All People articles – Page 177
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Comment & OpinionCan supermarkets and food suppliers force staff to have the Covid-19 vaccine?
In January, Pimlico Plumbers became one of the first UK employers to publicly announce plans to force its employees to have the Covid-19 vaccine, opening a wider debate about employee rights. So what do supermarkets and food manufacturers need to consider when developing their own vaccine policy?
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NewsCompanies urged to sign up to mass Covid testing to ‘keep food supplies running’
Defra is calling on companies to come forward to receive hundreds of thousands of free testing kits for staff
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Comment & OpinionPeople at every level within the food and drink industry make the difference
It’s important we reward the likes of Morrisons delivery driver Kevin Hunter
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My Alternative CVHelena Blincow, Weetabix Food Company, on Destiny’s Child, snakes and malbec
‘My motto in life? Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the ability to act in the presence of fear’
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Grocer 33Kevin Hunter, Morrisons, Fife: delivery driver of the week
‘It can be very busy, especially over weekends. But we are a well-oiled machine’
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Comment & OpinionMass testing is a positive step. Food companies should embrace it quickly
The prospect of the rollout does allow the industry at least to ‘take a small step ahead of the virus’
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does winning a talent award mean for the next gen of grocery up-and-comers?
This year, The Grocer is rebranding its highly respected Top New Talent awards as the Next Gen Awards
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Grocer 33Waitrose Buxton: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’ve had mixed feedback around enforcing mask wearing, but most customers have been understanding and say they feel more comfortable’
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NewsMass Covid testing for food workers begins after Tate & Lyle trial
The government has agreed to provide up to six weeks’ worth of free tests for food companies
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NewsAsda to donate 7,000 laptops to children to help isolation learning
The retailer said it wanted to help children lacking the technology to take part in online lessons during lockdown
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NewsCity Snapshot: EG Group names former M&S CEO Lord Rose as chairman
Future Asda owner EG Group has appointed former M&S CEO and current Ocado chairman Lord Stuart Rose as non-executive chairman with immediate effect
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Beth George, brand manager, Kerry Foods
Beth’s role at Kerry Foods focuses on driving growth of the Fridge Raiders brand
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NewsMorrisons ramps up production of free school meals boxes
The supermarket said it had upped capacity so it could produce “tens of thousands” of boxes each week
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NewsACS backs ‘please give me space’ social distancing campaign
Concept has been developed by The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower in collaboration with the Royal National Institute of Blind People
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NewsRetailers welcome new legal protections for shopworkers in Scotland
Scottish Parliament yesterday voted to support a bill to create a new statutory offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker
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NewsSupermarkets ‘at risk of discriminating against disabled people’ over face masks
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to supermarket CEOs warning they could be breaking the law
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NewsAldi raises minimum hourly pay to £9.55 nationally and £11.07 in London
All Aldi’s 30,000 store assistants are to benefit from the new pay rate, which exceeds the Living Wage Foundation’s recommended ‘real living wage’
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NewsSainsbury’s Northampton warehouse employees test positive for Covid-19
t follows Sainsbury’s neighbouring freezer warehouse being hit with its own outbreak last week
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NewsNext CEO Simon Wolfson joins Deliveroo board ahead of ‘potential’ IPO
Deliveroo has been bolstering its board in recent months, appointing Claudia Arney as the company’s first chair in November
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NewsScrap delivery fees and minimum spends for those shielding, charities urge
More than 20 UK charities have written to supermarket CEOs calling for delivery charges to be scrapped for the most vulnerable