All People articles – Page 434

  • News

    The candyman can

    2008-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury CEO Todd Stitzer is on a mission to mend margins and make the newly demerged global confectionery giant sing. He's well on his way, says Adam Leyland

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    Gershon follows Lees as Tate & Lyle chairman

    2008-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Sir Peter Gershon is to succeed Sir David Lees as chairman of Tate & Lyle by the end of 2009.Sir Peter joins the board in February as a non-executive director and chairman-elect ahead of his appointment as chairman. Sir Peter is currently...

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    DFB to slash staff and cut price paid for milk

    2008-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Farmers of Britain plans to axe more than a quarter of its headcount in a major restructuring programme to return the business to profitability.The troubled dairy co-operative announced this week that its restructuring plan could...

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    Tesco invests in hiring and retaining its staff

    2008-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is anticipating it will need to recruit 300 staff to its head office next year, and is planning for a further 400 staff switching jobs, according to a company employed by Tesco to supply software to improve recruitment and...

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    Your store needs you

    2008-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is recruiting ex-military personnel to managerial positions in its stores. Chloe Smith takes a look at how the skills transfer

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    Tate & Lyle books in Lodge as new FD

    2008-12-04T09:05:38.743Z

    Tate & Lyle has confirmed that interim finance director Tim Lodge is to keep the post on a permanent basis, as the sugar giant continues to revamp its senior management.

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    Other Movers 29/11/08

    2008-11-29T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons trading director Andrew Pleasance is to take up the new role of senior trading director for operations. Grant Eastwood moves from licensed trades to the new role of trading projects and change director, while Simon Harrison will become...

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    All change at the top for the global grocery retail giants

    2008-11-29T00:00:00Z

    Both Wal-Mart and Carrefour have new leaders as the global economic crisis bites ever harder. Chloe Smith and Julia Taylor ask what they will bring to the party

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    Former Nisa rebels lose bid to join board

    2008-11-29T00:00:00Z

    Former Nisa-Today's rebels Ian Hunt and Mark Proudfoot - who derailed the buying group's plans to merge with Costcutter two years ago - have again failed to be elected to the organisation's board.At this week's AGM another former member of...

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    Liptrot joins Blakemore to fuel delivered growth

    2008-11-29T00:00:00Z

    John Liptrot, the former MD of the now-defunct buying group Key Lekkerland, has joined AF Blakemore in the newly created position of sales director for the Spar distributor's wholesale division.Liptrot has worked in wholesale for more than...

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    Wilson leaves Kraft to oversee flagship Premier cake brands

    2008-11-29T00:00:00Z

    Stuart Wilson has joined Premier Foods as director of ambient - sweet, overseeing several flagship brands, including Mr Kipling and Cadbury cakes.

  • Profiles

    Careers File: You can't make someone listen to you - try changing the way you listen to them

    2008-11-29T00:00:00Z

    Sue Mountstevens answes the questions on your workplace dilemmas

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    Other Movers 22/11/08

    2008-11-22T00:00:00Z

    George Davies, the founder of the first supermarket clothing range, George at Asda, is retiring from Marks & Spencer where he set up the Per Una label. The part-time chairman of Per Una will step down at the end of December. Andrew Skinner has...

  • Profiles

    A new blood line

    2008-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Scottish & Newcastle boss Jeremy Blood talks to Robyn Lewis about life after the Heineken and Carlsberg takeover

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    Careers File: Hidden risks and costs mean redundancies can be a false economy

    2008-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury, McBride, Paramount Foods, Arla, PepsiCo, Bakkavör - the list of grocery companies making redundancies is growing longer.  Though not all such decisions are solely a response to the current economic downturn, in such times employers...

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    Carrefour replaces CEO Duran with Nestlé's Olofsson

    2008-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Carrefour has tasked its new chief executive with driving the group’s own-label offer and shifting its focus from non-food back to food in the wake of José Luis Duran’s dismissal. Lars Olofsson, Nestlé’s vice-president in charge of strategic...

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    Knight the latest exec to leave DFB

    2008-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Rob Knight has quit as non-executive chairman of Dairy Farmers of Britain, becoming the latest high-profile departure.Knight's resignation closely follows the exits of commercial director David Potts and non-executive director Philip...

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    Mitchell quits Innocent for private equity role

    2008-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Innocent Drinks UK MD Jamie Mitchell is set to leave the company to explore new opportunities in the world of private equity.He would not give full details of his plans, but said he was talking to private equity firms about potential...

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    John West names Thorpe its new MD

    2008-11-22T00:00:00Z

    John West has appointed as its new managing director the man said to have helped turn around the canned fruit sector. Stephen Thorpe, previously MD of Mission Foods, replaces Ian Meadows, who has been transferred to work on group initiatives...

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    Other Movers 15/11/08

    2008-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Woolworths' non-executive director Roger Jones has died, aged 71. Jones, who spent the majority of his career at Woolworths and was MD from 1995 until his retirement in 1998, had been "an integral part" of the company for many years, said...