All People articles – Page 444
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Potts to lead Nom Dairy plans to make yoghurt in the UK
Dairy Farmers of Britain commercial director David Potts has left to become MD of the newly-formed UK arm of Austrian dairy giant Nom Dairy.
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NewsDefiant in the gloom
Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King explains why he's still looking up. By Julia Taylor and Adam Leyland
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Dunsmore tasked with the revival of Magners
The UK cider industry has welcomed the appointment of John Dunsmore to the top job at C&C, the Irish-based owner of troubled cider brand Magners.
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C&C names former S&N man Dunsmore as new boss
C&C Group, the drinks company behind Magners cider, has appointed former Scottish & Newcastle boss John Dunsmore as its new chief executive.
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Other Movers 8/11/08
Kerrygold has appointed Andrew Parkes as national account manager working across both cheese packing and Kerrygold branded accounts. He has experience at United Biscuits and Imperial Tobacco. Hannah Murray has been appointed category development...
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Parripak's Parrish: 17 years is enough
James Parrish, who helped found Parripak Foods 17 years ago, has left the company to focus on farming.The former commercial director told The Grocer he had helped integrate the vegetable packing and processing business with Gretna-based...
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Young's Cane retires on 20% growth high note
Jim Cane, managing director of the £300m Young's Seafood business, is to retire early next year. When Young's Seafood's parent company, Foodvest, was bought by Lion Capital in July, it provided a "natural window to hand over the reins", Cane...
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Ex-rebels aim for positions on Nisa board
Five former members of the Nisa Members Association, which derailed Nisa-Today's attempts to merge with Costcutter in 2006, are to stand for election to the board as non-executive members.Rowan Black and Krishan Joshi are seeking re-election...
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All work and no pay
Dire wages, poor working conditions and long hours are a fact of life for seasonal workers. Michael Barker joined a GLA investigation to find out just how tough conditions are under the gangmasters
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Tony Page and Sainsbury's
Tony Page, Woolworths managing director of commercial, will not be joining Sainsbury's, as reported in The Grocer last week. Page was rumoured to be taking up the role of director of general merchandise. We now accept this was not...
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Other Movers 1/11/08
Former Thresher chief executive Roger Whiteside has been named managing director of pub company Punch Taverns' leased estate, taking over from Deborah Kemp on Monday. Whiteside was most recently a non-executive director of baker Greggs and has...
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Leigh goes back to square one at Asda
David Leigh has been appointed development manager for beers, wines and spirits at Asda, in a return to the company he first worked for 12 years ago on a university placement.Leigh will work alongside Asda's BWS buying managers Karen Doran...
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Cavendish takes hold of tobacco control debate
Dr Will Cavendish, director of health and wellbeing at the Department of Health, is set to take over the Government's tobacco policy from Monday. Cavendish - whose remit already includes obesity and alcohol, nutrition and food labelling -...
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Other Movers 25/10/2008
Pilgrims Choice has promoted Ben Hutchins to business development manager. Hutchins, who will be responsible for key account management and developing the brand, moves up from the role of national account manager. l Waheed Hassan has joined...
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John Barn named new ANR chairman
John Barn has been named the Association of News Retailing’s new chairman. Barn, who replaces Russ Simper, is news agency manager at The Co-operative Group, responsible for managing all news and magazines across the Co-operative movement. He has...
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Foodvest puts Rilatt in charge of boosting group sustainability
Foodvest, the owner of Young’s Seafood, has strengthened its green credentials with the appointment of Simon Rilatt as its first ever director of sustainability. “This senior appointment underlies the key importance of the sustainability agenda not...
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Careers File: Immigration law will starve food industry
New immigration controls could starve the industry of essential seasonal workers, says Sian Harrington
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Clydesdale replaced by Sheps at Carlsberg UK
Carlsberg confirmed this week that Doug Clydesdale’s unexpected departure from the UK arm of the business comes as the company tries to bring its UK sales into line with its European operations. Despite having turned Carlsberg into the...
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Core strength
As if battling UK economic strife weren’t enough, grocery’s Clark Kent is taking on the US, too. Alex Beckett reports
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Other Movers: 18/10/2008
Andy Hornby has resigned as HBOS chief executive after the company accepted an £11.5bn government cash injection. Hornby joined HBOS in 1999 from Asda, where he was MD of George clothing. l Patrick Bastow, one of the founders of Swedeponic, which...