Capability Building // Accelerator Programme
Food Systems Essentials
An Accelerator Programme from Future Food Movement
People across retail, manufacturing, foodservice, agriculture and supply chains are navigating tensions between cost, risk, growth and system change every day.
Food System Essentials will fast-track your ability to make better commercial decisions under pressure in just four weeks.
Sign up before 30th June to receive a 20% early bird discount
The shift is practical and fast-paced
Not just more understanding, but stronger, faster and more intentional action across Cross‑business, cross-function cohort (EVS TO REWORD)
From signal to decisions in four weeks
Week 1
System signals
Understand the change happening across the food system, decoding future signals for stronger decisions today.
Delivered by: Kate Cawley
Week 2
Climate & supply dynamics
Explore how climate change, decarbonisation and geopolitical shifts are reshaping supply, with a focus on the practical implications for supply chains, cost and resilience.
Delivered by: Will Clare and Chris Manley
Week 3
Driving demand through health
Build an understanding of healthier, sustainable diets, and how health drives demand and growth, shaping ranges, pricing, positioning and portfolios.
Delivered by: Charlotte Radcliffe
Week 4
Action lab
Apply the programme insights and learnings to your work today, with a practical peer and coach-led workshop.
Delivered by: Susan Thomas, Helen Ireland and Kate Cawley
signals → supply → demand → application
This accelerator programme is designed to help participants:
Make faster, more confident decisions.
Understand commercial and sustainability impacts, trade-offs and opportunities .
Translate system‑level change into clear commercial implications.
Navigate trade-offs between cost, risk and sustainability with greater clarity.
Reduce internal friction across teams.
Apply the learning immediately to live business decisions.
Who is this for?
Anyone working in or connected to the food sector involved in decisions where cost, supply, demand and expectations collide - regardless of role or seniority.
Future Food Movement is a systems-thinking organisation, and participants will be selected to reflect different areas of the food system.
About the programme
Duration: Over 4 weeks
Delivered: Online weekly, 90 - 120 minutes each
Commencing: September 2026
Next cohort dates:
Week 1 - X Sept 2026
Week 2 - X Sept 2026
Week 3 - X Sept 2026
Week 4 - X Sept 2026
Pricing:
From £540 - £900 per participant (members)
From £720 - £900 per participant (non‑members)
Early‑bird rates apply for June bookings.
We are also booking for future cohorts.
Contact us to find out more
PREVIOUS COHORTS INCLUDE:
My thinking has shifted from understanding to action. I now focus on the levers that drive healthier, more sustainable choices and believe success must go beyond commercial metrics to a true triple win for people, planet and profit. The programme strengthened my strategic thinking and gave me the confidence, insight and connections to lead this agenda across our business and with our retail partners.”
Rachel Smith,
Head of Development- Packaging, HSD and Brands, Greencore
Testimonial BLOG POST LINK
FAQs
Is this suitable for any function?
Absolutely, the more teams that are educated the more impact we can have.
I am too busy, is it really worth the time?
Taking the time out to stop, think and educate yourself and your teams on the state of play is a crucial career-building skill and benefit
What does part of the Future Food Movement community do for me?
Being part of a community where to share ideas and hear different perspectives provokes new ideas, and builds a network of contacts that your know share the same goals that you can rely on in the future.
From
£900
per participant*
(Member and non-member rates available).
*plus VAT
Contact the team to secure your place or to find out more.
Book your place before June 30th to recieve X% discount
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