All People articles – Page 106
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News
Furlough and redundancies spark food ‘lockdown-preneur’ boom
The new business boom comes after UK unemployment rose to a record high of 5.1% in December
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General Mills hires Unilever veteran Simon Fisher as Northern Europe sales director
Fisher worked for Unilever for 20 years, most recently as its digital transformation director
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Deliveroo riders to strike over wages and workers’ rights
Hundreds of riders are expected to take part in the strike and join socially distanced protests
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Semichem to close up to 22 stores putting 140 jobs at risk
The move comes in response to a 75% drop in footfall in some locations due to lockdowns
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Grocer 33
Grocer 33 store of the week: Tesco Warfield, Bracknell
‘Lockdown easing is a chance for us to prove we can win the loyalty of our shoppers when the other, non-essential, stores open’
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Harlech Foodservice to hire 50 staff and issue bumper pay rises
Its existing 150-strong workforce will see wages jump by an average of 5%
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Matt Atkinson to step down as Co-op’s chief customer officer
Atkinson joined Co-op in 2017 and was charged with transforming the society’s data, digital, membership and community platforms
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Emma Isaac joins Waitrose as head of marketing
Isaac moved to the retailer this week, following four years at the Natwest Group
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Comment and Opinion
Workers urged to check payslips from today for new minimum rates
The new rates were announced in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review in November
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Grace Sargent, NPD technologist, Gosh Food
Grace’s love of food science began at school, where her teacher was an ex-product technologist
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The Big Interview
Big interview: McCain’s Howard Snape on ‘re-energising’ the potato
Spud sales have been ‘re-energised’ by Covid, says McCain’s UK & Ireland president Howard Snape. But the pandemic has presented challenges for foodservice and growers. How is McCain adapting?
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FDF’s Tim Rycroft named as AHDB’s next CEO
Rycroft, who will join the levy board at the end of August, succeeds Jane King
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Chemical warfare detection tech used in device to make bakeries safer
Inhaling flour and grain dust is a serious health risk in the bakery industry, leading to white lung or ‘baker’s asthma’
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Rapid Covid home testing kits to be provided to businesses
So far, 60,000 businesses across the UK have registered for regular work-based testing
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JW Filshill embarks on twice-weekly workplace testing
Seventy per cent of its 200 employees have signed up in the first week of testing
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Comment and Opinion
B&M offers 2,000 Kickstart job placements for young people
The placements are in retail, distribution and support centres across the UK
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Comment and Opinion
The Green Grocer: what we thought of Richard Walker’s new book
Iceland’s MD sets out his vision for making business and the world greener and fairer
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News
One million breakfast boxes delivered by charity to pupils in need
School Food Matters supplied breakfast boxes throughout school closures and the holidays
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Asda appoints chief information officer to oversee Walmart separation
Carl Dawson will join the retailer next month having held the same role at M&S for the past six years
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Unitas Wholesale appoints new chairman Mark Aylwin
Aylwin will become the group’s first non-member chairman next month