Archive of all profile articles – Page 7
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Imogen Hibberd, social media manager, VFC
’As a vegan, I have always wanted my career to overlap with my morals and ethics, and ensure what I do with my career has a positive impact on our world’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Swizzels’ Mark Walker on grass, golf and the sugar tax
‘We’ve never hidden the fact that our products should be enjoyed as a treat. Ultimately, consumers will vote with their feet and they’re still buying our products’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Martha Jensen, brand manager, Rude Health
‘Breakfast is my favourite meal so when I saw the role at Rude Health, I was hooked’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Dorset Pastry’s Mario Barends on Wrexham FC, ice and private messages
‘Watching a pallet leave site to a new customer is a great feeling, knowing they put their trust in us’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Amy Armstrong, brand manager, Asahi
’As one of the brand managers on the Peroni team, my role is predominantly focused on projects related to recruiting a younger audience’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Vet’s Kitchen’s Laura Shears on cars, rodents and Boy George
‘I miss the greeters in Asda and the sense of pride you used to get from the shop floor teams in Tesco. It’s rare to feel the ’buzz’ in any retailer these days’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Abby Catmull, product developer, Waitrose
‘I also love working for a company where I know we’re contributing to a happier world. I’m really proud that we are rated first for animal welfare and that our products support British farmers’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Vadasz Deli’s Nick Vadasz on pickles, pickles and pickles
’My motto in life? Eat more pickles. (I’m getting this on a t-shirt)’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Zoë Watson, junior brand manager, Noble Foods
‘My love of food and cooking from a young age sparked my first career dream of owning my own bakery’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Étän Rum’s Kareen Odekunle on Beyoncé, lamb ribs and Cameroon
‘Étän Rum is the culmination of months of dedicated tasting, testing, debating, and collaboration by five strong-minded professional sisters’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Becca Hoggett, trade marketing manager, Accolade Wines
‘This role caught my eye as I knew I always wanted to move into fmcg, and the fact it was in wine gave it the edge for me’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Coole Swan’s Mary Sadlier on rugby, stupidity and Dublin Bay
’An independently owned and family run brand standing its ground in a market dominated by titans’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Micol Mottura, category & shopper intern, Peperami
‘I would encourage sending open applications to food and drink businesses that you find interesting, even if there are no current positions available’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Ecotone UK’s Gareth Cooke on sustainability, Culture Beat and the village pub
’Grocery needs a more authentic approach from retailers to supporting ethical and sustainable brands and products’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Hollie Watson, product development assistant manager, Domino’s Pizza
’I got offered my first food product development work experience through a lady I used to swim with! Work experience helps you get your foot in the door’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: The Salad Project’s James Dare on mirrors, Football Manager and Macklemore
’I don’t believe in interviewing as a process. I’d rather show them what I can do than tell them’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Daria Bashkatova, senior marketing innovation manager, This
’My family come from a real mixed bag of places including Russia, Kazakhstan and Israel, among others. While questions of faith, politics or geography were often at odds, food was always a common language’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Ellers Farm Distillery’s Jamie Baggott on Butlins, Black Sabbath and vodka
’I think grocery retail has become really sterile and uninspiring. Cleanliness, availability, display and customer service standards today wouldn’t have been acceptable in the 80s and 90s’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Eloise Bristow, head of marketing, Moving Mountains
’Fmcg isn’t a glamorous industry. One day I could be flipping burgers at a festival, the next staring at spreadsheets’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: CleanCo’s Connie Doak on jockeys, Bali and being red in the face
’There’s still a lot of barriers in the way in terms of how we activate in store. I think we should rip up all the rules and just start from scratch’