All People articles – Page 150
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Lucy Grubb, marketing executive, ByRuby
Lucy’s first interview at ready meal company ByRuby was a walk through Battersea Park
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Scotland’s Protection of Workers Act actually deter would-be abusers?
From today it has become a statutory offence to assault, threaten or abuse a retail worker in Scotland
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Comment & OpinionShopworkers deserve proper protection right across the UK, not just in Scotland
Retail violence is an epidemic that gets worse every year, says BRC CEO Helen Dickinson
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NewsM&S to close all stores on Boxing Day as a ‘thank you’ to staff
It marks the second year in a row the retailer will close its stores on 26 December
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NewsSqueaky Bean to benefit from £5m Winterbotham Darby investment
The new 48,000 sq ft facility would boost its production and distribution capabilities and create more than 100 jobs, said Winterbotham Darby
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InterviewsBiotiful Dairy’s Natasha Bowes on promoting gut health with plant-based kefir
Biotiful Dairy’s founder has spent nearly a decade working to make kefir mainstream. Now she’s taking on a new challenge: plant-based
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NewsNew competition and TV show aims to improve meat industry gender diversity
Upmarket butcher Parson’s Nose is looking for a female apprentice and ambassador who will also feature in a new TV series
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Grocer 33Tesco Extra, Southend-on-Sea: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We had one of the highest absence rates in the company because we’re a seaside town and the Covid rates are still high in the summer here’
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Comment & OpinionGender equality in the workplace is about more than equal pay – it’s about respect
The sector can help drive change by actively encouraging women to join and represent their business
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Maddie Williams, events & marketing manager, Aber Falls Distillery
Maddie co-ordinates events and new product launches at Aber Falls, which recently moved into single malt whiskey
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NewsWomen facing less gender discrimination in wholesale sector, survey finds
However, a “lack of respect” was cited as the biggest challenge for women by 28% of respondents
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NewsNick Meagher to join Co-op as head of insight and research
He will start the newly created role in September and take on insight and research leadership for Co-op’s food, insurance, funeralcare, legal, community and membership functions
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NewsSushi Daily owner appoints Lesley Fong as new global head of NPD
KellyDeli’s Sushi Daily has more than 100 counters in the UK
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Comment & OpinionThe shift to online could exacerbate grocery sector employment inequalities
Retailers and the government both have a part to play in preventing an inequality crisis, says Abbie Winton, a final year PhD researcher at Alliance Manchester Business School
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Comment & OpinionAsda search for new CEO reminiscent of Tottenham Hotspur’s protracted recruitment of new manager
The Issa brothers are struggling to find a successor to Roger Burnley, who stepped down earlier this month
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NewsPremier Foods hires CCEP’s Nick Brown as director of ESG
Brown has joined the ambient giant from his previous role as sustainable packaging director at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
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NewsUK pubs face ‘beer drought’ as draymen threaten strikes
The industrial action comes amid ongoing disruption in the food and drink supply chain caused by the ‘pingdemic’ and HGV driver shortage
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NewsWaitrose appoints Louise Dolan as trading director for ambient
Dolan is taking over from Simon Moore after spending almost 10 years at Sainsbury’s, most recently as category director for dairy
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Grocer 33Tesco South Queensferry: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘The team here are passionate about what they do in terms of the jobs and about people in the community’
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NewsWaitrose Foundation marks anniversary by expanding to three new countries
There are currently more than 200 ‘foundation lines’ available across all Waitrose stores