All People articles – Page 387
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ProfilesThe Human Angle: Terry Jones, communications director, Food and Drink Federation
What's it like to work for your company? While some of the issues we focus on are slow burning, many are fast paced and can change hour by hour. Our role is extremely varied. We work with a wide range of stakeholders from industry, government and NGOs to create the ...
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NewsAppleby Westward’s Warren heads hiring
South West Spar wholesaler Appleby Westward Group has promoted Simon Warren to head of store recruitment, and has tasked him with adding 24 c-stores to the Spar fascia by the end of the year. Warren has been with the Saltash-based company...
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Profiles
Intersnack UK appoints new MD Robinson
Richard Robinson is the new MD for bagged snack producer Intersnack UK. He takes over from Calum Ryder, who is leaving later this month to "pursue new interests". Robinson was most recently commercial director and business...
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InterviewsAn eye for a bargain
His MoneySavingExpert website gets 80 million hits a month and last month he came top in our Power 100 list.
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Profiles
Former boss of Cadbury Stitzer in Hershey link
Todd Stitzer, the man in charge of Cadbury when it was sold to US food giant Kraft, has been linked with a move to rival chocolate giant The Hershey Company.The former Cadbury CEO is reported to have had talks with the US confectionery...
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Comment & Opinion
Mutiny-proofing
Where Tesco leads, others follow. Marks & Spencer might be a very different business but the high street giant has followed Tesco’s example with a shake-up of the pay for its top bosses.
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Comment & Opinion
Careers File: Professionalism pays, so why do many recruiters alienate applicants?
I've been writing this column for nearly three years now. While I can't claim to receive sackloads of email every time it's published, there are a few people out there who have become regular correspondents, sharing with me their comments on...
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: Maria Leavesley, Frumoo
Maria Leavesley, founder of Frumoo British milk & fruit smoothies, on Rick Springfield, Gazza and dolphins
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Profiles
The Human Angle: Max Gowland, Chief innovation officer, Jeyes
What's it like to work for your company? Jeyes is an energised and stimulating company to work for.
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News
Mars appoints Dunning as grocery sales director
Mars Chocolate UK has appointed former Cadbury man Jamie Dunning as its new sales director for grocery.Dunning has joined Mars from Kraft, where he was impulse sales director for Cadbury products. He replaces David Bell, who was poached...
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News
New northern region MD for Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury's has appointed a new managing director for the north as the retailer bids to expand its store estate in the region. David Furness will take on the role at the end of August, heading Sainsbury's stores across the north of...
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco's money-go-round
At the start of his reign Philip Clarke said Tesco would not be going all “touchy-feely” on us. But he did promise a change in tone, including a vow to make the leadership of the business more transparent than it had been.
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ProfilesParfetts axes 64 jobs as it tackles “overstaffing”
AG Parfett & Son has made 64 redundancies across its six depots in a bid to ensure its long-term viability. The largest number of cuts were among warehouse and checkout staff, where 33 positions were axed. Eight jobs have gone in the...
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Profiles
Henderson acts as FD after duo exit Boparan
Steve Henderson has been appointed acting group finance director for Boparan Holdings following the departure of Simon Herrick and Jon Silk this month. Herrick and Silk were FDs for Northern Foods and 2 Sisters respectively, and Boparan...
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Ben Styche, retail controller at Cafédirect
Ben Styche, retail controller at Cafédirect, on life as a tea boy and making a difference to growers’ communities
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ProfilesThe Human Angle: Ed Farrell, NPD Manager, Gressingham Foods
What's it like to work for your company? Busy, which is great! The company has grown rapidly since I joined in September 2008. We supply all the major retailers as well as wholesalers and independents, so it is a fun challenge to split your time equally between customers. There is ...
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ProfilesBart Spices appoints Collard as new CEO
David Collard is the new chief executive officer for Bart Spices. Collard takes up the role on 6 June, joining from the Dormen Food Company where he was managing director for three years. He has worked in the food sector for 16 years,...
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Comment & Opinion
Careers File: Don't bombard staff with senseless office jargon
I've just sat through a team meeting full of clichés and management speak. I blame the consultants that we were using. I think we might have caught it from them or watching too much of The Apprentice.
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NewsThe Grocer Power 100
Who are the most powerful figures in the grocery industry today? The Grocer team undertook exhaustive research to determine the key players, from the bosses of the biggest retailers and manufacturers to opinion formers, commodity traders, bankers, celebrity chefs and NGOs. After weeks of painstaking deliberations, we present the rankings, ...
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InterviewsMeat & Fish Supplement 2011: The man behind the mask
The tycoon who snatched Northern Foods from Greencore is one of the most private entrepreneurs in grocery. Who is the real Ranjit Singh Boparan, asks Richard Ford