All People articles – Page 101
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NewsThousands of Asda workers to be balloted on pay offer
Asda put a higher offer to workers at the end of last week
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InterviewsCandy Kittens founder Ed Williams on how the brand axed its Playboy purr
Ed Williams has transformed Candy Kittens from a sleazy reality TV plot into one of the UK’s fastest-growing sweet brands. Now, he’s tackling Goliaths
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ProfilesA giant of the industry: Lord Sainsbury obituary
John Sainsbury was a towering figure, dominating and defining the most important period in the rise of the supermarkets through his vision and attention to detail
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NewsParfetts hires former Booker manager Richard Fleming as head of operations for the west
Fleming joins the business after spending almost 11 years with Booker, where he held roles as branch and area managers
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NewsEx-Symington’s boss David Cox named CEO of dogfood maker Forthglade
Cox departed Symington’s following a takeover by Italian dairy and pasta group Newlat Food
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NewsSnappy Group appoints Barry McGonagle as chief financial officer
McGonagle is a chartered accountant and started his career with management consultant firm Deloitte in 2008
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Comment & OpinionMarks & Spencer COO Stuart Machin’s letter to PM Boris Johnson: in full
M&S COO Stuart Machin has written to the PM asking for the government’s support in building a “thriving, sustainable” food sector
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NewsBakkavor offers factory workers ‘exceptional’ pay increase of up to 14.8%
The majority of its 14,000 factory workers’ earnings will increase by between 1% to 14.8% depending on level of skill and shifts worked
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NewsFareShare launches new employment scheme in warehouses across the UK
Candidates need no prior professional experience, and those successful will learn different skills in food, warehousing and logistics
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NewsAndrew Cracknell leaves Pilgrim’s UK after three years at helm
The meat industry veteran has been replaced by Brazilian Ivan Siqueira, who previously worked for Pilgrim’s JBS stablemate Seara Foods
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NewsLord Sainsbury of Preston Candover: reaction to death of supermarket industry giant at 94
As chairman and CEO from 1969-1992, his flotation of the family business on the stock market in 1972 was, at the time, the largest in UK history
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NewsImagr appoints former Coop Denmark CEO Peter Hogsted as CCO
The company is set to partner with a British supermarket chain to go live in store in the first half of this year
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Analysis & FeaturesBritain’s food & drink labour shortage: in numbers
The UK’s food and drink sector is battling a serious labour crisis. But which sectors are hardest hit by shortages and an ageing workforce? To find out, we analysed exclusive data from ONS
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Analysis & FeaturesWhere have the food industry’s workers gone?
In the past two years the food and drink industry’s labour market has been upended. What’s behind the struggle to find staff?
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Grocer 33Tesco Bracknell: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘I’ve worked for Tesco for 27 years. I’ve been a store manager for 16 years and I’ve been at Bracknell for just over a year’
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NewsOmicron: thousands of supermarket temps kept on to tackle staffing crisis
The extension to temporary contracts is the latest move by the industry to head off a workforce crisis caused by Covid
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NewsSamworth Brothers appoints Brakes CEO as new boss to replace outgoing Flor Healy
Hugo Mahoney is to take over the reins from Flor Healy, who is retiring from the top role at the Ginster and Soreen supplier.
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NewsIGD appoints Naomi Kissman as new social impact director
Kissman will work on areas including people, health, sustainability and economics, across nearly 5,000 companies engaged with IGD
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NewsSymington’s appoints joint CEOs as David Cox departs following Newlat takeover
Cox has been replaced by sales director Christian Boulter and finance director Henry Breese, who will take on the role of joint CEO
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NewsACS fears independent retailers will lose access to free lateral flow testing
Concerns raised after reports could be limited to care homes, hospitals, schools and people with symptom