Archive of all analysis and features articles – Page 197
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Tony Reed, CEO One Stop (35)
Tesco lifer Reed – now also in charge of Metro and Express – has seen One Stop hit triple-figure store numbers in the past
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Can Stelios achieve lift-off with the EasyFood concept?
If EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou didn’t know it already, he will now – there is nothing easy about grocery retailing
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Darren Topp, CEO, BHS (98)
Before Sir Philip Green sold BHS he started trialling little c-stores
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Allan Leighton, chairman, The Co-operative Group (89)
Leighton’s return to the front line of retail brought enormous gravitas to the Co-op
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Eric Herd, UK CEO, Farmfoods (88)
The reclusive Herd released results in May showing a 38% leap in pre-tax profit (to £20.8m)
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Alan Clark, CEO, SAB Miller (7)
SAB Miller’s South African-born boss showed nerves of steel in negotiating the £71bn sale of his company to AB InBev
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Andrew Selley. CEO, Bidvest (65)
Selley joined Bidvest in 2000 and took over as CEO in 2014 following its merger with 3663
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Charles Rolls & Tim Warrillow, founders, Fever-Tree (64)
Fever-Tree founders Rolls and Warrillow have completely changed the face of the tonic fixture since launching Fever-Tree
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Danny Hazlehurst, property director, Lidl (61)
Lidl overtook Aldi in sales last November but to keep going it needs to open more stores
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Alison Brittain, CEO, Whitbread (60)
The former career banker has big shoes to fill at the hospitality group
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Dave Lewis, Tesco CEO (5)
After an auspicious start to the year, 2015 was a hugely challenging one for Tesco and its CEO
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Diana Hunter, CEO, Conviviality (43)
Hunter has made Conviviality a serious player in the wider on-trade alcoholic drinks distribution game
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Andy Adcock, director of food, M&S (40)
Food sales are in the ascendancy at M&S and Adcock has played a big part since joining as commercial director for food
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Arora Brothers, founders, B&M Bargains (37)
Analysts argue the world of discounting is ripe for consolidation, but B&M Bargains looks anything but vulnerable
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Dame Fiona Kendrick, chairman and CEO, Nestlé UK (28)
Dame Fiona used her 30 years experience in 2015 to ensure Nestlé’s UK business weathered turbulent trading storms
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Christine Tacon, Groceries Code Adjudicator (20)
She’s been dubbed ‘Take On Tacon’. And who can doubt her resolve after her damning report into Tesco?
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Andy Higginson, chairman, Morrisons (18)
Selling the new vision of Morrisons as a plucky British underdog
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Andy Clarke, CEO, Asda (15)
Clarke has pledged an extra £500m in price cuts on top of £1bn already allocated
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David Potts, CEO, Morrisons (12)
Appointed on 25 February last year, Potts didn’t waste much time flexing his muscles
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Chris North, UK MD, Amazon (1)
He doesn’t run any supermarkets and his market share in groceries is minuscule. But Chris North gives grocery the shivers