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NewsBoots Group CEO Ornella Barra retires to become chair
Barra will replace Stefano Pessina, who is stepping down as chair and will continue as a director
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NewsWingstop UK appoints Burger King finance boss as finance director
He joins with more than 17 years of experience in the food and hospitality industries
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NewsKelly Turkeys founder Derek Kelly passes away aged 95
Derek Kelly and his wife Mollie founded Kelly Turkeys in 1971 and the business, which is now run by his son Paul, is the leader in the premium traditional turkey sector majoring on its KellyBronze brand
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NewsBestway co-founder Younus Sheikh dies aged 79
The wholesale giant said it was making the announcement with ‘great sadness’
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NewsMorrisons poaches Asda manufacturing director in commercial shake-up
Joe Blaize is the latest appointment to Morrisons’ new-look trading team following a major shake-up under group trading director Andrew Staniland
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ProfilesQuorn CFO Nick Cooper on Rio, CO2 and Taika Waititi
‘Food production accounts for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions and grocery has a critical role to play’
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InterviewsScott Davies: the builder‑turned‑beekeeper disrupting the UK honey market
Bricklaying didn’t work out for Hilltop Honey’s founder. Instead he’s built a business that is aiming for the top spot in the UK and exporting to the US
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Crayford’s Marc Fogden on managing Britain’s best big supermarket
‘A flagship shop like this can have a big impact on the business and how we perform really does determine how well the business performs’
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NewsAsda underpaid 53,000 workers sickness and holiday pay after Project Future error
Thousands of hourly Asda staff were incorrectly paid between February 2024 and May 2025, as a result of issues following its Project Future IT upgrade
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NewsShop theft climbs 5% but stays under all-time high, says ONS
Police recorded 519,381 shop theft offences in the 12 months to September 2025, up from 492,660 the previous year, but lower than the 529,994 offences recorded in the year to June 2025
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NewsSainsbury’s unveils above-inflation 5% pay rise for colleagues
Hourly pay will rise to £13.23 per hour nationally and to £14.54 per hour in London from March
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NewsCo-op appoints former Lidl UK CEO to its board
During his time at Lidl UK, he managed a workforce of more than 20,000 and oversaw a period of rapid growth
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NewsTesco to cut nearly 400 jobs amid bakery restructure
Tesco is cutting almost 400 jobs as it phases out its centralised bakery operation and transitions to a new in‑store model
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Charlotte Grantham, client partner, Deliveroo
‘Everything you do is about the customer, and there are so many things affecting the industry at the moment, so you have to be creative’
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NewsFormer food minister appointed chair of Food Resilience Commission
The Commission aims to identify and address vulnerabilities in areas such as cyber resilience and supply chain pressure points
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NewsCook appoints former Pret boss as new Co-CEO as Ed Perry ‘steps up’
The new hire will form a new partnership at the top of the family-run ready meal retailer with current Cook co-CEO Rosie Brown
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NewsBarry Callebaut hires former Unilever boss Hein Schumacher
Schumacher has joined Barry Callebaut with a remit to ‘embark on a new chapter of growth, value creation and industry leadership’
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NewsPoundland partners with the Retail Trust to support staff
Poundland workers will get access the Retail Trust’s wellbeing helpline, counselling services and financial hardship grants
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Comment & OpinionWhy James Watt buying back BrewDog isn’t as bonkers as it sounds
A character as outspoken and opinionated as Watt was always going to be hard to shake off. Now it seems BrewDog’s controversial founder wants back in
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NewsWH Smith shares buoyed by appointment of Leo Quinn as exec chairman
WH Smith shares rose 9.9% in early trading on 19 January, following the announcement