Archive of all profile articles – Page 32
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ProfilesRaw food's smoothie operator
With celebrity fans like Gywneth Paltrow on board, Geeta Sidhu-Robb is gearing up to take her raw food smoothies to the masses.
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ProfilesWhere are they now? Richard Baker
Career background: Baker started his grocery career as many of the industry’s high fliers did - at Mars…
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Profiles'Green growth is the only route to growth'
Amanda Sourry, chairman of Unilever UK & Ireland, on sustainability, reformulating Flora, and the job losses in Wales.
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ProfilesCowboys? Watch out
Environment Agency chairman Lord Chris Smith is determined to nail companies flouting their green obligations.
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ProfilesSir Graham Melmoth, former Co-operative Group CEO
Career background: Sir Graham worked at pharmaceutical company Fisons before joining The Co-operative Group in 1976…
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ProfilesRichard Bennett, former retail director at Spar
Bennett started his career at Marks & Spencer as a trainee manager for its store in Windsor…
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ProfilesMatt Pullen, former marketing director, Bernard Matthews
Where are they now? Matt Pullen, former marketing director, Bernard Matthews…
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ProfilesShopping for the iPad generation
Marks & Spencer says its new flagship store in Chester marks a new high in environmentally friendly and hi-tech retailing…
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ProfilesTony Page, former Woolworths commercial and marketing director
Page joined Sainsbury’s as a graduate assistant. He then moved to Asda where he spent 13 years…
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ProfilesYeo Valley says 'thanks but no thanks' to sale rumours
Yeo Valley’s strong brand and successful, broad-based business has made it a frequent subject of takeover specultation…
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ProfilesSteve McLean on bringing his Plan A game to M&S milk
Milk is Marks & Spencer’s most iconic Plan A product. So when the supermarket milk wars threatened to further cut farmgate prices…
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ProfilesCan Jack Daniel's create a buzz by simply adding honey?
With its first new product in more than a decade, Jack Daniel’s is aiming to shake up the struggling…
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ProfilesMartin Miller's tale: from musty antiques to botanical nirvana
We’ve all done it, haven’t we? Sat in a pub with a few pals indulging in flights of fancy about what we’d really like to do with…
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ProfilesExtending the olive branch
Having wowed celebrity chefs with its foodservice offer, The Fresh Olive Company is now eyeing strong growth for retail brand Belazu.
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ProfilesTurning over a new leaf
Graham Clarkson’s taste buds have helped pick the premium salad leaves in Steve’s Leaves. Now he’s on the hunt for the next big thing.
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ProfilesColin Cobain, former IT director, Tesco
Cobain spent 11 years at Mars working in IT and market research before moving into retail.
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ProfilesOn a roll with Accrol Papers
Times are tough in toilet paper. Volume sales of Britain’s 10 biggest loo roll brands (including own label) are down 5.4%…
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Where are they now? Eric Nicholls, former buyer, Sainsbury's
Nicholls joined Sainsbury’s in June 1956 following national service, as a clerk in the factory costing office in Blackfriars.
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ProfilesCoca-Cola's Team GB unites for the big push
It’s taken years of planning and teamwork to match any Olympian feat to come. We talk to Coke’s Simon Baldry and Jon Woods.
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Companies cannot afford to ignore the dangers of bribery
I was shocked to read The Grocer’s survey on bribery (7 June), which found almost half the senior executives polled…