All People articles – Page 114
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Analysis and Features
What Stuart Rose brings to EG Group
Analysts have welcomed the appointment of the former Ocado chairman and CEO of M&S
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Analysis and Features
How the fascias have taken recruitment online
Coronavirus put an end to trade shows, store visits and face-to-face meetings that symbols usually use to recruit new members. But many have still managed to win new business. Here’s how
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Grocer 33
Morrisons Hookstone Chase, Harrogate: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We have one of the largest online operations in our region, which meant we really had to come together when we experienced spikes in demand’
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News
Real-terms funding for GLAA declines despite rise in cases
The GLAA’s accounts showed net expenditure grew 6% to £6.6m in the year to 31 March 2020, but Home Office funding only increased 2.3%
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Eve Crump, category development manager, Pladis
Law graduate Eve chose to switch career paths and apply for a role at Pladis
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News
Walgreen Boots Alliance appoints Roz Brewer CEO
Brewer succeeds Stefano Pessina, who is stepping down after six years to become WBA’s executive chairman
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News
Morrisons ramps up support for food banks with £5m commitment
Last year Morrisons delivered £10m of stock to food banks across the UK
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News
Sainsbury’s promotes Darren Sinclair to director of stores
Sinclair has worked at the retailer for almost 20 years and is currently a zone managing director
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News
Poundland introduces ‘greeter’ role to encourage mask wearing
The greeters are tasked with asking shoppers to wear a face covering and providing a free mask if they don’t have one
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Comment and Opinion
Stores deserve credit for shouldering the burden of face mask enforcement
Judging who to challenge, and how, is risky, says Dominic Watkins, head of retail, food & hospitality at global legal business DWF
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News
Increased labour costs could make UK fruit & veg crops ‘unviable’, NFU warns
The NFU was reflecting on a new report that showed labour costs had risen by up to 50% since 2016 for some growers
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Analysis and Features
How does the government’s rapid Covid testing scheme work for businesses?
Defra is inviting all businesses in the food sector in England with more than 50 employees to register for the scheme
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News
Suppliers encouraged to report supermarkets via new ‘Tell the GCA’ hotline
GCA Mark White aims to tackle long-standing supplier fears around delistings
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News
Lidl to give store and DC staff one-off £200 bonus
The payment recognises their ‘tireless efforts to keep the nation fed and provide a safe shopping experience for customers up and down the country’, Lidl said
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Comment and Opinion
How grocery is getting diversity and inclusion wrong
How are communities and genuine cultural experts consulted on commitments, campaigns and products, asks Mallika Basu, founder of Basu Consulting
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Comment and Opinion
Can supermarkets and food suppliers force staff to have the Covid-19 vaccine?
In January, Pimlico Plumbers became one of the first UK employers to publicly announce plans to force its employees to have the Covid-19 vaccine, opening a wider debate about employee rights. So what do supermarkets and food manufacturers need to consider when developing their own vaccine policy?
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News
Companies urged to sign up to mass Covid testing to ‘keep food supplies running’
Defra is calling on companies to come forward to receive hundreds of thousands of free testing kits for staff
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Comment and Opinion
People at every level within the food and drink industry make the difference
It’s important we reward the likes of Morrisons delivery driver Kevin Hunter
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My Alternative CV
Helena Blincow, Weetabix Food Company, on Destiny’s Child, snakes and malbec
‘My motto in life? Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the ability to act in the presence of fear’
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Kevin Hunter, Morrisons, Fife: delivery driver of the week
‘It can be very busy, especially over weekends. But we are a well-oiled machine’