All People articles – Page 428
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Mattessons' Power goes to Burger King
Leading food and drink producer Kerry Foods has lost one of its most senior marketers. Sarah Power who had been responsible for the company's Mattessons brand, has joined Burger King as its new senior marketing manager for northern...
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Dautzenberg leaves Makro UK for Portugal
Managing director of Makro UK Philipp Dautzenberg has been replaced by Hannes Floto after leaving to become MD of Makro Portugal. Dautzenberg had been UK MD for three years and has worked at Makro and its German parent company, the Metro...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get to where you are today? Luck and a small amount of judgement. I did an engineering degree and it was great at teaching me that I didn't want to be an engineer. I had worked for a company during university that had got me into...
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UB chief executive Ritchie steps down
United Biscuits chief executive Malcolm Ritchie is one of several big names to leave the company following its acquisition by private equity groups Blackstone and PAI in October. Ritchie has decided the time is right to move on, said...
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JS chairman is knighted
Major figures in grocery were recognised in the Queen's New Year's Honours list. Philip Hampton, chairman of Sainsbury's since 2004, was knighted. Sir Philip received the honour for public service. Gavin Neath, general manager of...
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Cameron the food patriot takes the floor
Supermarkets were accused of using their market power to squeeze the margins of their suppliers by Tory leader David Cameron this week. Addressing the Oxford Farming Conference, Cameron urged competition authorities to crack down on...
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Q&A with Duncan Brooks Manager of the Week
What is your greatest challenge and how do you deal with it? Availability and customer service are the biggest challenges we face as no one would be pleased to come into a shop and not be able to buy what they want. We pride ourselves on...
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Q&A with Ann Plenderleith Manager of the Week
What is your greatest challenge and how do you deal with it? Availability is our greatest challenge but we also strive for great customer service. We have a company process in place that we follow for availability and we ensure we keep...
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My Favourite Things Alan Wright, joint managing director, Freshway Foods
What's your favourite restaurant? A small country restaurant near Uttoxeter. The Head Chef owns it and has a passion for top-grade food. Do you prefer healthy food or junk food? I like to think I now eat far more healthily. Have...
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This week a year ago The winner was...
Waitrose store manager Kate Corcoran won our Top Store award this time last year, after her Monmouth store in Wales dazzled our mystery shopper with excellent customer service and a clean and tidy shop. Corcoran then stated that 2006...
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The player outclassing everyone
When Tesco broke through the £2bn pre-tax profit barrier and achieved a 30% share of grocery for the first time in 2005, some analysts started pondering how long the good times could last. But more stunning results in 2006 have shown...
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My Favourite Things Nigel Parrott, group marketing director, New Covent Garden Food Co
What's your favourite restaurant and what do you like about it? Finos in Charlotte Street, London. The tapas is informal and the foie gras is the best I've had in the UK. It's run by the sons of the owner of Hambleton Hall in Rutland. Do...
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Ciserani Gambles and wins
Justin King came close. Stuart Rose was in the frame. As usual Sir Terry Leahy was a strong contender. But this year, for the first time in ages, you chose a supplier as your man of the year. Gianni Ciserani, the effusive Italian MD of…
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Greencore restructure brings new leadership
Convenience foods manufacturer Greencore Group has appointed three new category managing directors following a restructure. Over the past three years, Greencore Cakes and Desserts has been run as a single business with Greencore Frozen...
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Neville-Rolfe joins board
Lucy Neville-Rolfe has been appointed to the board of Tesco as executive director for corporate and legal affairs. Neville-Rolfe was appointed company secretary to Tesco's board of directors in March 2004 in addition to her role as group...
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Olins appointed as Poupart group MD
BerryWorld managing director Adam Olins is set to become group managing director of fresh produce company, the Poupart Group. Olins has been managing director of BerryWorld, the soft fruit trading division of the Poupart Group, since it...
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Q&A with Andrew Major Manager of the Week
What is your greatest challenge and how do you deal with it? Customer service and availability are the key drivers for me and are also the two most important measures for driving footfall and growing like-for-like sales, which is exactly...
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Welsh meat role for Smith
Kirsten Smith is to become red meat executive at Hybu Cig Cymru, Meat Promotion Wales. The new role sees her take responsibility for enhancing, delivering and implementing Welsh red-meat strategy to complement Welsh Assembly policies for...
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Q&A with Mark Prout Manager of the Week
What's been keeping you busy? We have just reopened the store after an extensive refit and enlargement programme, which has lasted for a total of 32 weeks. It's been a pretty major challenge, as the majority of the work was done while the store...