All People articles – Page 469
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My Favourite Things Debra Eddy, senior marketing manager, General Mills UK
What's your favourite restaurant and why? Auberge in Cobham, Surrey. The menu is French, the food is great quality and it's a relaxing place. Do you prefer healthy food or junk food? Healthy with the occasional lapse! Have you...
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Ex-Tesco man joins As Nature Intended
Organic retailer As Nature Intended has created a new operations director role to help with its expansion plans. Daniel Upward has been brought in from Tesco to work alongside managing director Caroline Walker to help grow the business....
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New head of off-trade sales
Mark Tinsley has become UK off-trade director at E&J Gallo Winery. Tinsley moves up from the role of business unit manager for grocery at Gallo, where he has worked for 15 years. He will be responsible for developing Gallo's...
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Q&A with Paul Saville Manager of the Week
What is your greatest challenge and how do you tackle it? The geographic area we are based in means we have a high labour turnover. This means the challenges are keeping standards high and checking staff and customers are happy because...
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If you do one thing this week...
OK, so this is probably more a note to remind the men than the ladies but it doesn't make it any less important. With all the special offers that the retailers have on chocolates, Champagne and flower delivery there is no excuse for not making...
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Brecon Carreg makes Sherry new manager
Spadel UK, producer of Welsh natural mineral water brand Brecon Carreg, has promoted national sales manager Liz Sherry to general manager. Sherry continues to manage sales but will take on responsibility for driving the business forward....
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Q&A with Brian Paton Manager of the Week
What is your greatest challenge and how do you tackle it? Our greatest challenge is to convince the good folk of Kirkintilloch that this is the best place they have to shop. We do that by asking customers what they like and dislike, and...
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Reynolds takes up deputy chair at FSA
Ian Reynolds has been named as the new deputy chairman of the Food Standards Agency. He replaces Julia Unwin, who left the position in September to take on the role of director at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Reynolds has been a...
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My Favourite Things Chris Pilgrim, HR director, Uniq UK
What's your favourite restaurant and what do you like about it? Coles in Marlborough. It's only five minutes from home and combines a fun, informal atmosphere with great modern- English cooking. Do you prefer healthy food or junk food?...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get to where you are today? I started out at SmithKline Beecham as a territory manager before moving into marketing with a role on Lucozade Sport. After a break from the food industry with Energizer batteries, I joined HP...
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Cresswell takes helm at Midcounties food stores
Andy Cresswell has been promoted to the position of group general manager for the food retail group of The Midcounties Co-operative. He will replace Roy Frodsham who is moving to become managing director of Star News Shops - the...
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Thompson is valued says M&S
Marks & Spencer has dismissed reports that retail director Anthony Thompson is looking to leave the business. Reports this week said Thompson, who oversees all store operations including food, had been in talks with headhunters after...
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This week a year ago the winner was...
This time last year our Top Store award went to Tesco manager Ricky Wheeler for his Amersham store, which not only provided a full basket, but ticked every box on our shopper’s list. Ricky said he was able to spend more time on the shop floor…
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Rosier becomes MD in Organix shake-up
Organix, a leading children's organic food company, has promoted Anna Rosier to replace founder Lizzie Vann as managing director. Rosier, who is currently heading up the company's sales team, said Organix was the category innovator and...
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My Favourite Things Caroline Clarke, marketing manager, Heinz Tomato Ketchup
What's your favourite restaurant and why? Rosa's in Westbourne Park, London. It can be relied on for classic dishes. Its fish pie is great. Do you prefer healthy food or junk food? Healthy food but I don't always have the will- power to...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get where you are today? My first job was in a marketing consultancy, which was a fantastic learning curve. I then moved on to a seven-year stint at Electronic Arts, marketing computer games. Then I joined WeightWatchers,...
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Straetmans part of Dawson's strategy
Frank Straetmans is to become supply chain director of Croydon-based wholesaler Dawson News. The role is a new one for the company, which restructured in the second half of last year. Straetmans joins the Dawson News team on 1...
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Pair give IGD new direction
IGD is bolstering its senior team with two internal promotions, which it said would help meet the rapidly evolving grocery industry's needs. David Gordon, previously UK business manager, has become director of UK research - responsible...