Shownotes
From cocktails mixed by the sea to navigating the highs and lows of scaling, Tim & Ria’s story is proof that you don’t need all the answers to grow a brand with heart.
In this episode of Fuelling Foodies: The Food Marketing Podcast, Kate sits down with Tim and Ria, co-founders of Bar Buoy Cocktails, proudly crafted on the Devon coast. We dig into provenance, quality, seasonality, and the reality of learning as you go when building a drinks brand.
Here’s what we cover:
- The spark behind Bar Buoy and why it all started with Margarita Fridays!
- How provenance, quality ingredients, and the South West coast shape their brand
- The realities of growth - from bottling in their kitchen to scaling production and launching cans
- Why seasonality impacts everything (and why Q4 prep always feels like a sprint)
- The biggest lessons they’d share with other founders still figuring things out
If you’ve ever felt like you’re building a food or drink brand without a polished playbook, this conversation will resonate. Tim & Ria show that values, persistence, and learning on the job can be just as powerful as strategy.
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