All People articles – Page 397
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Greencore financial officer Coveney is appointed CEO
Convenience food manufacturer Greencore has announced that chief financial officer Patrick Coveney will replace chief executive David Dilger when he retires next March. Dilger has been chief executive for 12 years and was credited by...
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My Alternative CV - Shaun Bye, sales director, Natures Table
What's your nickname? Bobs. Some people think I look like Bobby Davro - you decide. Who was your first teenage crush and why? Sabrina from Charlie's Angels. She was hot to a 10-year-old lad.
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Scott rises to joint MD of Tiptree jam-maker
Walter Scott has been promoted to joint managing director of jam-maker Wilkin & Sons following the retirement of former joint MD Peter Wilkin. Scott takes up the position in January, working alongside Ian Thurgood.He joined the...
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The Tesco US empire starts to take shape out West
In the ultimate show of faith, it wasn't until this week - a month after the first Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market stores opened - that Sir Terry Leahy flew out to inspect them. Sir Terry believes the franchise, led by CEO Tim Mason, the...
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Defra staff rush on redundancy offer
Defra staff are said to be clamouring to take early retirement after they were offered up to three times their annual salaries plus a bonus to leave their posts. In a cost-cutting exercise dubbed in some quarters as "the most generous...
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Shop Profile David Sands
You won't hear David Sands muttering about the tough trading environment for the independents. And why would he? The David Sands chain of 24 c-stores in Fife, Perthshire and Kinross-shire - which has just been named Responsible Drinks...
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Northern Foods hires CSR head
Paula Widdowson, commercial director of Improve, is to leave the food and drink sector skills council later this month to join Northern Foods as director of corporate social responsibility.Widdowson has been a member of Improve's...
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Ex-George boss resurfaces as Debenhams managing director
Former Asda high-flier Angela Spindler has landed the job as Debenhams' first managing director.In August, The Grocer revealed Spindler had quit as global managing director of George after 10 years at Asda. At the time, the supermarket...
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Cobra founder joins Booker board as non-exec director
Founder and chairman of Cobra beer Lord Bilimoria has joined the board of wholesale giant Booker.Karan Bilimoria and Andrew Cripps, a former senior executive with British American Tobacco, joined Booker this week as non-executive...
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David Bondi becomes new MD of Rowse
Speciality honey supplier Rowse has promoted Dr David Bondi to managing director. Bondi has been working as operations manager and will replace Stuart Bailey, who becomes the company's chairman.Bondi joined Rowse in February after...
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My Alternative CV - Marc Lawn, head of marketing, Britvic
What's your nickname? I'm not sure I have one, but maybe my team would disagree. Who was your first teenage crush and why? Patsy Kensit - did you not see her?! What was the first music single you bought? The Power of Love by Frankie Goes to...
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Tomlinson in top Musgrave marketing job
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has appointed Jemima Tomlinson as its new marketing director.Tomlinson joins Musgrave Retail Partners, formerly Musgrave Budgens Londis, on 14 January and will be responsible for managing and developing the...
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Nature's Table hires Bye to drive sales
Healthy snack company Nature's Table has announced the appointment of Shaun Bye as sales director.Bye will be responsible for driving rapid distribution growth in convenience and impulse. He will lead the telesales team, field sales...
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Wilks brings expertise of Mars to Dairy Crest
Martyn Wilks has been appointed to head Dairy Crest's foods division, which is responsible for top-selling brands such as Clover spreadable butter and Cathedral City cheese.He will take up the post as executive MD of foods at the Esher,...
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we work together - Phil Lynas and Ben Johnson
Phil on Ben I have worked with Ben since 2003, when we recruited him to manage the Cranks brand that we had just bought. After an exhausting assessment day he was still full of energy, ideas and enthusiasm and was the unanimous choice for the role....
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In Brief: Smith for Aquabella; Yates is BWS brains; Meat group chair; Meat group chair
Smith for Aquabella Robert Smith has replaced Campbell Mitchell as managing director of Aquabella, the group that owns Hampshire-based New Forest Barramundi, the biggest indoor fish farm in Europe. Smith was managing director of frozen food company...
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My Alternative CV - Andy Thompson, brand manager, Appletiser
What's your nickname? Tomo Who was your first teenage crush and why? Penelope Pitstop - she had great legs! When was the first time you got drunk and what did you drink? At a schoolfriend's party when I was 16. I started on Bacardi, but progressed...
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Smith is 'step in right direction' for the FSA
The Food Standards Agency's appointment of food industry veteran Tim Smith as its new chief executive has been described as "step in the right direction" and a shrewd move by FSA chair Dame Deirdre Hutton.Smith, the former chief...
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C&C makes job cuts in bid to reverse Magners sales slump
C&C, the troubled Irish Magners manufacturer, is to appoint its first UK managing director to "spearhead growth". The new role has been created as part of a major management shake-up at the company, which is axing 150 jobs as part of a...
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Westerhuis appointed as UK MD of Peter Rabbit Organics
Peter Rabbit Organics has appointed Margreet Westerhuis as managing director for the UK. Westerhuis joins the company from Whole Foods Market. For the past two years, she has been European own label director responsible for developing...