All People articles – Page 418
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Profiles
The Human Angle: Fiona Maxwell
What is it like to work for your company? It is like a breath of fresh air. The team is people-focused and members work very well together and treat each other with respect.
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Bird bows out from Musgrave to pursue non-grocery career
Jemima Bird, marketing director at Musgrave Retail Partners GB, is leaving the business, The Grocer can reveal.Bird, who has been at Musgrave GB since January 2007, is leaving on 31 January for a role outside the grocery sector.
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Careers Flie: Neither Kraft nor Hershey can compare to real taste of Cadbury
The nightmare before Christmas has already come as far as I am concerned. It's likely my favourite confectionery brand Cadbury is...
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Unite shares Cadbury’s desire for independence
Cadbury's chances of staying independent from Kraft are set to receive a boost as Unite, the union representing most Cadbury workers, gears up for a campaign to support the confectioner.This week the union publicly stated its concerns...
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Sweet Charity gets new vice president
Deri Watkins, UK chocolate impulse sales director at Mars, has been named the new vice president of Sweet Charity, the charity for the UK confectionery industry.Watkins will support Sweet Charity president and Booker CEO Charles Wilson,...
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Lord Sugar ventures into Tesco chief’s den
The newly appointed enterprise tsar Lord Alan Sugar met Sir Terry Leahy for dinner on Tuesday night. Lord Sugar, who is charged with defending the interests of small businesses, was on a break from his tour of the country meeting small...
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Views of retail chiefs trusted on economy
The economic views of the bosses of Tesco, M&S and Arcadia are more valued than those of any political party, a survey of 2,000 consumers has suggested. Asked whose opinion they most trusted when it came to economic recovery, 19% of...
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Mister Frozen
With his Iceland business on a roll and a host of new opportunities on the horizon, Malcolm Walker is proving one cool trade. Peter Cripps meets him
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NewsSurprise exit for First Milk chief Humphreys
First Milk boss Peter Humphreys has announced his surprise exit from the dairy business.
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NewsStorm brews over Twinings cuts as workers plan protest
Twinings Tea workers are planning a protest outside the shareholders meeting of brand owner Associated British Foods, scheduled for Friday.
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NewsEx-Asda man Norman denied Mitchells & Butlers role
Former Asda boss Archie Norman has been blocked from becoming the chairman of Britain’s biggest pub chain, Mitchells & Butlers.
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NewsWomen In Grocery 2009: Here come the girls
Women now hold some of the most senior jobs in the grocery industry. Chloe Ryan and The Grocer team asked 35 of today's most influential women in food and drink how they did it and how far there is still to go
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Co-op axes 400 workers in DC closures
The Co-operative Group is to axe 400 jobs at Somerfield distribution centres. The group said the East Kilbride depot would close with the loss 160 jobs, while 140 jobs would be axed from the Bridgwater depot and 100 from Huntingdon...
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Profiles
The Human Angle: Donna Alder
What’s it like to work for your company? Fantastic. I walk in each morning and really have influence over what will happen.
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Barnes could share Aldi reins with CEO ‘partner’
Matthew Barnes will take control of Aldi UK and Ireland in March next year, but he may have to share the job with a partner, according to sources in the industry.
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All eyes on Price, but could McKenna replace Marc Bolland at Morrisons?
While most people's money is on Mark Price taking over from Marc Bolland at Morrisons, Asda FD Judith McKenna remains a highly fancied outsider.
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My Alternative CV: Simon Turrell, Matthew Walker's Christmas pudding expert
Simon Turrell, Matthew Walker's Christmas pudding expert, on Batman, Dawn French and fly fishing
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Fine to retire as FSA announces shake-up of its management
Food Standards Agency director of consumer choice and dietary health Gill Fine is to leave after five years.Fine, who joined the FSA from Sainsbury's in 2004, cut a controversial figure in the industry as she championed the agency's...
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Profiles
Careers File: Bolland shows true leadership transcends business sectors
Well, what a week for surprises. Jedward finally got voted off The X Factor, Katie Price walked out of the jungle and Marc Bolland was announced as the new CEO of M&S!
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O’Byrne to replace Kealy as BWG boss
BWG, owner of the Spar and Mace franchises in the Republic of Ireland, has appointed a new managing director, Willie O'Byrne, currently head of the group's Mace division.He replaces Peter Kealy, who has held the post for the past three...