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NewsM&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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NewsAsda 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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NewsChanges 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 & AwardsKen 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 & AwardsMackle 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 & AwardsAmelia 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 & AwardsAmbitious & 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 & AwardsAldi 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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NewsPost 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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ProfilesMy 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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NewsStarbucks launches second accelerated leadership programme
Starbucks will invest more than £170,000 across the two cohorts of the programme
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NewsSainsbury’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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NewsSainsbury’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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NewsAsda 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
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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