All People articles – Page 398
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My Alternative CV - Dave Brooks, chief executive, Finsbury Food Group
What's your nickname? The cricket boys call me The German due to my blonde locks and random failure to shave ! Who was your first teenage crush and why? Lorraine Lunley at school - though never bold enough to even ask her out (the pain of having a...
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Parfetts duo take on Local4U format
Parfetts Cash & Carry has created a retail operations team to develop its company-owned convenience format Local4U.The team will be based at Parfetts' Somercotes depot and will be led by retail operations manager Richard Mason, who was...
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Surprise departure for veterinary chief
Britain's chief vet Debby Reynolds quit unexpectedly last week, just days before a case of avian influenza was discovered at a turkey farm in Norfolk.Reynolds said she planned to take early retirement after four years as the UK's chief...
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Lane joins Leaf UK to drive Chewits
Chewits maker Leaf UK has appointed Stuart Lane to the new position of commercial director. Lane will be in charge of developing the Chewits brand and managing Leaf's expansion into the healthy confectionery sector. Prior to Leaf, Lane...
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Lynx Effect's creator joins Plum as CEO
Organic baby food company Plum has announced the appointment of Patrick Cairns as its new CEO.Following a 15-year career at Unilever, Cairns has spent the past year advising private equity and venture capital businesses on consumer...
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Revamp for Costcutter board post Bibby deal
Costcutter has made its first significant board changes since selling a controlling 51% stake in the business to Bibby Line Group in September.The group has promoted IT director Kevin Widdrington and sales director Jamie Davison to its...
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we work together - Brothers Barry and Henry Chevallier-Guild own and run Aspalls
Brothers Barry and Henry Chevallier-Guild own and run Aspalls, a cider and apple vinegar producer that has been in the family for eight generations. Barry on Henry Henry and I joined the family business 14 years ago but my first job here was as a...
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My Alternative CV - Helen Bridgett, head of sales and marketing, The Co-operative Group
What's your nickname? Alas, I don't have one. Who was your first teenage crush and why? Although this ages me - it was Donny Osmond and I think he is still gorgeous! When was the first time you got drunk? I started on the good stuff and I ...
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Doh! Bernard Matthews was too 'stuck in the past' for Bart
Bart Dalla Mura quit Bernard Matthews last week over frustrations about the slow pace of change at the company, a close source to the former UK chief executive has claimed. He left unexpectedly after less than a year in the job, without...
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My Alternative CV - Tal Thomas, founder, Exotic Planet juice drinks
What's your nickname? Twin Cam Who was your first teenage crush and why? Mavis Evans, daughter of the headmaster. Taught me all I know about women - the daughter that is, not the headmaster.
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we work together
Master distiller Desmond Payne (left) works with stillsman William Hamilton at Beefeater Gin Desmond on William I've been distilling gin for the past 40 years and the business has undergone a lot of change over that...
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Jackson takes over at Taut
Former Golden Wonder chief executive Ed Jackson has been appointed MD of independent sports drink Taut. Jackson has stepped into the job following the decision by Taut's co-founders Vincent Bassch and Sarah Lang to take on new positions....
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Hawley steps down as biscuit association boss
The Biscuit Cake Chocolate and Confectionery Association's director general Penny Hawley is to step down following a decision to transfer the majority of the BCCCA's activities to a sector group within the Food and Drink...
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In Brief: Fenwicks gets Bevan; Recycling boost; Wylie promoted; Freshers operations; No agm re-election
Fenwicks gets Bevan Asda's finance director of retail and logistics Richard Bevan will leave the company in December to take up a new role as chief finance officer at independent department store group Fenwicks. Bevan joined Adsa four years ago from...
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My Alternative CV - Phil Lynas, managing director, All About Food
What's your nickname? Spike or Thistles (due to my spiky hair at university) Who was your first teenage crush and why? Nastasia Kinski When was the first time you got drunk? When I was about 15 on sweet cider at a family party. I haven't been able...
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Nijhar to deal with Spar PR
Spar UK has expanded its head office marketing team by appointing Kam Nijhar as marketing manager. Nijhar will be responsible for internal communications with Spar wholesalers and retailers. She will also look after charity sponsorship...
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we work together - Husband and wife David and Lucy Calland
Husband and wife David and Lucy Calland own and run a 2,000 sq ft Budgens store in Exmouth, Devon David on Lucy Lucy and I opened our store on 20 September. My family have always been in retail and own a Spar shop so Lucy and I have always wanted ...
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Commercial director for Greencore cake division
Convenience food manufacturer Greencore has appointed Jonathan Hodgson as commercial director of its cakes and desserts division. Hodgson was previously account group director at Young's Seafoods, where he managed a team that looked after...
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In Brief: Owen set to retire; FSA director for Wales; New role for Wylie; Saxton due to leave; Brown joins Liberty
Owen set to retire Morrisons has announced that executive director Roger Owen is to retire in October next year, coinciding with his 60th birthday. Owen joined the company in 1975 and has responsibility for site acquisition, construction, estate...
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thinking outside the box
Dominic Lowe, Green & Black's new MD, is lying on a bed, surrounded by chocolate and being gawped at by members of the public - not because he fancies himself in the starring role of the brand's next round of commercials, but because we've...