All People articles – Page 38
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Profiles and QandAs
My Alternative CV: ManiLife’s Stu Macdonald on bartending, babies and Braveheart
’I was a bartender, but I didn’t last very long – after about two hours I told the boss my real age… 15’
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Comment and Opinion
VeryLittleHelps.com founder Nomad was a thorn in Tesco’s side since 2008
Something of a Tesco WikiLeaks, the site has been the source of numerous revelations surrounding forthcoming management shake-ups, store closures and disputes over pay
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Comment and Opinion
New Unilever, Reckitt and Diageo CEOs are in for a baptism of fire
The new generation of fmcg leaders face myriad challenges as they establish themselves in their respective hot-seats, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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News
SGF calls for retail crime prosecution figures to be published
Some 7,056 cases of abuse and assault against shopworkers have now been reported since the Protection of Workers Act came into force in August 2021
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News
Former Co-op category lead launches ‘meals focused’ innovation network
Oliver Pinder said The Meals Collective would “fill a gap” by being specifically focused on the ‘meals occasion’
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News
Superdrug calls for Apprenticeship Levy reform to stop ‘great applicants’ being turned away
The BRC-backed campaign is calling for more flexibility in how retailers can spend Apprenticeship Levy funds, to allow training which better meets the industry’s needs
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Laura Nelson, research manager, GrowPura
‘This work really feels like an opportunity to do something good for the planet and make a noticeable positive difference’
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News
Princes expands migrant worker scheme to support modern slavery victims
The Napolina owner has partnered with a southern Italy voluntary association, Casa Sankara, to hire and train 32 migrant workers living in vulnerable conditions
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News
M&S digital chief Jeremy Pee to leave after five years
M&S said his departure was the result of a planned return to Canada with his family
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News
Waitrose to offer police officers free hot drinks and use of break rooms
The retailer hopes the measure will act as a deterrent to would-be criminals
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News
Adam Leyland takes on ‘gruelling’ Farm Africa sponsored walk
Leyland will be taking part in the Mahale Mountains Challenge, joining 14 other senior industry executives from in Farm Africa’s first post-pandemic sponsored walk
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News
City snapshot: Henry Dimbleby joins board of lab-grown petfood brand Good Dog Food
Lab-grown petfood brand Good Dog Food has appointed former government food tsar Henry Dimbleby as a non-executive director.
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News
Ex-Warburtons boss Neil Campbell joins Hain Celestial board
Former Warburtons boss Neil Campbell has joined the board of US food giant Hain Celestial
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The Big Interview
How Napoleon inspired Mighty Earth founder Glenn Hurowitz to tackle Big Meat
Growing up, Glenn Hurowitz believed he could save the planet. Now, the founder of climate action group Mighty Earth is taking on Big Meat, which he feels does more environmental harm than any industry
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Comment and Opinion
How to free yourself from leaving work to the last minute
It was a Thursday and I’d been given a deadline of two weeks on Wednesday. When did I start? You guessed it
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Grocer 33
Morrisons Birtley: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Shoppers are shopping around more than ever, so it’s important they can come to our store and get a variety of items at different prices’
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Comment and Opinion
In Ian Meakins, Unilever has a chair with real intellectual heft
Unilever can expect its new chair to have all the smarts of his recent cosmopolitan predecessors, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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News
GroceryAid hails ‘unprecedented support’ during challenging year
The charity’s annual impact report can give an insight into some of the challenges facing those working in the industry
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News
Walmart International’s CEO Judith McKenna to retire
She will be replaced by Kath McLay, who currently leads Sam’s Club, Walmart’s US-based member-only wholesale business
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News
Mackie’s appoints Jordan Noble as people & development manager
Noble said she would ‘implement a tailored, dedicated people and development strategy that can take the organisation forward’