All People articles
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Grocer 33Store manager Patricia Webb on running Ipswich’s best supermarket
’At the end of the day we are just here to serve Ipswich, in as many ways as we can’
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InterviewsMaria Chong on why fun is key to Lee Kum Kee’s evolution
Lee Kum Kee’s MD reveals the heritage brand’s next moves, maintaining that a sense of enjoyment is key to its mission to evolve Chinese food
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NewsAsda extends family support with major new staff benefits
The new benefits are a ‘significant enhancement’ to Asda’s previous offer, doubling paternity leave and extending existing pregnancy loss support beyond the normal statutory leave and pay
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NewsRitter Sport appoints sales director for UK and Ireland
Ritter Sport has hired Christian Boulter on a permanent basis, after he joined as a consultant in May
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ProfilesCharlie Bigham’s Rupert Willday on mistakes, coffee and fluorescent lighting
‘I don’t think we should worry about awkward moments too much. You just have to embrace them, laugh, and move on’
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NewsHaribo invests £35m into Castleford upgrades, including new warehouse
The investment will cover the installation of an extra production line
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NewsLidl joins supermarkets calling workers back to the office for more days
The discounter has asked staff at its head office in Tolworth, south west London, to spend fewer days each working from home
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NewsChivas Brothers CEO to take on ‘global brands’ role at Pernod Ricard
The appointment comes with the future of Pernod Ricard’s Chivas Brothers unit unclear
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Comment & OpinionUS attacks on diversity and inclusion don’t need to take hold in UK
Many women in the UK and elsewhere are watching developments in the US with unease, says Laura Ryan, global chair at Meat Business Women
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Tom Ebbutt, senior national account manager, Happiee
‘Knowing it could be the reason someone chooses a plant-based option over meat and fish, is incredibly rewarding’
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Comment & OpinionDoes grocery have a moral responsibility to feed everyone?
Between 2020 and 2023, over 550,000 more UK households began experiencing food insecurity, says Patrick Finlay, MD at The Category Management Company
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NewsFood price inflation hits 3.7% as autumn budget costs bite
It pushed overall shop prices into inflation for the first time in almost a year
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NewsBidfood executive director to retire after 20 years
During his tenure, he played a key role in shaping Bidfood’s customer and community strategies
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NewsM&S appoints new food marketing director
The new hire is joining from Woolworths Group in Australia, where he was chief marketing officer for seven years
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Grocer 33Waitrose Romsey: Grocer 33 store of the week
Store manager Kate Slater on heatwave sales, the ‘Eton Mess town’ and giving customers choice
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Analysis & FeaturesWill workers’ rights bill trigger ‘flurry of tribunals’?
Unions say it doesn’t go far enough; businesses want it softened
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ProfilesPip Organic’s Karen O’Flaherty on health, Mandarin and flying cockroaches
‘As a female founder I am involved in Buy Women Built and Women in Wholesale and I am really passionate about supporting women in industries that have traditionally been difficult to break into’
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NewsAldi launches ‘voucher support scheme to help families’ during the school holidays
Despite the billing, it is simply Aldi’s latest voucher giveaway competition, with no requirement for entries to be from a parent or family
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NewsDawn Meats co-founder Daniel Browne dies age 88
Browne was described by the business as ‘a pioneering figure in Irish agriculture’
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NewsOcado latest retailer to call staff back to the office more frequently
The online specialist has told its head office staff they will need to work from the office three days a week