All People articles – Page 29
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NewsBrockmans Gin appoints spirits veteran as new managing director
Jean-Dominique Andreu is also a founding investor in UK-based brandy house Burnt Faith
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NewsFearne & Rosie set for growth push with two senior hires
Fearne & Rosie has appointed its first-ever finance director and sales director to help the fast-growing challenger brand get its range of healthier jams into more supermarkets
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NewsRevealed: supermarket progress on gender pay equality – and who’s gone backwards
Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Lidl, Co-op, John Lewis, Iceland and Ocado all reduced the mean hourly pay gap in 2023/24
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NewsLorry drivers criticise government’s clandestine entrants scheme over ‘unfair’ fines
Fines for drivers and logistics operators found to carry illegal immigrants into the UK are currently at £10,000 per entrant
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NewsAttacking shopworkers to be made standalone criminal offence
The government is ramping up the use of facial recognition technology to help catch perpetrators and prevent shoplifting in the first place, backed by a £55.5m investment
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NewsGroceryAid secures £1m to extend School Essentials Grant
The charity provides families of grocery sector workers with grants to pay for school uniforms or school equipment
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NewsHome Bargains shed nearly 1,600 retail staff while adding new stores, accounts reveal
The estate grew from 572 to 594 stores, helping boost turnover by 10.2% to £3.8bn, despite the retailer shedding 6% of shopworkers
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NewsPrinces Group names Simon Harrison CEO as Cameron Mackintosh leaves
Harrison was appointed as deputy managing director for Princes in June last year
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Lara Brooksbank, insights analyst, Australian Vintage
‘People perceive the wine industry as old, boring, or antiquated. However, it is a dynamic and evolving field’
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Comment & OpinionJason Tarry and the impossible job at John Lewis Partnership
Tarry will bring superb business acumen, huge experience of food and GM, as well as impeccable people skills
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NewsPladis appoints Sephora’s Steve Lesnard as president of Godiva
Lesnard would ‘grow and sustain Godiva’s position and expertise in the premium chocolate category’, said Pladis
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NewsJason Tarry to succeed Sharon White as JLP chairman
Tarry’s appointment will see White’s term as chairman come to an early end
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Comment & OpinionMinimum wage, maximum effort: the pay conundrum for food and drink
Skills, expectations and stakes are higher than ever, but the rewards are increasingly in inverse proportion
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InterviewsVegan Food Group’s founders on building ‘the vegan Unilever’
VFG has come a long way since serving up vegan fried chicken from a York restaurant. It’s now on the acquisition trail and fighting the UPF narrative
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Grocer 33Morrisons, Giffnock, Glasgow: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We had a good range of Easter eggs right up until Sunday – we got that perfect and were able to maintain a full seasonal aisle’
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NewsIceland’s Richard Walker to run London Marathon in latest Alzheimer’s fundraiser
Walker is running in memory of his late mother Lady Rhianydd Walker, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2011
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NewsMorrisons extends quieter hour initiative to weekdays
The move, which coincides with this week’s World Autism Acceptance Week, will involve stores operating lower levels of lighting and turning off music
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NewsLittle Dish appoints Sophie Giddings as marketing director
Giddings has joined the business, effective immediately, from her previous role as marketing director for Lily’s Kitchen
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ProfilesJames Cadbury on chocolate, greenwashing and Dragons’ Den
From a River Island stockroom to his own chocolate empire, James outlines his sweet tooth for success
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NewsUp to 10 execs depart Pilgrim’s Europe in wake of £4.2bn restructure
The JBS-owned businesses are in the process of an integration under the Pilgrim’s Europe banner