Kent PR agency Sharp Relations wins strategic PR remits for next-generation, sustainable food brands

Leading Kent-based food & drink communications agency, Sharp Relations, has been appointed as the PR agency for five great-tasting, vegan-friendly challenger brands.

The award-winning homegrown vegan street food brand, Biff’s Plant Shack has appointed the agency to implement a strategic trade and consumer PR campaign, to communicate the expansion of its national retail distribution and retail product range. Hitting Sainsbury’s this month, its retail range, which launched earlier this year in Waitrose, has already proved a hit with vegans and flexitarians alike with easy-to-cook, street food-inspired flavours.

The agency is also working with Seabloom Food, the next generation of delicious, nutritious plant-based seafood, to support the launch of its Seabloom ‘Tuna-Free’ Flakes, a plant-based ‘Tuna’ alternative made from organic Scottish seaweed on Ocado.

Sharp has won a number of strategy and market insight projects: working with start-up Feisty Foods, producers of Hatari single variety chilli sauces and mashes, to provide strategic counsel and mentoring; delivering a market insights project for plant-based pizza brand One Planet Pizza; plus strategy and market insights for healthy ready meal start-up PrepKing.

AJ Sharp, Founder of Sharp Relations, who has just been named as one of NYC Journal’s “Top Ten Business Leaders to Look Out for in 2022” said: “Working with innovative, sustainable brands bringing the next generation of great-tasting food to our tables is our sweet spot. We’re passionate about good food and it’s our mission to support and amplify the work of agile brands responding to today’s intelligent conscious consumer.”

The NYC Journal article branded AJ as “the secret ingredient behind many international food brands’ success stories” and highlighted her contribution to the food and drink industry as a motivational public speaker and food awards judge.

She adds: “I’ll receive this insane title, but it has to be on behalf of the whole team at Sharp Relations; these guys are so good at what they do, it’s inspirational! Always strategic and intentional about the activities we undertake for our clients. When we throw our team’s energy and skills into growing a brand, we want to know they’re ‘good’ brands, great tasting, ethically and sustainably driven. It’s incredibly important to our team. A massive thank you to the Sharp team, I feel unbelievably grateful to them all.”

Based in Ashford, Kent, Sharp Relations is the UK’s leading PR & Communications agencies for ‘good’ food and drinks brands. For the team, good means both the product itself as well as its environmental and ethical credentials. The agency is multi-award-winning, offering big brand thinking for ambitious F&B businesses. The ever-growing team of talented creatives are passionate about great tasting, sustainable food, and drink. The team is known for being friendly and extremely supportive, offering a range of services to meet each client exactly where they are on their journey.