All People articles
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Analysis & FeaturesThe detail behind Dave Lewis’s $1.2bn Diageo turnaround plan
CEO Dave Lewis is to invest $1.2bn in a bid to revive Diageo’s flagging fortunes. What’s on the cards?
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NewsFitbakes appoints ex-Grenade MD to drive retail growth
The appointment comes as Fitbakes looks to push further into mainstream grocery retail
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NewsPapa Johns reshuffles international leadership team as UK sales rise
The changes come as UK sales for the second quarter to 28 June 2026 rose by 10%
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Grocer 33Waitrose online director Laura Burbedge on ‘treating up’ and extending hours
‘We have a dedicated team who are continuously analysing and refining the search function. Search is the easiest way for a customer to build a basket, so it’s a constant and sustained effort to make sure it’s better’
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InterviewsHamza Hussain: the UK’s youngest supermarket MD
Abu Bakr’s Hamza Hussain is the 23-year-old supermarket MD with plans to take on the big four and create the ‘Asian Asda’
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ProfilesBooker’s Alex Edwards on steak, F1 and wedding videos
‘We have 22 master butchers currently working at Booker – almost 25% of the UK’s total’
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NewsTesco Ireland & NI and Booker appoint new CEOs in leadership reshuffle
Andrew Yaxley has been appointed CEO of Tesco Ireland & Northern Ireland, while Geoff Byrne will become CEO of Booker
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NewsWahaca appoints former Coco di Mama director as new head of people
Mercer previously held senior people roles at Coco di Mama and Swingers Crazy Golf
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NewsTesco invests in stores and staff to meet demand of new Uber Eats and Deliveroo deals
Staff have taken to online forums to share concerns they won’t be able to cope with the influx of orders
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Olivia Lewis, finance assistant, Jus-Rol
‘I was hired as temporary general help during a busy Christmas period and ended up becoming a permanent member’
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NewsOcado trading director departs business
He will be replaced by Ayaz Alam, who is joining Ocado having spent two decades at Asda
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NewsM&S poaches Morrisons’ customer and loyalty director
McLellan, currently group customer, data and marketing director for Morrisons, will join M&S in the new year.
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NewsDiageo ‘driving through redundancies’ at Scotland distilleries, says GMB Union
Distilleries including Cardhu, Cragganmore, Port Ellen, Islay, and Dufftown are thought to be affected
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Comment & OpinionWhy negotiations get escalated, and how to solve those problems
Making Business Matter’s Darren A Smith has spent 35 years negotiating and training on negotiations using the PEPSI system. Here are four reasons why negotiations get escalated
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NewsThe supermarket big hitters behind the Argos buyout
Swift, the newly established company set up to acquire Argos, is led by Richard Pennycook, Trevor Strain and Matt Truman, executive chairman of True Capital, which is backing the deal
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News‘Sainsbury’s and Argos will continue to work in partnership’, Simon Roberts confirms
Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts has confirmed Argos will continue to operate inside the supermarket’s stores, with plans for all 14,000 staff to transfer across to Argos
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Grocer 33Tesco Hatfield’s store manager on availability, service and life near HQ
‘This is an awfully busy, important and opinion-forming store for Tesco. HQ is just down the road’
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InterviewsGraeme Clark on Finsbury’s ‘billion-pound bakery’ plan
Finsbury Food Group’s CCO has helped ensure strong growth despite ‘constant change’. Now he’s overseeing its biggest-ever growth capital project
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NewsEhrmann Cornish Dairy appoints new CEO
Watts will lead the delivery of Ehrmann Cornish Dairy’s long-term turnaround and development plan, overseeing continued investment in production, innovation and operational efficiency
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ProfilesGymkhana MD Ishen Paran on Oatly, Go-Ape and Sri Lankan prawn curry
’What happens on team awaydays, stays on team awaydays – although I now very strongly advise against 2am bike rides.’