All People articles – Page 105
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Analysis & FeaturesAggressive but inexperienced: perils of the new breed of supermarket buyers
The new cohort of UK supermarket buyers are young, inexperienced and verging on confrontational, according to YouGov data from suppliers. So what’s really going on – and is youth always a bad thing?
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InterviewsHighland Spring’s Simon Oldham on the war on plastic: "Bottled water isn’t going anywhere"
Highland Spring’s joint MD has coped with Covid sales slumps, sustainability concerns and supply issues. But he’s feeling optimistic about the brand
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NewsAsda creates hundreds of tech roles to untangle IT systems from Walmart’s
The programme – dubbed Future – is described as ‘probably the largest retail/IT transformation in the UK right now’
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NewsQMS launches campaign to attract next generation of butchers
The initiative will showcase 750 potential vacancies and flag the career path as a chance to learn a craft
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NewsSingh hails seasonal visa scheme as Bernard Matthews says it will meet turkey demand
The supplier has managed to source 900 foreign workers via the government’s temporary seasonal visa scheme
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NewsBestway ‘pioneer’ Adalat Khan Chaudhary passes away
He passed away ‘peacefully and surrounded by his family’ in Pakistan at the weekend
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NewsMark McGuinness promoted to JTI UK marketing director position
Stéphane Berset is leaving the UK business to become general manager of JTI’s Czech, Hungary and Slovakia operations
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My Alternative CVDan Kaminski, Wheyhey, on oranges, spreadsheets and Tom Hanks
‘How do I describe my job to my mates? I help make great tasting healthy food with people I love’
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Upper Norwood, London: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘The key in staying competitive is the service we deliver. It’s vital we empower our colleagues to be themselves at work and lead their own service’
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InterviewsNoble Foods boss Duncan Everett on Gü, Happy, Crackd and other things egg
Since Duncan Everett joined Noble Foods, he’s sold its posh pudding brand Gü and is going back to basics. But what exactly does that mean?
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NewsAscona Group hires Ian Richards as construction and infrastructure director
The newly created role will support the forecort operator’s growth strategy of reaching 300 sites across the UK in five years
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NewsPoundstretcher executive chairman Nadir Lalani resigns
Lalani, the founder of 99p Stores, resigned on 31 October, three years after his appointment
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NewsMorrisons installs Christmas ‘giving trees’ to boost food bank donations
The retailer will also continue to sell its ‘Pick Up Packs’ for food bank
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Analysis & FeaturesMeet the black entrepreneurs changing the face of food and drink
With the help of brand accelerator Add Psalt, these black-owned brands are striving to improve representation on supermarket shelves
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InterviewsHow Tara Garnett is driving dialogue in the debate on food’s environmental impact
Tara Garnett has long studied food’s impact on the environment. Now she is driving dialogue and collaboration in this increasingly polarised space
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NewsFoodhub appoints Neil Sturrock as first global operations chief
Sturrock will also support Foodhub’s CEO Ardian Mula on “major overseas acquisitions”
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NewsSainsbury’s agriculture boss Barney Kay to join Pilgrim’s UK
Kay will join the pork giant next month, succeeding Andrew Saunders
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InterviewsInnocent’s Douglas Lamont on leading the quest to make business ethical
Innocent boss Douglas Lamont wants business to be a force for good. He’s making the case for legislation to that effect – and he’s practising what he preaches
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NewsFormer Innocent supply chain manager moves to eco cleaning brand Wilton London
The appointments come after a £500k, oversubscribed crowdfund
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NewsMorrisons ends 54-year run as public company as CD&R takes control
Morrisons has officially ceased trading as a publicly listed company after more than 50 years on the London Stock Exchange