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Comment & Opinion
Grocer Gold Awards celebrates industry’s inspiration and hard work
The awards recognise the big hitters, as well as the efforts of the hidden heroes who work tirelessly behind the scenes
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Sainsbury’s Martin Gunzkofer on two weeks at Reading’s best supermarket
’It’s my 35th year with Sainsbury’s. I’ve managed a double-digit number of stores, but it’s only my second week here as store manager’
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News
JW Filshill appoints new regional development manager
The new hire will play a key role in building the Scottish wholesaler’s KeyStore estate across north-east England
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News
Booker digital director Jamil Mohammed leaves company after 10 years
Mohammed took up the post at Booker in 2015, having previously spent five years at Bestway as head of digital and ecommerce
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News
Bells of Lazonby appoints new MD as Tim Conder steps down
Tim Conder will move on to pastures new after nearly four years at the business’ helm
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Profiles
Edgewell’s Katharine Goodchild on sailing, archaeology and Cyndi Lauper
‘Between balancing work and home life with my twin girls, I sometimes wish I really did have eight arms!’
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News
M&S Food appoints former Asda strategy boss as head of business improvement
The new hire spent 27 years at Asda, most recently as senior manager for strategy and transformation
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News
Asda in redundancy talks as it merges store management roles
Asda is in redundancy talks as its section manager and trading manager roles are being combined into a new simplified store-based role
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News
Changes to seasonal labour model ‘would cost industry £43m per year’
Implementing the Employer Pays Principle in the UK horticulture sector would further impact food security, a study has warned
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Events & Awards
Ken Murphy, Tesco’s quietly understated but effective CEO wins The Grocer Cup
When Ken Murphy joined Tesco in October 2020, he had it all to prove. He was an outsider from Walgreens Boots Alliance
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Events & Awards
Mackle tackles rural recruitment with aplomb
It’s not easy hiring quality staff as a pet food manufacturer in rural Northern Ireland
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Events & Awards
Amelia Christie-Miller: the bean queen with ‘a really clear vision’
A hungover encounter with a near-empty food cupboard, solved by a “revelatory spoonful” of butter beans, set Amelia Christie-Miller on the path to becoming the ‘Queen of Beans’
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Events & Awards
Ambitious & approachable: Shaun Parker captains the ‘beast’ of Asda Boldon
Shaun Parker loves a challenge. Whether it’s a 70-mile ultramarathon along Hadrian’s Wall or managing Asda’s biggest store in the north of England, he approaches them with the same dedication and enthusiasm
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Events & Awards
Aldi sets the bar higher and higher for their colleagues
Winning this award for the third time in four years “Aldi seems to set the bar higher and higher every year with what they are doing for their colleagues,” said one judge
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News
Post Office inquiry report describes ‘immeasurable’ impact on wrongly accused postmasters
The Post Office ‘maintained the fiction that its data was always accurate’, says Wyn Williams in his report
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Torin Zieboll, Christmas and Easter brand manager, Nestlé
‘I get lots of Kit Kat flavour recommendations, but if they won’t work for the majority of chocolate eaters, they just won’t get made!’
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News
Starbucks launches second accelerated leadership programme
Starbucks will invest more than £170,000 across the two cohorts of the programme
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News
Sainsbury’s head of innovation steps down after seven years
Claire Hughes is highly regarded within the business for her role in transforming Sainsbury’s own-label and innovation strategy
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News
Sainsbury’s tech chief leaving for new role as Dunelm CEO
Moriarty has gained a reputation as one of the sector’s most capable technology leaders
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News
Asda slams union claims over low staff pay and minimum wage rules
The GMB union claimed that despite hourly pay rising to £12.45 per hour from 6 July, Asda staff were still lagging behind workers at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Lidl