WE STARTED A DOGGIE CLUB.

Our Laura had a lightbulb moment when she noticed there's plenty of people around the London office who wished they had furry friends and those that struggle to find care for theirs.

She asked us if she could start a club connecting dog owners to people who wanted to provide a bit of temporary care and get some company in return. We said yes. Obviously.

Fast forward a few months to when Laura spent Christmas with Matrix. Our CFO’s dog.

Why are we telling you this?

1. It was Walk Your Dog Day on Saturday and there’s not enough dog content on LinkedIn these days.

2. Dogs get a lot of likes and we’re trying to fluff our numbers for our mid-year review.

3.We wanted to shout about the fact that at innocent, we try to let our people do good and have a little bit of freedom to go after the things they’re passionate about.*

Oh, and we also want you to head down to this link, click apply if you see a role that's right for you, and then start an office scrabble society. (https://lnkd.in/gfeMW-v)

*Within reason. We got a bit stricter after what happened with Karina and the office indoor ski club.

Devon.
Home of the Jack Russell.
A place where the cream comes before the jam on a scone.
And the home of LOVE Food CIC.

A community-based organisation running activities to help with food poverty, reduce food waste, help people eat better, and bring the whole community together.

We’re chuffed to be working with the legends at Hubbub and Maresa Bossano at LOVE Food CIC who share our mission of getting more fruit and veg into you lot.

Together, we're launching "Ready, Steady, Veg," a series of fruit and veg-focused cooking sessions taking place at LOVE Food CIC, St Thomas Community Food Hub in Exeter.

Over 300 portions of fruit and veg will be enjoyed by the local community throughout the sessions. After the sessions end, Hubbub will be giving out recipe books across their community fridge network. Making great, tasty, and nutritious food, just that little bit easier.

Big thanks to Steve Race who popped in to support a lunch time session last week.

Did you know that today is World Random Acts of Kindness day?

We didn’t either. Well, not until yesterday when our boss asked us what we planned to post for it.

So we did what we do best. Panic and get our kind co-workers to do our job for us.

Have a read of their top innocent kindness moments. And pretend you didn’t notice we forgot the ‘random acts’ bit.

GLOOMY JANUARY IS FINALLY OVER.

Here’s some ideas to help you recover this February.

Win the Lottery.

Spend some time in the now empty gyms.

Give your career a little extra oomph with a brand-new job.

And while we might not have the winning lotto numbers, we do have an office gym and plenty of career opportunities across finance, marketing, supply chain, technology, and plenty of entry-level commercial roles too.

Check out the video below to see why the grass is greener at innocent. No, really. We put some in just to make sure.

Have a look at what we've got on at the moment on our career's page: https://lnkd.in/gfeMW-v

WE LET 14 TEENAGERS RUN LOOSE IN OUR OFFICE.

Not on the stairs though, safety first. Obviously.

Last year, we teamed up with a local school to give Year 10 students a 5-day work experience as part of our Ignite Stars programme.

We wanted to give them a glimpse into the world of FMCG, innocent, and where they might see themselves in the future.

They had one task. Create a brand new innocent drink to grow our revenue.

Without any previous experience, they learned all about finance, packaging design, market insights, product development, and selling their product to a panel of strangers. Not sure any of our lot could pull that off, to be honest.

We think work experience doesn't have to stop at making a cup of tea in your uncle's office. It's a great chance for both the students and our people to learn. After all, how well do you really know your stuff until you've explained it to a 16 year-old?

So, as you're getting back in the groove of things this January, have a look down below at some new ideas that you may or may not be seeing on shelves in the future.