All People articles – Page 243
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ProfilesTobacco: how JTI’s Dean Gilfillan is preparing for the menthol ban
After a 27-year career in fmcg spanning three continents, the Worksop native took up his first-ever UK-based job last July
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NewsAlex Scott joins Diversity and Inclusion in Grocery conference lineup of speakers
Now in its second year, the event, at Wembley Stadium, will host about 800 people from 150 companies
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NewsTesco shuffles drinks buying team as John Wootton is promoted
John Wootton has been appointed as category buying manager in grocery after three years leading the wine team
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InterviewsWhy Abel & Cole MD Hannah Shipton is thinking outside the fruit & veg box
For too long, Abel & Cole has only been known for its fresh produce boxes, says its MD. She’s on a mission to change that
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NewsSuperdrug and Savers apprenticeship enjoys record-breaking year with 500 candidates
The sister retailers say the completion rate hit 10% above the national average
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NewsTesco to take more direct role in Booker buying process
The shake-up has been triggered by the retirement of Booker commercial director Andrew Thompson
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NewsReg Smith to join Noble Foods as agriculture director
Smith brings 30 years’ experience having held key roles at Atlantic Poultry and Faccenda Foods
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Grocer 33Grocer 33 store of the week: Tesco, Southend-on-Sea
‘We’re really buoyant. This store is one of the top 10 for sales in the company’
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NewsBen Stimson to retain Waitrose-focused digital role in JLP management shake-up
Stimson is the only remaining member of the old Waitrose food board who will report directly to JLP chairman Sharon White
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NewsMorrisons extends CLIC Sargent charity partnership into fourth year
The partnership with CLIC Sargent is now aiming to raise £15m by February 2021
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Sophie Knox Richmond, food writer & recipe developer, Doughlicious
Food writer Sophie has followed in her mother’s footsteps and hopes to pen her own cookbook
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NewsCity snapshot: Heineken CEO to step down as it posts 5.6% annual sales growth
Heineken has announced its CEO is to step down as it posted a year of solid revenue growth as sales volumes and prices both rose. Plus, Ahold Delhaize earnings rise on sales growth and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsGrocery giants to unite to embrace diversity and inclusion
The ’Diversity and Inclusion in Grocery’ conference will take place 12 March
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NewsTesco drops China supplier after forced prison labour allegations
A cry for help from inmates at a Chinese prison was found in December after a 6-year-old girl in London discovered the note in a card bought from Tesco
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My Alternative CVJohn Stapleton, New Covent Garden Soup Co and Little Dish, on Thin Lizzy, Pulp Fiction and Michael Schumacher
‘The most rewarding part of my job is the variety’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Kimberley Dorman, marketing executive, British Corner Shop
Kim talks us through her role at British Corner Shop, which exports ‘home comforts’ to customers overseas
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NewsNeil Turton resigns as Sugro MD
The former Nisa CEO is set to leave on 1 May following the completion of a three-month notice period
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NewsMedia Bites 5 Feb: M&S, Grocery sales, Meat tax
M&S Food finance director Nick Hewitt has left the chain last month, the latest high profile exit at the chain, while Morrisons boss David Potts has come under pressure to restore the grocer’s furtune as market share and sales keep falling
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NewsNina Bhatia joins JLP board as strategy director
Former British Gas executive Bhatia will report to chairman Sharon White
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NewsChristine Tacon launches final supplier survey before stepping down as GCA
Tacon said there has been a huge improvement in retailer behaviour across the board since she took up the role eight years