All analysis & features articles – Page 198
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Analysis & FeaturesHow Dairy Crest is linking with Harper Adams to pump-prime NPD
Dairy Crest is pinning its future on innovation and its key brands. Central to this is its brand new £4m innovation centre
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Analysis & FeaturesLidl Deluxe Lemon & Raspberry Semifreddo: acid test
Meaning ‘half cold’, semifreddo is an Italian dessert similar to ice cream but not churned, and allowed to thaw slightly
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Analysis & FeaturesRonald Kers, CEO, Müller Group (13)
The mastermind behind the most significant UK dairy deal in a generation
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Analysis & FeaturesGavin Darby, CEO, Premier Foods (72)
Premier’s brands have been almost as unfashionable as the shares
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Analysis & FeaturesJames Watt & Martin Dickie, founders, BrewDog (82)
BrewDog, the fastest-growing company in The Grocer Fast 50 for two years straight, has shaken up the brewing business
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Analysis & FeaturesDan Sayre, president, EU, Coca-Cola (51)
Sayre returned from the Far East as rising star James Quinny moved up the ranks
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Analysis & FeaturesMary Barnard, CEO of Northern Europe, Mondelez (83)
The coffee side is doing great but confectionery sales are sluggish in the UK and across Northern Europe
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Analysis & FeaturesDavid Milner, CEO, Tyrrells (81)
Since Milner brokered a £100m deal with Bahrain’s Investcorp in 2014, Tyrrells has reported double-digit growth
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Analysis & FeaturesAdam Couch, CEO, Cranswick (57)
Couch has kept his cool amid challenging conditions in the UK compounded by a WHO report linking cancer to processed meats
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Analysis & FeaturesIan Ellington, UK GM, PepsiCo UK (36)
With Walkers and Tropicana under Ellington’s leadership, the UK general manager has faced a health lobby backlash
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Analysis & FeaturesTony Reed, CEO One Stop (35)
Tesco lifer Reed – now also in charge of Metro and Express – has seen One Stop hit triple-figure store numbers in the past
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Stelios achieve lift-off with the EasyFood concept?
If EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou didn’t know it already, he will now – there is nothing easy about grocery retailing
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Analysis & FeaturesDarren Topp, CEO, BHS (98)
Before Sir Philip Green sold BHS he started trialling little c-stores
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Analysis & FeaturesAllan Leighton, chairman, The Co-operative Group (89)
Leighton’s return to the front line of retail brought enormous gravitas to the Co-op
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Analysis & FeaturesEric Herd, UK CEO, Farmfoods (88)
The reclusive Herd released results in May showing a 38% leap in pre-tax profit (to £20.8m)
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Analysis & FeaturesAlan Clark, CEO, SAB Miller (7)
SAB Miller’s South African-born boss showed nerves of steel in negotiating the £71bn sale of his company to AB InBev
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Analysis & FeaturesAndrew Selley. CEO, Bidvest (65)
Selley joined Bidvest in 2000 and took over as CEO in 2014 following its merger with 3663
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Analysis & FeaturesCharles Rolls & Tim Warrillow, founders, Fever-Tree (64)
Fever-Tree founders Rolls and Warrillow have completely changed the face of the tonic fixture since launching Fever-Tree
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Analysis & FeaturesDanny Hazlehurst, property director, Lidl (61)
Lidl overtook Aldi in sales last November but to keep going it needs to open more stores
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Analysis & FeaturesAlison Brittain, CEO, Whitbread (60)
The former career banker has big shoes to fill at the hospitality group