Archive of all profile articles – Page 11
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Better Nature Tempeh’s Chris Kong on Indonesia, meat and corgis
‘It’s grossly unfair that retailers often charge 10%-15% margins on meat compared to 35%-40% on plant-based protein’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Georgie Cella, partnerships manager, Fairtrade
Partnership manager Georgie gives insight on her role connecting brands with Fairtrade and her past working to fight food waste
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Itsu’s Aidan Tyers on chopsticks, dumplings and Five
‘Chopstick skills are pretty important when working at Itsu’ says head dumpling Aidan Tyers
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Josh Horner, automation engineer, HelloFresh
’Automation is the future for food’ says Josh, but he argues ‘there will be a need for many people in more expert roles’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Pizza Express’ Chris Holmes on lions, vinyl and spaghetti hoops
International and channel director Chris ‘would love to see a touch more warmth and hospitality in the UK grocery scene’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Dominic McCourt, Northfield Farm at Borough Market
‘I always wanted to be a rockstar, until I found out I have no rhythm and the sheep on the farm have a better singing voice than me’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Co-op’s Christopher Byrne on Kylie, Mel B and Muriel’s Wedding
Co-op’s head of brand, creative and in-store marketing wants Victoria Beckham and Miriam Margolyes to eat crisp sandwiches together
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Helen Clegg, senior account manager, Flavor Sampling
For online job applications, Helen says ‘skip the typical job application processes and head straight to the hiring manager’s inbox!’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: The Gym Kitchen’s Segun Akinwoleola on babies and diversity
‘I’m still one of the only black people in a lot of rooms and there are still very few black-owned brands sold in major supermarkets’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Katie King, marketing manager, Strong Roots
Veggie marketing manager Katie explains how to make it in the world of fmcg – from following good managers to LinkedIn networking
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Pleese’s Joe Moruzzi on cheesecake and giving back
Frozen cheesecake CEO Joe Moruzzi explains how he combines his love for food with a mission to empower young entrepreneurs
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Olivia Slater, in-house designer, Field & Flower
Olivia says to get into food or design ‘start a food and recipe blog, design assets for brand you admire, create your own content on social, attend networking events and meet people’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Momo Kombucha’s Josh Puddle on 1990s pop, Rye Lane and Wim Hof
‘If I could change one thing in grocery, I’d heavily tax the worst of the ultra-processed, unhealthy foods and heavily subsidise organic, seasonal produce’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Jessica Smyth, senior buyer, Sainsbury’s
’I didn’t know buying was an option when I was searching career fayres at school’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: PerfectTed’s Marisa Poster on matcha, ADHD and spiders
‘In an ideal world, there would be more support and resources available for challenger brands to bring healthier options to market’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Noa Cohen, public affairs manager, General Mills
‘I really love in-person meetings in parliament or with our trade associations. I get to advocate for what I think is a fantastic company and industry’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Higgidy’s Rachel Kelley on sustainability and deep breaths
‘There needs to be more collaboration on the big industry issues, including things like soil health, to support a sustainable food supply chain’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: George Phillips, digital product & e-commerce lead, Minor Figures
Minor Figures’ digital product and e-commerce lead discusses his journey from footballer to coffee enthusiast to digital lead
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Whitebox Cocktails’ Ben Iravani on Tupac and brutal honesty
‘There needs to be more support for up and coming brands that can show traction. The big boys always dominate financially which makes it very hard to get seen’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Rahul Vora, senior brand manager, Jacobs Douwe Egberts
Rahul talks about his journey from applying on LinkedIn to having ’an impact on a global level’ at coffee powerhouse JDE