All The Grocer articles in 22 June 2002 – Page 2

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    Job of the week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Name: David Jones Position: Operations director Company: Petty, Wood The job: Jones heads up operations and its related functions, including customer service, order fulfilment, warehousing, distribution and quality assurance. He also heads...

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    Job of the week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Name: Julie Roche Position: National account manager Company: Baxters The job: Roche has joined Baxters' grocery multiples sales team as it expands its operations in ...

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    Job of the week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Name: Ian Farish Position: South Elmsall RDC general manager Company: Londis The job: The £14.73m regional distribution centre at South Elmsall, near Wakefield, is a spring board for Londis' long-awaited growth into Scotland. It started...

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    Job of the week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Name: Peter Patkowski Position: Managing director, Europe Company: Ocean Spray The job: Patkowski will be responsible for all Ocean Spray's pan European grocery trade interests. His remit is to formulate and implement strategies that will...

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    Job of the week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Name: John Beadle Position: President and chief operating officer, global consumer brands Company: Schwan's The job: To develop and implement Schwan's global brand strategy in response to the changing and evolving trends ...

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    Job of the week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Name: Nick Blacknell Position: Vice president, marketing Company: Plymouth Gin The job: Blacknell's job is to devise an international marketing strategy and implement it in Plymouth Gin's key markets worldwide ­ the US, Canada, UK, Spain...

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    Job of the week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Name: Helen Garlick Position: Managing director Company: Watson & Philip The job: Garlick has been acting managing director of Watson & Philip ­ the grocery division of Brake Bros Foodservice ­ since November. She said that taking on the...

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    Job of the week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Name: Sean Toal Position: Group manager, Food Markets Company: United Norwest The job: Toal will be running United Norwest Co-op's Food Markets. Reporting to Austin Waterworth, the general manager of the large stores group, Toal...

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    Job of the week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Name: Anne Hollamby Position: Head of marketing Company: Bendicks of Mayfair The job: Hollamby starts work in September with a clutch of fresh ...

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    Job of the week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Name: Neil Bruce Position: UK/European sales manager Company: Cabonne Wines The job: Bruce will work closely with customers and distributors to develop sales of Cabonne's Australian wine brand Reynolds Orange, from ...

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    Job of the week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Name: Rachel Stokes Position: Product group manager Company: Tryton Foods The job: Stokes has been promoted to product group manager of Tryton Foods' Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire pudding range. She will head marketing on the Aunt Bessie's Tidgy...

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    Job of the week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Name: John Fitzgerald Position: Chief general manager Company: Midlands Co-op The job: Fitzgerald has been promoted to chief general manager of Midlands ...

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    Hole new look for an icon

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Nestle Rowntree is refreshing its iconic Polo mint brand with a more modern look. The move is also being backed by the "biggest ever package for the brand" including two new TV ads to be aired during August and September. Available from July...

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    Market growth must be sustained by innovation

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Fresh produce remains one of the most profitable areas for supermarkets, according to the annual review of the fruit and veg market by Rabobank.Globally, the sector contributes between 8% and 12% of the supermarkets' turnover and they operate on...

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    MILK GROUP AND ZENITH MERGE

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    The Milk Group and Zenith Milk co-ops are going ahead with a merger which will create a "next generation co-operative". The new organisation, Dairy Farmers of Britain, will start trading on July 1 and handle 20% of the UK's milk, supplying all...

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    Tasting Panel - French Kiss

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Jane BrocketMaster of Wine and freelance wine consultant I have to confess that ever since my youth the phrase 'French kiss' has belonged only in the agony aunt columns of trashy teen mags and nowhere else ­ certainly not on the label of a...

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    Flying Out Of Trouble

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    The crash course in contraction that turned Unigate into Uniq has been 'one long tale of woe'. Does new boss Bill Ronald stand a hope in hell of pulling the company out of freefall? Elaine Watson reportsFour years ago, meat and dairy giant...

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    First impressions - Tilda Rizazz

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    I cook my food from scratch when I can, but during the week I rarely have time to spend more than half an hour in the kitchen. If I can cut corners, I will, so I use quite a lot of cooking sauces - usually Bertolli, Loyd Grossman, Lee Kum ...

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    Feast For The Thai's

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    They are calling it the battle of Bangkok. Carrefour and Tesco Lotus are slugging it out with supercentres in malls directly opposite each other on Rama IV Road, one of the Thai capital's busiet thoroughfares.And while, predictably, neither...

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    The Fats Of Life

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Grocers are being urged to help fight the rise in obesity. But to what extent is it their job? Helen Gregory reportsDo supermarkets welcome their portly customers with open arms ­ happy in the knowledge that they'll pile their trollies high ­...