All People articles – Page 389
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A new spin on retailing
Johannes Holtzhausen, CEO of Spinneys, is building a thriving business selling to expats. Charlie Wright reports
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Grim news for Mariner as Bakkavor axes Grimsby base
Icelandic manufacturer Bakkavor Group has announced plans to axe its factory in Grimsby in a move that could lead to the loss of more than 500 jobs.
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Cadbury confirms 580 jobs to go in new round of cuts
Cadbury is to slash almost 600 jobs from its workforce – including staff from its UK head office – despite yesterday posting a rise in sales for the past three months of 11%.
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Global Brands looks to future with new management team
VK Vodka Kick producer Global Brands has reshuffled its senior management team to drive growth in its premium drinks portfolio. Mark James has been promoted from sales director to replace Steve Perez as managing director. Perez has been named...
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Britain’s biggest chameleon
On a busy results day for Sir Terry Leahy, Adam Leyland talked exclusively to Tesco’s CEO about discount brands, the downturn, Fresh & Easy and the noble art of retailing
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Ex-Cadbury man Baldry takes top CCE GB role
Former Cadbury Schweppes UK confectionery managing director Simon Baldry has been named vice president and general manager of Coca-Cola Enterprises Great Britain. Baldry replaces Hubert Patricot, who was made president of Coca-Cola Enterprises’...
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Other Movers: 11/10/08
Mervyn Davies is stepping down as a non-executive director of Tesco. He has resigned due to potential conflicts of interest as the supermarket increases its financial services in similar areas to Standard Chartered Bank, where Davies is...
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Gorgeous no more: Paskins moves on
David Paskins is the new senior brand manager at Bacardi-Martini UK. He joins the company on 20 October from drinks industry consultancy The Gorgeous Group, where he was director. “In these days of consolidation and corporate ownership within the...
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Discovery picks Peck in push to be top Mexican brand
Discovery Foods has appointed Tesco veteran Andrew Peck to the position of sales director as the company steps up its efforts to replace Old El Paso as the UK’s number one Mexican food brand. Peck joins Discovery Foods after a 21-year career at…
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Million-dollar baby
Jonathan Warburton talks exclusively to Adam Leyland about family values, building a mega brand, and that ad...
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Alternative CV: Harry Hill, founder of Harry’s Nuts
Harry Hill is the founder of Harry’s Nuts! And has been on TV a bit
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Aldis appointed CEO of health food group NBTY
Peter Aldis has been appointed to replace Barry Vickers as CEO of health foods group NBTY Europe. Vickers is to remain on the company’s board, which owns Holland & Barrett, Nature’s Way and GNC, in an advisory capacity after Aldis was promoted from...
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Other movers 4/10/08
Shaun Heyes has been appointed head of customer marketing (off-trade) and category marketing at Scottish & Newcastle UK. Heyes, who has more than 15 years’ experience in the drinks industry with S&N...
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Cadbury CFO quits for car company
Cadbury has announced the departure of its chief financial officer, Ken Hanna. Hanna is leaving the confectionery giant after five years to become chairman of FTSE 250-listed car retailer Inchcape from May next year.
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Williams’ wholesale Landmark
Landmark’s head honcho explains to Beth Phillips how he is rising to the challenges posed by today’s wholesale scene
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Nicholas steps down from Tate & Lyle job
Tate & Lyle has announced that its group finance director John Nicholas, is to leave after just two years, as the company struggles with a dramatic rise in debt. Nicholas is to step down this week by mutual agreement. Director of investor relations...
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Dairy Crest hires Rotten to sex up its Country Life
In what must go down as one of the most unlikely campaigns in advertising history, Dairy Crest has recruited former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon to be the new face of relaunched Country Life. From October 1, Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, will front a...
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Ex-Asda chief Leighton ends Royal Mail tenure
Allan Leighton, the former boss of supermarket giant Asda, is to step down from his role as chairman of Royal Mail next year. Leighton, who headed Asda as chief executive during the 1990s alongside former chairman Archie Norman, will stand down from his current role by March.
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Pramanik takes helm of Imperial Tobacco in UK
Imperial Tobacco has appointed Amal Pramanik to the role of general manager for the UK. He replaces Peter Richards, who has been promoted to Western European regional director for Imperial Tobacco. Pramanik believes his previous role as general...
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Boycott says the deadline’s up for ‘immoral’ food waste
London’s food tsar tells Nick Hughes how she is going to campaign against the bad old ways and get the city digging for victory with local produce