Archive of all Interview articles – Page 17
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Darcy Willson-Rymer: Big Interview with Costcutter CEO
Costcutter’s Mr Darcy has gone through a painful divorce with its longstanding supply partner Nisa…
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Esso's Simon Herbert: Fuelling retail growth
Esso is selling off the retail side of its operation so it can focus on supplying fuel. What’s prompted the radical move?…
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Brandon Lewis means business as he plans high street revival
New high streets minister Brandon Lewis on the “amazing” Portas, the new £1bn package, and that “load of crap” comment…
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John Kennedy: Big Interview with Diageo Western Europe president
Diageo’s Western European business has lost some of its old swagger, says John Kennedy. He is determined to get it back….
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Lidl UK MD Ronny Gottschlich: Big interview
In Lidl UK’s first-ever interview, MD Ronny Gottschlich talks about the discounter’s astonishing growth…
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Damian Thornton: Stamford's deal driver
The Stamford partner talks ethical principles, UK food’s lure to Japan and why he thinks the future is bright for M&A…
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McColl's James Lancaster breaks his silence
In his first-ever interview, McColl’s media-shy CEO and chairman James Lancaster takes the self-imposed shackles off…
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Mac the Knife: Lord MacLaurin on Tesco, Sir Terry and Philip
At Tesco’s agm in June, Lord MacLaurin stunned shareholders by laying into Sir Terry Leahy, his protégé. He talks to The Grocer about his Tesco, Sir Terry, and Phil Clarke…
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Patrick Coveney on Horsegate, Starbucks and relief over Northern
After Greencore was (unfairly) dragged into Horsegate, ready meal sales nosedived, but the picture is improving. Besides, …
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Mark Allen on why Dairy Crest is more a predator than a prey
In the wake of consolidation, has Dairy Crest been shaping up for a potential takeover? CEO Mark Allen would rather talk acquisitions…
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Barry Williams Big Interview: No Mod Cons
Asda’s merchandising modfather Barry Williams is bemused by the con-fusing promotions of rivals…
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Inge Plochaet on making Stella 'reassuringly expensive' again
AB Inbev UK and Ireland president Inge Plochaet is determined to drive value back into Stella Artois…
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Can Karro cut it in in-store butchery?
In his first interview since the Vion UK pork MBO, Karro Food Group CEO Seamus Carr reveals his priorities…
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BRC chief Helen Dickinson's reasons to be cheerful
BRC director general Helen Dickinson is more optimistic about the economy than when she took the helm six months ago…
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Owen Paterson on the post-horsemeat future of food regulation
The Defra secretary talks about rubbing people up the wrong way and his vision for the future of UK food regulation…
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DHL's John Boulter talks Tesco and supply chain efficiencies
The MD of retail at DHL Supply Chain played a key role turning Tesco into the efficient giant it is today…
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Facebook's Christian Hernandez... what's not to like?
Facebook’s director of UK & Pan-Euro has some big ambitions, claiming both new and old brands alike can benefit…
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Lord Sainsbury and an earlier age of austerity
Hard times are nothing new as Lord Sainsbury attests in this exclusive extract from The Branded Gentry…
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Silvena Rowe's second stab at supermarket success
After her abortive first attempt to build her own brand in Waitrose, the outspoken Bulgarian chef wants to try again…
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Meet Maurizio Brusadelli, the mayor of Joyville
The Mondelez UK chief argues that far from diluting Cadbury’s Britishness, the Kraft deal has strengthened it…