All My Alternative CV articles – Page 7
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: The Flower Farm’s Marcel van Wing on palm oil and family
‘I lived in Indonesia and saw with my own eyes the damage to the rainforest for palm oil’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Re:Nourish’s Nicci Clark on soup and spiders
‘Things never ever go to plan so always be prepared to adapt’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Rowcliffe’s Sunit Mehta on cheese, quality and the M25
‘My friends jokingly call me ‘Cheesus’ as I often provide a good spread of cheese for social events’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: VFC’s Adam Lyons on racing, heights and chicken lives saved
‘We have a chicken life saved counter on our website. If I am ever having a bad day and feeling a little overwhelmed I just look at that’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Remedy Drinks’ Anna Dominey on sugar, Starbucks and Taylor Swift
’Launching in Starbucks was a career highlight, taking kombucha mainstream’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Ginsters’ Emma Stowers on cartwheels, Simon Cowell and home cooking
‘The most rewarding part of my job is helping people to grow as individuals and achieve their goals’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Organix’s Nikki Barry on sustainability, glass doors and David Attenborough
’The first music single I bought was Kylie and Jason – ‘Especially For You’. I was their biggest fan!’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: ManiLife’s Stu Macdonald on bartending, babies and Braveheart
’I was a bartender, but I didn’t last very long – after about two hours I told the boss my real age… 15’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: iSqueeze’s Elias Ebert on oranges, cheetahs and Andy Murray
’We have lots of exciting things in the pipeline and it has been very rewarding to see the company grow’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: The Oxford Artisan Distillery’s Charlie Echlin on whisky, hangovers and Tupac Shakur
‘The least rewarding part of my job? The occasional hangover – I have once or twice overdone it in the name of work’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Micah Carr-Hill of Cawston Press on wine, elephants and James Acaster
’Elephants are considered to have amongst the best smelling capabilities of the animal world… imagine the joy they get from a fine burgundy!’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Swizzels’ Mark Walker on grass, golf and the sugar tax
‘We’ve never hidden the fact that our products should be enjoyed as a treat. Ultimately, consumers will vote with their feet and they’re still buying our products’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Dorset Pastry’s Mario Barends on Wrexham FC, ice and private messages
‘Watching a pallet leave site to a new customer is a great feeling, knowing they put their trust in us’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Vet’s Kitchen’s Laura Shears on cars, rodents and Boy George
‘I miss the greeters in Asda and the sense of pride you used to get from the shop floor teams in Tesco. It’s rare to feel the ’buzz’ in any retailer these days’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Vadasz Deli’s Nick Vadasz on pickles, pickles and pickles
’My motto in life? Eat more pickles. (I’m getting this on a t-shirt)’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Étän Rum’s Kareen Odekunle on Beyoncé, lamb ribs and Cameroon
‘Étän Rum is the culmination of months of dedicated tasting, testing, debating, and collaboration by five strong-minded professional sisters’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Coole Swan’s Mary Sadlier on rugby, stupidity and Dublin Bay
’An independently owned and family run brand standing its ground in a market dominated by titans’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Ecotone UK’s Gareth Cooke on sustainability, Culture Beat and the village pub
’Grocery needs a more authentic approach from retailers to supporting ethical and sustainable brands and products’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: The Salad Project’s James Dare on mirrors, Football Manager and Macklemore
’I don’t believe in interviewing as a process. I’d rather show them what I can do than tell them’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Ellers Farm Distillery’s Jamie Baggott on Butlin’s, Black Sabbath and vodka
’I think grocery retail has become really sterile and uninspiring. Cleanliness, availability, display and customer service standards today wouldn’t have been acceptable in the 80s and 90s’