All People articles – Page 391
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Suszczenia receives open-arm welcome
Parfetts cash and carry wholesaler has welcomed one of its former employees, Greg Suszczenia, back to the fold, appointing him trading manager for grocery food and non-food. Over 15 years with Parfetts, Suszczenia worked his way up to general...
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Putting pies back into chip shops is way to go
Holland’s Pies’ new managing director, Neil Court-Johnston, plans to turn around the declining sales of the traditional food manufacturer with the help of chip shops. Sales at the Baxenden-based company have dropped by some 10% to 15% over the past...
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Sainsbury’s HR appeals total just 25
Five hundred newly appointed HR managers began, this week, their new roles at Sainsbury’s, following its recent HR Change programme. The retailer reduced the previous 850 personnel manager roles to 500 in a bid to change the administrative-heavy...
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Sainsbury’s takes the axe to HR and training
Sainsbury’s is shaking up its HR and training department both at head office and across its store network in a move that could lead to significant job losses. It is understood to be cutting the number of people in its Personnel and Training...
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The Online Crusader: Ocado finance chief Jason Gissing
If Ocado finance chief Jason Gissing gets his way the company will one day have 30% of the online grocery market. He explains how to Chloe Smith
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PTF names Stanton as new chair
The Provision Trade Federation has elected Tony Stanton as its new chairman and Nick Hilton as vice chair. Stanton was formerly vice chair of the body, which represents companies trading in provisions, particularly meat and dairy products. He...
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Aunt Bessie’s MD hunt ends in Heritage hire
After eight months without a managing director, Aunt Bessie’s has appointed Paul Heritage to the role. Heritage replaces Paul Sanderson, who left last December after four years with the frozen food company. A spokeswoman blamed the delay on the...
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The Flying Dutchman
Morrisons caught its rivals off guard with its recovery. CEO Marc Bolland tells Adam Leyland how it was done Marc Bolland doesn’t want to be known as ‘a marketer’. He’s a retailer now, CEO of Morrisons, entrusted with the keys by Sir Ken and doing well by all accounts. But ...
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Birds Eye takes on sustainability chief
Frozen food giant Birds Eye has appointed Peter Hajipieris as director of sustainability and external affairs to spearhead its first-ever sustainability commitment programme. The Birds Eye View, published this week, sets out targets in nine areas...
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Pickup appointed new sales director at UBUK
Former Hovis chief Dave Pickup has been named as the new sales director of McVitie’s and Hula Hoops manufacturer United Biscuits UK. In addition to heading up UBUK’s sales team, providing strategic leadership and driving the sales function of the...
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Waitrose readies itself to take on convenience
Waitrose has appointed Anthony Wysome as head of convenience to oversee a new wave of small shops, the first of which could open early next year. Wysome was promoted from senior project manager to take charge of plans to expand into the...
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Sweet Charity picks Davis to be director
The Confectioners Benevolent Fund - also known as Sweet Charity - has appointed Patrick Davis as its director general. At the start of September, he will succeed Malcolm Carter, who retires after almost five years. "I am honoured to...
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Noble gains Burnett from Dairy Crest
Dairy Crest's commercial director of foods, Dale Burnett, is to join Noble Foods as group commercial director. His switch follows that of Peter Thornton, who quit as executive managing director of Dairy Crest in March to become chief...
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Climbing the ladder
What was your first job? As a newspaper boy at 13. Getting up at 5am in the dark and freezing cold for £1 a day taught me the value of money and hard work.Give us a quick rundown on your career. I was a grocery buyer across all the key...
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Climbing the ladder
What was your first ever job? I worked on Saturdays in the local newsagent when I was 15. I took care of the newspapers, lots of sweets, crisps and juice.Give us a quick rundown on your career. I joined the Kimberly-Clark graduate...
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Pearson promoted to refresh Danone water
Danone Waters UK, the owner of Evian and Volvic mineral water, has promoted James Pearson to the role of commercial director in a bid to restore growth in bottled water sales. The former sales development director at Groupe Danone will...
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MacCaig becomes new Cafédirect CEO
Ribena marketing director Anne MacCaig has been named CEO of Fairtrade hot drinks company Cafédirect. MacCaig replaces Penny Newman who has been CEO of Cafédirect since 1998 and received an OBE for services to ethical business in this...
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Q&A with Andy Davies Store manager of the week
So is Waitrose well regarded in Marlborough? Absolutely. I belong to the Marlborough Chamber of Trade, which means I work closely with the town's smaller food and drink shops. We are also showcasing the work of local artists in our lobby...
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AB's Bradbury joins Whyte & Mackay
John Bradbury is the new off-trade sales director at Whyte & Mackay.Bradbury joins the whisky producer on 1 July from Anheuser-Busch where he is director of sales for off-premise. He has spent more than 10 years at the brewer, joining as...
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Hawkins to drive Coke in south east
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has named Simon Hawkins as its new regional director for London and the south east - its largest sales region in Europe. He will head 450 staff across a number of trade channels and be responsible for driving...