World Tea Conference & Expo 2021

Hire and onboard A-players for your tea company without wasting your time. Learn the key things to filter through the B and C level employees and create a hiring system that brings on the top talent without wasting time, money, and energy.

How to find good employees, how to create hiring assets that save you time, how to onboard A players so they are invested in your company.

In this session, Kristy will share with you the very practical and valuable lessons that have come from over eleven years of experience running a teahouse. She will talk about the three most important marketing tools you need for a successful teahouse. Kristy will give you tips for day-to-day operations that will help you be driven by your core values and how to implement them into your everyday decision-making to stay efficient and productive, no matter the season. Kristy will cover how important relationships are in this business and how to build dynamic relationships with your team, your suppliers and within your local small business community. How to incorporate your tea and product knowledge that you learn at the world tea conference into your everyday interactions with customers and training with your team will be discussed as well.



Objectives:
1. Solid marketing ideas to grow your teahouse.
2. Operations concepts to help you run your teahouse.
3. Effective ways to invest in relationships to help you thrive in your teahouse.

Join Brandi Shelton, just add honey tea company,  to discuss how to:
-how to find and sell items based on current trends
-merchandise your tea room or retail cafe to encourage sales
-how to collaborate with local/neighboring businesses to share customer base and exposure
-how to maximize profits in your tea room or retail café

Tea products often straddle the regulatory line between foods and dietary supplements making the decision of which FDA compliance scheme must be adhered to a challenge.  

1.    What are the basic tenants of a GMP system
2.    What are the primary differences between a food and a dietary supplement GMP system
3.    What is a finished product specification

Standard Operating Procedures are vital for any thriving and growing business no matter what stage of business you are in. An SOP is a step-by-step guide for handling routine tasks and recurring events in business. Along with the sequence of performing an activity, SOPs also usually include a timeline for completing each step.
-10 Reasons Every Business Should Be Using Standard Operating Procedures
-How To Start Creating Your Own SOPs
-What To Do After You've Created SOPs