Stuart Machin news, comment and analysis – Page 12
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Comment & OpinionWhy the Costa Coffee and M&S tie-up is a match made in heaven
Under the none-more-literal banner Costa Coffee Now Serving M&S Food, Brits will “be able to choose from over 30 delicious, great-quality M&S products”
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NewsM&S Food to supply Costa Coffee stores from next year
More than 2,500 Costa outlets will sell around 30 M&S products
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NewsM&S to close shops in Bristol, Maidstone and Poole as part of store renewal programme
The moves are part of the group’s larger “turnaround” plans to revitalise the store estate
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Comment & OpinionFmcg businesses face urgent challenges – but they can’t neglect future planning
Industry is under immense pressure, but surviving now can’t come at the cost of future strategising, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionAsda search for new CEO reminiscent of Tottenham Hotspur’s protracted recruitment of new manager
The Issa brothers are struggling to find a successor to Roger Burnley, who stepped down earlier this month
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NewsM&S Food launches sustainability-themed children’s book
The book, titled Farm to Foodhall, The Magic Ingredient, tells the stories behind some of M&S’s Select farmers partners
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NewsM&S teams up with ITV for celebrity cooking show
Participants in ITV’s ‘Cooking with the Stars’ will use M&S ingredients
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NewsM&S to source all chicken from ‘slower-reared’ birds by 2022
It means the retailer will have made a major step towards meeting its Better Chicken Commitment welfare pledge
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Analysis & FeaturesMarks & Spencer: six things we learned about its recovery plan
As full-year results revealed a pre-tax loss of over £200m, new joint COOs are looking to ‘concentrate on building the M&S of the future’
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NewsMedia Bites 19 May: Australia trade deal, Tesco, Land Securities
UK farmers have sounded the alarm over reports the government plans a trade deal with Australia that would make its food and farming imports cheaper
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NewsM&S makes Machin joint chief operating officer in management shake-up
Machin, who has been M&S Food MD since 2018, will serve alongside Katie Bickerstaffe, who is also being promoted to joint COO
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NewsM&S sponsors new ITV celebrity contest ‘Cooking with the Stars’
The retailer jointly developed the show to boost its scratch cooking credentials
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NewsM&S creates four new food director roles to strengthen commercial team
The appointments would better enable commercial director George Wright to focus on supply chain transformation and supply base strategy, said M&S Food MD Stuart Machin
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NewsM&S relaunching ‘Fresh Market Update’ TV ad campaign
The latest campaign will see M&S introducing 30 million bees to 28 partner farms this summer
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InterviewsRoger Burnley big interview: the outgoing Asda CEO on five years ‘spinning two plates’
Roger Burnley’s tenure at the helm of Asda has been full of distraction and change. So as he prepares to step down, what does he think his legacy will be?
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NewsMedia Bites 22 March: Asda, Online sales tax, Deliveroo
Marks & Spencer food boss Stuart Machin has been singled out as a prime candidate to run Asda
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NewsM&S to bolster free school meal vouchers with extra £5
The additional funds are designed to feed two children rather than the one the vouchers are catered towards, as well as to cover both breakfast and lunch
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NewsM&S pushes food & drink innovation with new dedicated team
The Innovation Hub will be charged with coming up with innovative ideas across packaging, nutrition and business development
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NewsM&S ends ‘Little Shop’ giveaway toys promotion
The programme, which was criticised by plastic campaigners, was ’always intended to end in September’, M&S said
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NewsOcado reveals 40% capacity growth target as M&S partnership goes live
The online retailer wants to increase its capacity through ’significant’ investment next year, and is looking to boost it even further in the coming years