All People articles – Page 488
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Q&A with Mark Daws Manager of the Week
Have you had any major changes in store recently? We just finished an extension and renovation in June, which increased our selling area from 21,000 sq ft to 25,000 sq ft. We were already trading very well, but we wanted to bring the...
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Salad days are at Uniq for Woolley
Uniq has handed Stephen Woolley the new role of managing director for its Smedley's Salads business. Woolley joins the Spalding-based business from Young's Bluecrest, where he was general manager for its Hull site. Prior to that...
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Power to the people
It was the most devastating boycott of recent times. Following the publication in a Danish newspaper of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad, a boycott of all Danish products was called for in Muslim countries. Lurpak manufacturer Arla Foods...
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Mason appeals to the empty nesters
It has taken Paul Mason a little more than six months as chief executive of Somerfield to be able to sit down and reveal to the press his master plan for the "confused business that was trying to be Tesco rather than itself". As part of...
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In Brief: Illsley for Northern; Society president; Newton joins Bacardi; Innocent reshuffle
Illsley for Northern Northern Foods has appointed Tony Illsley as a non-executive director. Illsley previously held a number of senior marketing and operational roles with PepsiCo in the UK and Europe, before becoming president...
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Q&A with Neil Barber Manager of the Week
Do you attribute this week's award to any particular programme or drive? I must say I am delighted and proud of my team and I'd like to thank them. This is a testament to the hard work and consistency they have put in. I think the team...
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Lowman succeeds Rae as c-stores' champion
The Association of Convenience Stores has appointed James Lowman as its new chief executive, replacing David Rae who is set to retire from the role. Lowman will leave his current position as director of public affairs at the ACS on 1...
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Climbing the ladder
What was the best decision you have made in your career and why? Leaving Tesco - it felt like leaving a big family, and it was a fantastic training ground, but since I left I have not looked back. I joined Uniq just as the UK business was being...
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Iceland's comeback kid
On the bookshelf in Malcolm Walker's otherwise unremarkable office at Iceland Foods HQ in Deeside, north Wales, sits a title oddly out of place among the grocery-related tomes. George IV: A Life in Caricature, lampoons the larger-than-life king...
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Pearce takes NFU food role
The National Farmers' Union has promoted Kevin Pearce to the role of head of food and farming with immediate effect. He replaces Robin Tapper who stepped down from the post in July. Pearce has worked for the NFU since 1985 and, in the...
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the art of no-gotiation
According to Samuel Johnson, treating your adversary with respect serves no purpose. Many retailers appear to subscribe to this view when it comes to their dealings with suppliers, seemingly preferring to force through cost reductions or...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get where you are today? I got here via an interesting mix of working within the food, pharmaceutical and nutritional sectors for almost 20 years. Initially, I was in sales and marketing roles, then focused primarily on...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get where you are today? I initially trained as a chef and travelled extensively on board the QE2. At 26, I moved from being a chef into sales and marketing for food manufacturers. From there I moved into high-performance packaging...
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My Favourite Things Gina Hall, group marketing and product director, Hill Station
What's your favourite restaurant? The Harrow at Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire. The owners' love of all things Spanish comes through in their dishes, and the friendly yet professional manner in which they run the front of house. Do you prefer...
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Sainsbury's signs up Tesco property head
Gaelle WalkerSainsbury's has appointed current Tesco property services director Neil Sachdev to the newly created role of commercial director. Sachdev's appointment is the fourth senior defection from Tesco to Sainsbury's in the past two...
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Q&A with Paul Chapman Manager of the Week
Have you have won this award before? Yes, I was the manager here when we won the award last June. We were trading as a Safeway back then, but the store has since been refitted and rebadged under the Morrisons brand. In fact, I think it is 12… -
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Stirred not shaken
Where is the Andy Bond who delivered "that speech" at IGD's annual convention last October? Since gamely shouldering Asda's share of the blame for the industry's "bland, amorphous, sameness", the dynamic leader that these comments seemed to...