All People articles – Page 165
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Grocer 33Tesco Hookwood, Horley: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’ve really upped the ante when it comes to the steps we take to keep the store clean and safe for customers’
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NewsRoger Burnley: running Asda during Covid and takeover like ‘spinning two plates at once’
The Asda CEO announced yesterday he would be standing down next year
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InterviewsIan Wright FDF big interview: ‘I don’t think I’m confrontational’
As the straight-talking FDF CEO prepares to stand down, he talks us through boosting the federation’s profile, upsetting Jamie Oliver and why he’s not going quietly
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NewsAsda CEO Roger Burnley to step down
He will leave the business next year following its takeover by the Issa brothers and TDR Capital
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NewsAF Blakemore to launch charity campaign in memory of Raj Aggarwal
Spar will be calling on convenience retailers to join its campaign by donating goods, supplies and products to charities, organisations or individuals most in need
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NewsThe Cheesecake Shop to rebrand after MBO
The buyout, led by Neil Blakeman and Dillan Shikotra, includes eight retail stores across the region, as well as the bakery in Nottingham.
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Comment & OpinionCheap food culture creates fertile ground for modern slavery in supply chains
A slave-free food sector will remain a distant dream unless those in positions of influence step up, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Ella Rosen, category development manager, Emmi UK
The most rewarding part of Ella’s job is seeing Emmi brands on supermarket shelves
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NewsFree Covid tests: government scraps 50-plus employee cap
Smaller companies will now be able to access the lateral flow kits, if they register before the end of March
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NewsWomen in Wholesale offers discounted mental health first aid course
Mental health and wellbeing form the basis of two of the sessions at this year’s WiW Speed Mentoring event on 29 April
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Comment & OpinionThe FDF will do well to find as determined and persuasive a new leader as Ian Wright
Wright’s ability to put the food and drink industry at the centre of the debate has been perhaps his most noted achievement
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NewsWasabi appoints Kate Lucas as first grocery MD following ready meals success
Wasabi said Lucas had a strong track record of “building great brands across the grocery market”.
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NewsIan Wright to step down as CEO of the FDF
Wright, formerly Diageo’s corporate relations director, took the helm at the federation in 2015
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NewsOver 5,000 sign-ups for M&S’s online network for former staff
The new platform was introduced for former M&S staff to share memories and images from their time working for the business
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NewsTesco CEO is net zero keynote speaker at The Grocer’s Sustainability conference
It is to be Murphy’s first speech since joining Tesco last autumn
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NewsBorder Biscuits boosts senior team with five appointments
The new recruits have experience at brands such as Cadbury, Tesco and Genius Foods
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Analysis & FeaturesHow equal is grocery? The gender pay gap at the supermarkets
When UK businesses published their first mandatory reports on the gender pay gap in 2018, exclusive analysis by The Grocer revealed women were earning considerably less than men at the UK’s top supermarkets. So three years (and a global pandemic) later, what’s changed?
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Gemma Ladkin, UK sales executive, Fiid
Gemma is passionate about food and even runs her own cooking account on Instagram
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NewsAldi to fund 60 fresh produce management trainees
The move is in partnership with fresh produce management training scheme MDS, chaired by former GCA Christine Tacon
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NewsMore Stuart riders sign up for rights claim in wake of Uber ruling
Courier members of the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain have joined the claim, being brought by law firm Leigh Day