Archive of all The Big Interview articles – Page 18
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Big InterviewsRock'n'Roule: Alex James on cheese
Alex James talks exclusively to The Grocer about his Booker card, PowerPoint presentations, EU subsidies, obscure cheeses… and Blur.
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Big InterviewsThe £14bn breakfast club
So PepsiCo is turning its back on the health agenda, is it? Hardly, says David Murray, general manager of Quaker and Tropicana. Indeed, health is key to its plans.
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Big InterviewsWhy Peter Marks is in a perpetual hurry
The modernisation of the Co-operative Group has been a painful process but CEO Peter Marks remains confident he is forging a business fit for the future.
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Big InterviewsPies, passion & poaching
When Brian Stein left Northern Foods for Samworth Brothers in 1995, his then boss told him he was making a big mistake.
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Big InterviewsIn it for the long run
With c-store sales set to outgrow the supermarkets, Spar’s new MD sets out her manifesto to help the symbol group win its fair share of the market
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Big InterviewsFirst Milk's got talent
Since taking over as First Milk CEO, Kate Allum has turned it into an integrated, international concern. And despite high-profile export deals, she’s content for the company to grow steadily.
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Big InterviewsGreater Sporting Knowhow
Peter Harding has a secret weapon. The UK boss of GlaxoSmithKline tells us how he’s warming up for a “year of sport”.
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Big InterviewsA single-minded man
Poundland boss Jim McCarthy is pushing ahead with ambitious European expansion plans - despite the Eurozone crisis - and his aspirations don’t end there.
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Big InterviewsThe stuff of legends
What happens when you take 11 grocery legends to lunch? They dish the dirt on old rivalries, reflect on defining moments - and share their thoughts on the future.
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Big InterviewsThe godfather of modern grocery
He opened Britain’s first supermarket and pioneered self service. Patrick Galvani’s Premier Supermarket chain very nearly ruled the world.
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Big InterviewsA tough nut to crack
Ferrero Rocher wants to double its UK business in the next five years - but UK MD Christian Walter says the ambassador will not be required.
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Big InterviewsKing Cobra
When Cobra Beer went bust in 2009 Lord Karan Bilimoria of Chelsea did a very unusual thing.
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Big InterviewsAllan Leighton talks tough
Allan Leighton knows all about tough calls in challenging times. So are today’s grocery leaders getting it right?
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Big InterviewsP&G's Olympian ambitions
P&G has netted one of the biggest Olympic sponsorships ever, paying an estimated £100m to partner the Games until 2020.
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Big InterviewsMcMeikan on a roll
Since joining Greggs, Britain’s biggest high-street bakery, chief executive Ken McMeikan hasn’t put a foot wrong. Now he’s selling frozen sausage rolls through Iceland and eyeing another 500 store openings.
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Big InterviewsEaton mess
Geoff Eaton saved Uniq from the brink by skillfully hurdling its monumental pension fund. Now all he has to do is sell the company. The proof, says Hannah Stodell, is in the pud
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Big InterviewsAn eye for a bargain
His MoneySavingExpert website gets 80 million hits a month and last month he came top in our Power 100 list.
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Big InterviewsMeat & Fish Supplement 2011: The man behind the mask
The tycoon who snatched Northern Foods from Greencore is one of the most private entrepreneurs in grocery. Who is the real Ranjit Singh Boparan, asks Richard Ford
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Big InterviewsAllied force: an interview with Mark Fairweather
Soaring costs and deep supermarket promotions – it’s tough being a baker today. But, with a little help from a couple from Solihull, Allied Bakeries is succeeding where others aren’t, as CEO Mark Fairweather tells Rob Brown
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Big InterviewsThe value engineer: Heineken UK's Stefan Orlowski
After beer and cider was again refused a lifeline in last week’s Budget, Britain’s biggest brewer is making its own plans to inject life into the sector. And they involve a ladder. Nick Hughes speaks to Heineken UK MD Stefan Orlowski