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Climbing the ladder
How did you get to where you are today?I don't believe in luck. My father taught me that you create the circumstances that deliver success. I graduated from Sheffield University with a degree in business studies in 1988 and held...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get to where you are today?I don't believe in luck. My father taught me that you create the circumstances that deliver success. I graduated from Sheffield University with a degree in business studies in 1988 and held...
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Personal coach Steve crabb Individual negotiation has replaced the days of union solidarity
Flicking through an old family album, I came across a photo of my grandfather circa 1940. A docker, the words "work-life balance" would have been utterly meaningless to him. He worked very hard, he got paid at the end of the week, and that was...
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C-store guru makes a comeback in Scotland
Stanley Morrice, former MD of Aberness Group, the Scottish Mace wholesale and retail business, and one of convenience retailing's highest profile figures, is launching a c-store and deli business in Scotland. Morrice has bought McLeish's,...
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Dale Farm heads for a swell time
Dairy processor Dale Farm GB has revealed further details of expansion plans for Scotland and England as it focuses on raising its profile outside its Belfast HQ. The company is also on the acquisition trail in England in order to improve...
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Dale Farm heads for a swell time
Dairy processor Dale Farm GB has revealed further details of expansion plans for Scotland and England as it focuses on raising its profile outside its Belfast HQ.The company is also on the acquisition trail in England in order to improve...
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Data shows slowdown in off-trade wine sales
Wine suppliers in the UK are urging retailers to help add value to the market in view of data showing a slowdown in off-trade wine sales, according to a new report. Research by ACNielsen for the latest Wine Report by The Grocer's sister...
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Trends & Developments
Tubs of Suma organic olive oil spread don't contain any nutritional 'baddies', such as hydrogenated fats or traditional palm oil. Instead, it uses sustainable palm oil along with sunflower oil as a base, and is blended with 14% organic virgin...
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food's new dream team
When working mum Stephanie Allen invited a few friends four years ago to have a go at something that she'd been doing for her family for years, she did not envisage the response it would generate. Business partner Tina Kuna says: "The...
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Stop turning England into a dump - or else, warns LGA
Councils across England have warned that they are ready to use a little known European Union regulation to force food retailers and manufacturers to reduce unnecessary packaging. Businesses convicted of breaching the rules could be fined...
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Egg majors merge to generate efficiencies
Egg producers Deans Foods and Stonegate unveiled plans to merge this week, forming the biggest egg supplier in the UK with half of the market. A major swing in demand towards free-range and organic eggs is said to have fuelled the drive...
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new faces joinnon-exec ranks
It is probably the first time that former BBC newsreader Anna Ford has been likened to fabric conditioner. But this is the very classification she has been given by one executive search company following her appointment in May as a non-executive...
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Sheep, pigs get a taste for whisky
Two unusually named whiskies, Sheep Dip and Pig's Nose, are set to be relaunched into the UK off-trade. The two premium brands have been reformulated and repackaged by Spencerfield Spirit Company to appeal to younger experimental...
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When service is really hot!
When our mystery shopper had a little trouble reaching a product in the bakery section of Sainsbury's Drumchapel store, the baker in his whites was quick to jump from his oven and to our shopper's aid without him even having to ask. This...
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Inflation takes its toll
Grocery prices at the big four supermarkets have increased by an average of 2.8% year-on-year in the face of escalating costs, according to The Grocer 100. Our monthly survey of individual pricing trends at the major multiples, based on a...
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Turning over a new Leaf
Maple Leaf Bakery UK, the company behind bagel brand New York Bagel Co, has appointed Franck Houssaye to the newly created role of new product development manager. Houssaye, who is French, trained as a patissier and following graduation...
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in the premier league
It has been a rollercoaster 18 months for Premier Foods, what with the Sudan 1 saga, takeovers of both Marlow Foods and Cauldron Foods, the launch of Branston Baked Beans and rumours of involvement in a potential bid for United Biscuits and...
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Nesquik milks straw magic
Nestlé is hoping to milk the potential of its Nesquik Magic Straws with a £3m marketing campaign breaking on Monday (10 July).A new TV ad will mark Nesquik's return to the small screen after a three-year absence. Running until 7 August,...