereal boxes toast, now? [22 Jun 2009]
Work For Free?  Or Pie In The Sky? [16 Jun 2009]
A Razor Sharp Way To Add Value [10 Jun 2009]
A stunning example of how wage costs can differ for the same job [10 Jun 2009]
Porter’s Five Forces hits the fish counter [10 Jun 2009]
Milk co-operative turns sour [4 Jun 2009]
How to improve a profit margin through a hidden price increase - the Snickers way [4 Jun 2009]
Q&A - Explain “delayering” [1 Jun 2009]
How not to run a business - the Gordon Ramsay way [31 May 2009]
From crisps to vodka - what else can you make from potatoes? [31 May 2009]
Q&A - What factors influence the choice of a sales forecasting method? [31 May 2009]
Q&A - What is a sales forecast? [31 May 2009]
Q&A - What are the main things to consider when obtaining finance for a start-up? [26 May 2009]
Q&A - Why are start-ups vulnerable to cash flow problems? [26 May 2009]
Q&A - How can a business handle a loss? [26 May 2009]
BA posts a record loss [22 May 2009]
AQA AS Business Unit 1 - Possible Evaluation Questions [17 May 2009]
A booming rental market – for car parking spaces [12 May 2009]
Q&A - What is training? [2 May 2009]
Swine Flu Vaccine - An Interesting Example of Batch Production in Action [1 May 2009]
Q&A - How do changes in commodity prices affect businesses? [1 May 2009]

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