Hiring & Firing – Page 3
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Tesco to recruit 30,000 Christmas staff amid supermarkets worker shortages
Tesco call is focused mainly on attracting staff to work in its supermarkets and large Extra stores, with early morning, day or evening shifts
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Creams Cafe appoints new COO as it targets UK expansion
Oliver Rodbard joins the business from Soul Foods Group
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Analysis and Features
The US food and drink brands who want to recruit you!
Prime, Liquid Death, Feastables… a range of viral US brands have hit UK shelves to huge fanfare. So what’s driving their success, and what can other brands do to appeal to Brits?
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The John Lewis Partnership appoints new property director
Martin Gafsen will join in November, from Royal Mail Group
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Sainsbury’s becomes the latest supermarket to kick off seasonal recruitment drive
Retailers are expected to face heightened competition to fill roles this year as a result of labour shortages
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Comment and Opinion
Sharon White’s tenure proves the need for food retail experience
I am no admirer of supermarkets, but many of the people who run them are notably competent because they are steeped in the grocery trade, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Nisa hires Kim Clarkson as head of partner services as its bolsters leadership team
Prior to joining Nisa, Clarkson spent 18 years at Sainsbury’s in various head of trading roles
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Ella’s Kitchen CEO Mark Cuddigan steps down after 12 years
Long-serving Ella’s Kitchen CEO Mark Cuddigan is stepping down from the babyfood supplier just weeks after owner Hain Celestial unveiled a global restructuring programme, The Grocer can reveal
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Better Nature appoints non-exec as it launches fresh funding round
Plant-based challenger Better Nature has strengthened its board and kicked off a crowdfunding campaign as it continues to push tempeh into the mainstream
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Comment and Opinion
Morrisons CEO David Potts exits: a chapter closes in retail history
It’s a sign of the standing Morrisons CEO David Potts has in the grocery industry that yesterday’s news felt like an industry titan had departed
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Asda commercial team shake-up brings new buying system and 37 redundancies
Asda said it was investing in 36 new positions, including an extra 28 buying roles to give it additional capacity and capability in this area
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BP hires ex-Lidl marketing director Claire Farrant as VP marketing Europe
BP said Farrant’s appointment was part of a wider investment into its convenience retail proposition
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Sysco promotes Peter Jackson to Europe CEO
He will be replaced by Paul Nieduszynski, formerly chief commercial officer. Nieduszynski’s replacement will be announced in due course
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Ex-Warburtons boss Neil Campbell joins Hain Celestial board
Former Warburtons boss Neil Campbell has joined the board of US food giant Hain Celestial
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Aldi hiring 1,700 warehouse workers between now and end of 2023
The discounter has also said it will open an average store per week between now and Christmas
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City snapshot: Carr’s CEO Peter Page steps down
Agriculture and engineering group Carr’s has kicked off a search for a new CEO after Peter Page decided to step down from the helm next year.
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The Cheeky Panda completes senior team with new hires
The Cheeky Panda has hired two new executives to complete its senior management team and ready the sustainable hygiene challenger for the next stage of growth.
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Southern Co-op hires Richard Scrimgeour as franchise operations manager
Most recently, Scrimgeour held the role as head of central operations at wholesale giant Bestway for five months
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Just Eat Takeaway CFO Brent Wissink resigns as group returns to profitability
Wissink is stepping down to “pursue other opportunities” and will resign from the board next May
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Samworth poised to axe plant-based Revolution Kitchen business
Samworth Brothers is exploring the closure of its lossmaking plant-based Revolution Kitchen business, putting hundreds of jobs at risk