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ProfilesBeyond Meat’s Lee Crane on Watford FC, Oasis and jalapeños
‘From eco-friendly packaging to encouraging recycling and reducing single-use items, we need to minimise waste and protect the planet for future generations’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Paulina Wagner, trade marketing executive, Oatly
‘More brands are embracing bold, unconventional approaches, making it an exciting space for creative thinkers who love to challenge the norm’
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ProfilesGrubby’s Martin Holden-White on mice, plant-based and Austin Powers
‘We’re helping make plant-based eating more accessible and convenient for people’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Veganuary’s Chelsea Harrop on McFly, Harry Styles and plant-based
Chelsea Harrop talks handling viral moments like Veganuary name-drops on Corrie to dreaming of a world where every popular sandwich has a vegan counterpart
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Hannah Parkes, head of people & impact, The Jolly Hog
Hannah shares her journey from sausage-themed interview questions to the challenges and rewards of working in a B Corp business
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ProfilesSt Ewe Eggs’ Rebecca Tonks on cigars, horses and Joe Wicks
’I just love a cigar. It makes my toes tingle, the flavour and the smell: perfection’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Rosalie De Bruin, senior brand manager, Danone
’If you have a strict career plan in place, you’re not going to be as open to new opportunities. And you really don’t know where life can take you!’
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ProfilesMerchant Gourmet MD Richard Peake on buffets, Elf and an HFSS tax
‘In an ideal world, unhealthy and highly processed foods would be expensive through heavy taxation’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: George Fitzgerald, head of out of home, Grounded
‘Be open to every opportunity, no matter how small it seems – it might just be the stepping stone you need’
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ProfilesJNCK Bakery’s Alex Brassill on HFSS, Jaws and Alton Towers
‘I think HFSS regulations are moving things in the right direction, but there probably needs to be more focus on sugar’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Natalie Burke, product manager, Little Dish
‘People management, costings, factory adaptations, buyer meetings… unfortunately, it is not all tastings’
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ProfilesStarbucks’ Sam Henderson on vertigo, Costa Rica and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Sam shares his journey from his first job as a Starbucks barista to now leading beverage development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: James Magee, assistant brand manager, Belazu
‘I didn’t think I could become so passionate about olive oil,’ says Belazu’s assistant brand manager
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ProfilesWho Gives A Crap’s David Titman on taco Tuesday, charity and being a wallflower
‘Everything is so standardised nowadays, it’s really hard to do anything that’s outside of the playbook. Shoppers love new stuff!’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Sarah Gerrard, category & insights manager, White Rabbit Pizza
The free-from expert uses data to ‘bridge the gap between what consumers want, and what they see on the shelf’
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ProfilesDanone’s Tom Kerr on spiders, rollercoasters and split trousers
‘I’d love us to be able to make it even easier for shoppers to make educated decisions about the products they’re choosing’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Katie McDaid, product developer, Cypressa
‘I wanted to make an impact, and being a small part in designing what people pop in their basket was very enticing’
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ProfilesThe Curators’ Max Rees on jerky, Gary Lineker and digging in
Self-proclaimed ’Big Cheese’ of snacking brands Cheesies and The Curators talks ’digging in and get things done’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Francesca Harrison, marketing manager, Oato
‘Having a proactive and go-getting attitude is key, especially if you’re keen to go for challenger brands’
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ProfilesDell’ Ugo CEO Sophia Cooke on musicals, Bangkok and Comic Sans
For National Pasta Day tomorrow, Sophie takes us on her journey from graduate fmcg buyer to watch buyer to fresh pasta brand CEO