All People articles – Page 331
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NewsA big pay squeeze hits major industry execs
As Tesco hit the headlines this week for offering unpaid work experience to jobseekers, executives at the top of the food chain have seen their own pay fall.
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Comment & Opinion
The tenuous link in grocery between performance and pay
I couldn’t help feel a tad ambivalent when I discovered that it’s not just bankers who’ve seen their pay packages squeezed of late.
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Myers appointed as head of marketing at Meantime Brewery
Nick Miller, chief executive officer of Meantime Brewery Company, has poached his former brand manager at Miller Brands UK to head marketing at the Greenwich-based craft brewer.
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NewsP&G to axe thousands of jobs in $10bn cost-cutting drive
Procter & Gamble is to axe 5,700 jobs as part of a harsh new cost-cutting drive.
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NewsSunday Times names Iceland as UK's best big employer
Iceland Foods has been named the UK’s best big company to work for by the Sunday Times.
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NewsTesco blames ‘misunderstanding’ amid anger over workfare placement scheme
Tesco has urged the government to change its policy over unpaid workers, after finding itself at the centre of a row over complaints of low wages and allegations of “slave labour”.
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NewsYork takes new role to Reach retailers
Ian York, the former sales director at Premier Foods, has resurfaced at field marketing agency Reach in a newly developed role.
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Comment & Opinion
We should fight hunger as well as obesity
Thousands of column inches and hours of TV coverage will be devoted to Sport Relief on 23-25 March, and powerful brands will play an important role in it. But support for good causes is not just the domain of big players.
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Former Woolies staff call for compensation
An e-petition demanding compensation for Woolworths staff who missed out on a share of January’s £67m payout has been launched.
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NewsGlynn returns to dairy with buyout of cheese maker Windyridge
Former Burts Chips’ UK MD Melvin Glynn - who recently left after a failed management buyout bid - has returned to the dairy industry to buy a Somerset-based flavoured cheese manufacturer.
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DBC gets CCE's King as marketing boss
Foodservice wholesaler DBC has appointed Simon King as its new buying and marketing director.
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Weir takes over from Cassoni as FD of John Lewis Partnership
The head of the retail division at Lloyds Banking Group, Helen Weir, has been appointed group finance director of Waitrose owner the John Lewis Partnership.
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Ongoing strike hits Jet retailers' fuel supplies
Independent retailers operating under the Jet fascia are struggling to source fuel because of a long-running strike by tanker drivers over pay and conditions.
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EU restrictions put an end to weekend work at Tate & Lyle refinery
Tate & Lyle Sugars has been forced to lay off 30 members of staff and stop weekend production at its London refinery because of EU import restrictions.
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L'Estrange tasked with boosting Zetar snacks
Zetar has recruited Jamie L’Estrange from Hallmark as sales director of the group’s natural snacks division.
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Industry recognises value of apprentices
Companies across grocery have thrown their weight behind this week’s National Apprenticeship Week.
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NewsMakro procures two new acting directors
Makro has made two new appointments to its board of directors.
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PTF celebrates 125th with book on 'unsung hero' of food industry
The Provision Trade Federation is celebrating the “unsung heroes” of the British food industry with a new history of provisions trading to mark its 125th anniversary.
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Sainsbury's turns to new staffing tool
Sainsbury’s is set to roll out a new automated system that it claims will simplify the management of its 150,000 staff.
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Red Tractor hands out its Hero prize
Red Tractor Assurance has named a nine-year-old girl from Bradford the winner of its Sunday Lunch Hero competition.