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Former Nisa rebels lose bid to join board
Former Nisa-Today's rebels Ian Hunt and Mark Proudfoot - who derailed the buying group's plans to merge with Costcutter two years ago - have again failed to be elected to the organisation's board.At this week's AGM another former member of...
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All change at the top for the global grocery retail giants
Both Wal-Mart and Carrefour have new leaders as the global economic crisis bites ever harder. Chloe Smith and Julia Taylor ask what they will bring to the party
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Other Movers 29/11/08
Morrisons trading director Andrew Pleasance is to take up the new role of senior trading director for operations. Grant Eastwood moves from licensed trades to the new role of trading projects and change director, while Simon Harrison will become...
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John West names Thorpe its new MD
John West has appointed as its new managing director the man said to have helped turn around the canned fruit sector. Stephen Thorpe, previously MD of Mission Foods, replaces Ian Meadows, who has been transferred to work on group initiatives...
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Mitchell quits Innocent for private equity role
Innocent Drinks UK MD Jamie Mitchell is set to leave the company to explore new opportunities in the world of private equity.He would not give full details of his plans, but said he was talking to private equity firms about potential...
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Knight the latest exec to leave DFB
Rob Knight has quit as non-executive chairman of Dairy Farmers of Britain, becoming the latest high-profile departure.Knight's resignation closely follows the exits of commercial director David Potts and non-executive director Philip...
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Carrefour replaces CEO Duran with Nestlé's Olofsson
Carrefour has tasked its new chief executive with driving the group’s own-label offer and shifting its focus from non-food back to food in the wake of José Luis Duran’s dismissal. Lars Olofsson, Nestlé’s vice-president in charge of strategic...
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Careers File: Hidden risks and costs mean redundancies can be a false economy
Cadbury, McBride, Paramount Foods, Arla, PepsiCo, Bakkavör - the list of grocery companies making redundancies is growing longer. Though not all such decisions are solely a response to the current economic downturn, in such times employers...
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A new blood line
Scottish & Newcastle boss Jeremy Blood talks to Robyn Lewis about life after the Heineken and Carlsberg takeover
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Other Movers 22/11/08
George Davies, the founder of the first supermarket clothing range, George at Asda, is retiring from Marks & Spencer where he set up the Per Una label. The part-time chairman of Per Una will step down at the end of December. Andrew Skinner has...
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Dunsmore tasked with the revival of Magners
The UK cider industry has welcomed the appointment of John Dunsmore to the top job at C&C, the Irish-based owner of troubled cider brand Magners.
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NewsDefiant in the gloom
Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King explains why he's still looking up. By Julia Taylor and Adam Leyland
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Potts to lead Nom Dairy plans to make yoghurt in the UK
Dairy Farmers of Britain commercial director David Potts has left to become MD of the newly-formed UK arm of Austrian dairy giant Nom Dairy.
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Careers File: There's no X Factor in food and drink - just hard work and satisfaction
A key part of my role as a specialist recruiter is to keep my eyes and ears open at all times for candidates who can help my clients achieve the business objectives they have described to me. Getting the right 'fit' with established candidates at middle and senior management level ...
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BP picks Harding as head of convenience
BP veteran Richard Harding has been named as the petrol giant's new UK convenience retail director.Harding will take over from Karen Hubbard, who is leaving after five years with BP on 1 December. He will be responsible for all of BP's...
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Netto MD quits as discounter cuts back expansion plans
Netto UK MD Richard Lancaster has resigned as the discounter announced job losses and scaled back its expansion plans.
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Other Movers 15/11/08
Woolworths' non-executive director Roger Jones has died, aged 71. Jones, who spent the majority of his career at Woolworths and was MD from 1995 until his retirement in 1998, had been "an integral part" of the company for many years, said...
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C&C names former S&N man Dunsmore as new boss
C&C Group, the drinks company behind Magners cider, has appointed former Scottish & Newcastle boss John Dunsmore as its new chief executive.
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Tony Page and Sainsbury's
Tony Page, Woolworths managing director of commercial, will not be joining Sainsbury's, as reported in The Grocer last week. Page was rumoured to be taking up the role of director of general merchandise. We now accept this was not...
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All work and no pay
Dire wages, poor working conditions and long hours are a fact of life for seasonal workers. Michael Barker joined a GLA investigation to find out just how tough conditions are under the gangmasters