Improve sales process visibility with CRM for small business

Purely Plantain Chips achieved CRM sales process control by using popcorn CRM to gain greater visibility over opportunities, follow-ups and customer activity. This gave the team a clearer and more structured way to manage sales as the business continued to grow.

The Business

Purely Plantain Chips is a UK-based food brand supplying retail and wholesale customers with healthy snack products. With growing demand across multiple sales channels, the business relies on strong organisation, clear communication and consistent sales tracking to support expansion.

Problem – Sales activity was becoming difficult to manage

As the business scaled, managing sales activity across different channels became increasingly challenging.

The team faced several challenges:

  • Sales enquiries coming from multiple sources
  • Limited visibility across the sales pipeline
  • Difficulty tracking customer conversations
  • Time spent manually managing follow-ups
  • Inconsistent sales processes

Without a central system, opportunities were harder to track and prioritise effectively.

popcorn has given me clarity and control over my sales process.

“popcorn has given me clarity and control over my sales process!”

Stefania Pellegrino – Co-Founder & CEO, Purely Plantain Chips

Solution – A simpler CRM for managing sales opportunities

Purely Plantain Chips introduced popcorn CRM to bring all sales activity into one place and gain better control over their pipeline.

By centralising enquiries and customer communication, the team could manage opportunities more efficiently and respond faster to leads.

The business started using:

  • Visual sales pipelines
  • Lead tracking and enquiry management
  • Follow-up reminders
  • Customer communication history

With everything connected in one system, managing sales activity became more structured and efficient.

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All data and communications managed from one place

What Changed – Better visibility improved sales organisation

With popcorn CRM in place, Purely Plantain Chips gained much clearer visibility across their sales process.

The team could quickly see where each opportunity sat in the pipeline and ensure timely follow-up with potential customers.

This helped the business:

  • Improve pipeline visibility
  • Respond to enquiries faster
  • Stay on top of follow-ups
  • Reduce manual sales administration
  • Keep sales activity organised

This CRM sales process control helped the team stay organised, prioritise opportunities and manage follow-up activity more consistently.

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Results – More control created a more consistent sales process

Since implementing popcorn CRM, Purely Plantain Chips has improved control over its sales process and increased efficiency across the team.

The business now spends less time managing enquiries and more time focusing on growth.

The results included:

  • Better control over the sales pipeline
  • Faster response to customer enquiries
  • Improved organisation of sales activity
  • More consistent follow-up processes

The CRM sales process control improved visibility across the pipeline and made it easier to progress opportunities through the sales journey.

Simple sales systems help businesses stay organised as opportunities grow.

Simon Washbrook – popcorn CRM

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See how popcorn can simplify your sales process

If your business is managing customer enquiries across spreadsheets, inboxes and disconnected systems, popcorn CRM helps bring everything together into one simple platform.

Book a free demo and see how small businesses are improving visibility, simplifying follow-up and managing sales opportunities more effectively.

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