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Knight the latest exec to leave DFB
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
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
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
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...
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Netto MD quits as discounter cuts back expansion plans
Netto UK MD Richard Lancaster has resigned as the discounter announced job losses and scaled back its expansion plans.
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BP picks Harding as head of convenience
BP veteran Richard Harding has been named as the petrol giant's new UK convenience retail director.Harding will take over from Karen Hubbard, who is leaving after five years with BP on 1 December. He will be responsible for all of BP's...
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Careers File: There's no X Factor in food and drink - just hard work and satisfaction
A key part of my role as a specialist recruiter is to keep my eyes and ears open at all times for candidates who can help my clients achieve the business objectives they have described to me. Getting the right 'fit' with established candidates at middle and senior management level ...
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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 -...