All People articles – Page 415
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A Kwik departure for the chain's new blood
Kwik Save managing director Paul Niklas and finance director Steve Payne have left after less than four months in their posts.The company claimed their departure was always planned, as they were both regarded as interim appointments....
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Arla's Mostyn-Jones takes the commercial helm at First Milk
Dairy co-operative First Milk, which represents 3,200 dairy farmer members in England, Scotland and Wales, has appointed Richard Mostyn-Jones as commercial director. Mostyn-Jones, who took up his new role this week, joins First Milk from...
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Whiteside is NFRN national president
The National Federation of Retail Newsagents has appointed Sam Whiteside as national president, replacing Mahendra Jadeja. Whiteside has been a prominent member of the NFRN since joining in 1989. He has held the roles of vice president of...
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MBL's Aylwin takes over from Gurr at the helm of Blueheath
Mark Aylwin, the supply chain director for Musgrave Budgens Londis, is stepping into the shoes of Douglas Gurr as CEO of The Grocer Big 30 online delivered wholesaler Blueheath. Last week Gurr, who has led Blueheath since he set up the...
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McCarthy quits JS for top job at Poundland
Jim McCarthy, managing director of convenience at Sainsbury, is leaving the group in September to take up the role of chief executive officer of discount retailer Poundland. McCarthy was appointed to Sainsbury's operating board in June...
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In Brief: New role for West; Warburton for Uniq; Changes to board; Willis named CEO; Soden is senior VP
New role for West. Quiche manufacturer Thomas Food Group has appointed Victor West to the new role of chief operating officer. West joins Thomas Food Group from Macrae, where he worked for 12 years, most recently as procurement...
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Coors combines roles for on and off-trade
Coors Brewers has appointed John Holberry as sales director for both on and off-trade. Holberry, who takes up his new role on May 25, has been sales director for the on-trade since 2003 and previously led the company's off-trade...
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Miliband accepts 'need to learn'
David Miliband, the newly appointed secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs in the Cabinet reshuffle, has declared his keenness to learn about the industry. Miliband, MP for South Shields since 2001, has held a...
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Working week: Helen Colley, MD, Farmhouse Fare
Helen Colley, MD and owner of premium pudding company Farmhouse Fare, based in rural Lancashire, says that she is not just in her dream job, but also in her dream company. "It's my...
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Clarke to head The Grocer's news team
The Grocer has a new face at the helm of its news desk from next week. Richard Clarke will become news editor after two years as fresh foods editor, running The Grocer's Market Edge section. Prior to joining The Grocer in 2004,...
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Renshaw gets Real Good chief in form of Heslop
Food ingredients manufacturer Renshaw, part of the Real Good Food Company, has appointed Stephen Heslop as managing director. Heslop joins Renshaw following a 20-year career in the food and drink industry, during which time he has...
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Brownsey joins Kellogg as its UK sales director
Kellogg UK has announced the appointment of Kevin Brownsey as its new UK sales director. Brownsey, who takes up his new role on July 3, joins Kellogg from Coors Brewers where he was off-trade sales director. Brownsey has been in...
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All change at Dee Bee
Today's Group wholesaler Dee Bee Cash & Carry has made a number of changes to its senior management team. As part of the restructure, managing director Nick Ramsden has been promoted to the role of group managing director,...
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Rae retires this year
David Rae, chief executive of the Association of Convenience Stores, is to retire before the end of the year. Rae joined the ACS, which represents 32,500 c-store retailers, in September 2001 replacing Trevor Dixon. He was...
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Major Superquinn role for Musgrave's Wilson
Irish supermarket chain Superquinn has appointed James Wilson as trading director. His recruitment is a morale boost for the 22-store chain, following the recent resignation of its managing director, Dominic Galvin after just eight...
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Evans replaces Pedrick at the helm of InBev UK
Colin Pedrick, president of InBev UK and Ireland, has left the company after less than a year. InBev said that Pedrick, who became UK and Ireland president in July last year, was stepping down following a recent restructure that...
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In Profile: Stewart Lawrie, Managing Director, Whyte & Mackay UK
Stewart Lawrie, managing director of premium Scotch whisky and spirits producer Whyte & Mackay UK, knew that he was on to a good thing when he took on the role...
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Cantor tips Holmes as next Morrisons chief executive
Tesco's convenience chief executive Colin Holmes is narrowly ahead of its commercial and trading director, Richard Brasher, in the race for Bob Stott's job at Morrisons, according to an analysis of runners' and riders' odds produced...
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In Brief: Lowndes NAM; Numbers up; Scots premium; Winemaker post
Thomas Lowndes has appointed Victor Griffiths as NAM, replacing Andrew Gibbons. Griffiths joins from PepsiCo where he worked for 15 years as an account manager for brands including Walkers and Quaker. Phil Carroll has...
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New look booze team gets the Wright stuff
Asda has restructured its buying team for beers, wines and spirits to create a new role of general manager for wine. Linsey Wright, currently Asda's general manager for chilled ready meals, joins the wine team on May 15. She will...