All People articles – Page 176
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Power List 2020: own label
Lockdown shortages forced shoppers to seek alternatives to their usual brands. So will they get a longer-term taste for own-label lines – especially as expected economic hardships make price a more important factor?
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NewsCentral England Co-op offers face visors to staff who want them
The socierty has already brought in a raft of measures to keep staff and customers safe
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NewsLidl veteran Erwin Meijer joins Meatless Farm Co board
Meijer has become the Leeds-based brand’s MD for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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NewsSupermarkets begin offering staff face masks
The wearing of masks by supermarket staff looks set to become common practice
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Analysis & FeaturesFeeding the vulnerable: why has a government plan taken so long?
Supermarkets and ministers have been at odds over online grocery’s ability to cope with the millions in self-isolation
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NewsUsdaw calls for ‘new deal’ for retail workers after crisis is over
The union is marking International Workers’ Day (1 May) by calling for what it said were millions of ’low-paid and undervalued’ workers to be treated more fairly
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NewsAsda shoppers donate 140,000 meals to the Trussell Trust
The donations add to the 418,871 meals already provided by Asda’s food donation programme
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NewsMorrisons rolls out ‘safe distance’ security scanners at distribution centres
Morrisons rolled out the scanners across its entire distribution estate earlier this year
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NewsTesco to extend coronavirus bonus payments to frontline staff
The bonus is backdated to 6 March and will now run until Saturday 30 May
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NewsDeliveroo to make over 300 roles redundant
The cuts are being made across the 13 markets Deliveroo operates in
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NewsSuzanne Dover made brand and marketing director at Spar UK
Dover has replaced Michael Lawless, who left the business earlier this month
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Comment & OpinionSharon White is right to move fast with a Waitrose boss. But has she got the right one?
James Bailey will need to expand his skill set – quickly – to get to grips with leading a supermarket
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Catriona Chick, retail services manager, Spar
Through her work at Spar, Catriona is ‘making shopping fun and exciting, rather than a chore’
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NewsFormer Sainsbury’s buyer James Bailey made Waitrose executive director
Recruitment is also underway for the same role for John Lewis to replace Paula Nickolds
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NewsCity snapshot: Fever-Tree co-founder to step down
Charles Rolls has announced he will step down from the company’s board at the next annual general meeting on 4 June
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Comment & OpinionHow decisive changes and a clear brief help in challenging times
Furloughing staff is a decision no one has taken lightly. Those that remain must try to turn the ship around
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Comment & OpinionProtecting frontline grocery workers from abuse must be a policing priority
It is tempting to call for the reintroduction of the stocks in public squares
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NewsPost Office rolls out cash delivery service for vulnerable customers
The National Shielding Service is a working partnership with the Department for Work & Pensions to determine if customers need a cash delivery
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NewsGovernment confirms plans for volunteer army to help feed the vulnerable
Environment secretary George Eustice oulined the plans at yesterday’s Downing Street briefing
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NewsChristine Tacon extends GCA contract to provide continuity through coronavirus outbreak
Small business minister Paul Scully confirmed today that Tacon had been re-appointed for an emergency third term