From a leading member of a young company with only 5 members, now a Chief Executive Officer of a famous food company. A subsidiary of an ASX-listed company with over $10 million annual run rate and 40 FTEs. (Jay Albany)

Mar 25, 2022

In this episode, I interview Jay Albany, Chief Executive Officer of Dirty Clean Food, a subsidiary of an ASX-listed company based in Southeast of Perth in Australia. Jay set up his business to help farmers grow their business and provide healthy and nature-friendly foods delivered in famous restaurants and grocery stores.

From a leading member of a one-hour grocery delivery company, Jay decided to pursue new opportunities by growing a farm-based business. Dirty Clean Foods was established in 2015 and has been running for over 7 years. Became an ASX-listed company with $10 million annual run rate and 40 FTEs. 

Jay has said that growing a small business requires creating and maintaining good team members and high-quality products. So he says, “Success can be measured through a good response from your business partners and customers.”

This Cast Covers:

• Expert in advancing regenerative farming.
• Creating a channel for consumers to access produce with regenerative farming techniques.
• Transformation of acreage from Industrial farming to regenerative farming.
• Making money through online marketing delivery.
• Providing products to some independent groceries and top restaurants in town.
• A subsidiary of an ASX-listed company called Wide Open Agriculture.
• Learning how to combine high-quality produce and taste with instant gratification.
• Learning how to grow a food business by working with a varied network of small family farms.
• Helping farmers and entrepreneurs grow their small businesses by proper financing and regular data checking.
• Sharing ideas on how to stand out a business despite the huge competence.
  

Additional Resources:

• Dirty Clean Food
• The Psychology of Selling by Brian Tracy
• Loonshots by Safi Bahcall

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Quotes:

“Building density is always a key for a distribution business.” —Jay Albany

“Having a stronger financial background will help you achieve your dream as an entrepreneur.” —Jay Albany

“Success can be measured through a good response from your business partners and customers.” —Jay Albany

“Do a lot of development work to overcome the difficulties in your business.” —Jay Albany

“Control yourself from interfering and start trusting people who have the best chance of building a good team.” —Jay Albany

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Music from https://filmmusic.io “Cold Funk” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0