All People articles – Page 142
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NewsFarm labour crisis looming with Covid rates high in Europe
Thousands of new coronavirus cases have been recorded in key countries for recruitment, such as Bulgaria and Romania, over the past week
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InterviewsBig Interview: Mark Jankovich, Delphis Eco on leaving a City banking job for green cleaning
Mark Jankovich launched sustainable cleaning brand Delphis Eco and now, having conquered the B2B world, he’s setting his sights on retail
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Tooting: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘I do think it has been great being recognised as key workers and I think there is much more respect from the public for what we do’
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NewsCovid ‘war room’ closure ‘short-sighted’ warn food industry members
Discussions have shifted more towards problems arising from Brexit in recent months
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NewsEast of England Co-op beefs up value of Healthy Start vouchers to £5
Government increased base level for vouchers from £3.10 to £4.25 on 1 April
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: James Eid, founder, Earth & Wheat
James founded the UK’s first wonky bread subscription service to minimise food waste at his family’s business, Signature Flatbreads
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NewsUnitas MD Darren Goldney to join Pricecheck as commercial director
The new position will also see Goldney join the board of directors
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NewsFurlough and redundancies spark food ‘lockdown-preneur’ boom
The new business boom comes after UK unemployment rose to a record high of 5.1% in December
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NewsGeneral Mills hires Unilever veteran Simon Fisher as Northern Europe sales director
Fisher worked for Unilever for 20 years, most recently as its digital transformation director
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NewsDeliveroo riders to strike over wages and workers’ rights
Hundreds of riders are expected to take part in the strike and join socially distanced protests
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NewsSemichem to close up to 22 stores putting 140 jobs at risk
The move comes in response to a 75% drop in footfall in some locations due to lockdowns
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Grocer 33Grocer 33 store of the week: Tesco Warfield, Bracknell
‘Lockdown easing is a chance for us to prove we can win the loyalty of our shoppers when the other, non-essential, stores open’
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NewsHarlech Foodservice to hire 50 staff and issue bumper pay rises
Its existing 150-strong workforce will see wages jump by an average of 5%
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NewsMatt Atkinson to step down as Co-op’s chief customer officer
Atkinson joined Co-op in 2017 and was charged with transforming the society’s data, digital, membership and community platforms
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NewsEmma Isaac joins Waitrose as head of marketing
Isaac moved to the retailer this week, following four years at the Natwest Group
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Comment & OpinionWorkers urged to check payslips from today for new minimum rates
The new rates were announced in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review in November
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Grace Sargent, NPD technologist, Gosh Food
Grace’s love of food science began at school, where her teacher was an ex-product technologist
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InterviewsBig interview: McCain’s Howard Snape on ‘re-energising’ the potato
Spud sales have been ‘re-energised’ by Covid, says McCain’s UK & Ireland president Howard Snape. But the pandemic has presented challenges for foodservice and growers. How is McCain adapting?
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NewsFDF’s Tim Rycroft named as AHDB’s next CEO
Rycroft, who will join the levy board at the end of August, succeeds Jane King
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NewsChemical warfare detection tech used in device to make bakeries safer
Inhaling flour and grain dust is a serious health risk in the bakery industry, leading to white lung or ‘baker’s asthma’