Archive of all profile articles – Page 39
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ProfilesFull steam ahead for Stewed!
Not content with an ever-increasing presence in the mults, Stewed! MD Alan Rosenthal is taking the range into the UK’s train stations.
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ProfilesColin Holmes
Holmes spent the vast majority of his retail career at Tesco, joining the supermarket giant in 1988 and working his way up the organisation.
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William Reed offers eLearning training
William Reed Business Media, the publisher of The Grocer, has launched an eLearning website to make it easier and simpler for businesses to train their staff.
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ProfilesMartin Beaumont
Martin Beaumont was chief executive at The Co-operative Group between 2002 and 2007.
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ProfilesKaren Fream of 1HQ
The client director of shopping engagement at 1HQ on job interview parking mishaps, her fancy dress compulsion and Victoria Beckham.
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ProfilesJohn Longworth
Longworth originally trained as a scientist, but chalked up a considerable stint in the grocery sector, working at The Co-op for eight years, Tesco for 14 years and Asda for five.
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ProfilesJemima Bird
Following stints with Asda and The Co-op, where she helped developed the ‘Good with food’ strapline, Jemima worked as marketing director for Musgrave GB.
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ProfilesIt's All About Food
With sales of his restaurant-licensed products tipped to top £16m in 2012, MD and entrepreneur Phil Lynas shares his recipe for success.
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ProfilesPhilip Davies MP
Davies worked for Asda from September 1993 to May 2005, when he was elected MP for Shipley.
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ProfilesGambling on a real point of difference
With his Merseyside-based L7 Village Market, Steve Jagota is taking on the multiples. And his ‘old-fashioned’ approach seems to be paying dividends.
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ProfilesPeter Pritchard
Pritchard was head of buying for Wilkinson and is now commercial director for Pets At Home.
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ProfilesOliver Meakin
Meakin spent three years at Somerfield as director of strategy and business systems, until it was acquired by The Co-operative Group in 2009.
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ProfilesMatthew Austin of Wrigley
Matthew Austin, confections business unit director at Wrigley, on yachts, horses and singing Happy Birthday
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ProfilesLord Sainsbury of Preston Candover KG
He lad Sainsbury’s 1973 flotation - dubbed the ‘sale of the century’ - and oversaw its expansion into an £11bn empire.
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ProfilesJim Walker, CBE
Jim helped develop Walkers Shortbread into the largest family-owned biscuit manufacturer in the UK.
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ProfilesPerween Warsi, CBE
The founder and chief executive of S&A Foods, which supplies chilled ethnic ready meals for sale throughout the UK and internationally
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ProfilesClaire Henzell of The Feel Good Drinks Co
Claire is national account manager in the sales team at the drinks supplier.
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ProfilesDudley Ramsden
Dudley Ramsden formed Nisa with Peter Garvin in 1977 and is now life president - as well as chairman of the Ramsden Group.
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ProfilesPeter Garvin
In 1977, he launched Nisa with Dudley Ramsden - followed by The Today’s Group in 1987. Garvin served as chairman of Nisa-Today’s between 1997 and 1999
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ProfilesLord Haskins of Skidby
He transformed Northern Dairies into a major force in chilled foods as Northern Foods and served as chairman for more than 20 years