All People articles – Page 64
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InterviewsAsh CEO Deborah Arnott’s 21-year battle with Big Tobacco
Deborah Arnott is stepping down after 21 years. She looks back on her battle with the tobacco lobby… and ahead to the vaping challenge
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Ocado’s ‘female founders’ aisle positive discrimination?
The Buy Women Built aisle divides opinion among female founders
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NewsGeorge Wright to step down as FareShare CEO
John Bason, chair of FareShare since 2012 and formerly finance director of Associated British Foods, will act as executive chair
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NewsGreggs Foundation launches its 1,000th Breakfast Club in milestone year
The programme provides a free breakfast for thousands of children every day
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NewsUnitas Wholesale appoints new finance director Nick Shaw
Shaw will join a reconfigured executive team at the buying group
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Fosse Park, Leicester: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’re half a mile off the M1, so we attract a good mix of locals and people from afar’
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NewsFWD to offer extra funding in revamped bursary
The FWD’s Fellowship Fund has been renamed and given extra funding
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NewsAsda trials first big uniform change in 12 years
A six-week trial will see more than 2,600 Asda staff across 12 stores sport the new look, with 10 different types of uniform available
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can fmcg address its green skills and knowledge gap?
Chief sustainability officer roles have multiplied in recent years. But as scrutiny grows over green claims and principles, a huge knowledge gap is emerging across the wider team
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ProfilesGeeta’s Eleanor Bridgman on ikigai, wigs and chutney
For National Curry Week, Eleanor shares insight into her life at world foods brand Geeta’s
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NewsGenius Foods replaces CEO as turnaround continues
Adam Smart leaves the company after 18 months in the job
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Category ReportThe Welsh farmer uprising: Wales category report 2024
The Welsh government’s Sustainable Farming Scheme triggered widespread uproar from farmers. How can the unrest be quelled?
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Will James, product development, The Spice Tailor
For National Curry Week, Will talks about how his role at The Spice Tailor has taken him all the way to India to test out new products
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NewsNish Kankiwala to step down as JLP CEO, as Jason Tarry takes full control
The position of CEO will be folded permanently, handing new chairman Jason Tarry overall control of the partnership ‘by March 2025’
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NewsSainsbury’s kicks off Christmas recruitment drive
Sainsbury’s is on the hunt for 18,000 supermarket workers, and a further 2,000 at Argos
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NewsOcado launches dedicated female-founded brand aisle
The ‘Buy Women Built’ aisle features more than 1,000 products from 130 female-founded brands including Bold Bean Co, Pip & Nut, Little Moons and Biotiful
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Comment & OpinionFmcg CEOs can’t afford to fall behind consumer trends
As disposable income takes a hit, consumers are hunting for value for money or real differentiation, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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NewsCountry Range Group appoints new interim head of marketing
The new head of marketing has 34 years of experience across retail, wholesale, and trading
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Analysis & FeaturesWrap’s Sebastian Munden on sustainability’s ‘competitive advantage’
The Grocer’s guest editor and Wrap chair on the ‘competitive advantage’ of sustainability, and ‘unintentional greenwashing’
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NewsWaitrose promotes Nicola Jones to wine trading manager role
Jones joined Waitrose as a graduate 13 years ago and has held roles across its commercial and trading team