All People articles – Page 52
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Analysis & FeaturesFrom thoughts of suicide to pride: empowering modern slavery survivors
Set up in 2017, the Bright Future initiative aims to provide modern slavery survivors with a pathway back to employment. Now, seven years on, it’s calling on the food and drink industry to help it ramp up its impact
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InterviewsSported CEO Sarah Kaye on hidden value of grassroots sports sponsorship
Sported CEO Sarah Kaye wants to connect more brands with ‘sport for good’ campaigns, promising to deliver meaningful – even ‘magical’ – results
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NewsRegal Wholesale appoints Jon Hunt in new role of commercial director
Hunt is joining the company at an ‘exciting time’ during its growth and expansion
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NewsTom Bradshaw elected NFU president
Bradshaw will be joined by David Exwood as deputy president and Rachel Hallos as vice president
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NewsAsda denies union ‘asset stripping’ claims as it faces down strike threat
Asda accused union staff of “aggressive and intimidating behaviour”, as well as of making inaccurate claims about the situation in affected stores
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Borough Market CEO Jane Swift on food poverty, Grease and Jamie Oliver
‘The one thing I would change in grocery is access to good basic produce for everyone’
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NewsBooths workers offered transfer to Asda after store closure
Booths said increases in operating costs meant it was no longer possible for Hale Barns to be ‘profitable under the Booths model’
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NewsBP hires David Phillpot as convenience trading director Europe
In his most recent role as franchise director at M&S, he led relationships and commercial plans with M&S franchise partners, including BP
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NewsAldi to create 5,500 new UK jobs in 2024
The 5,500 new roles to be created in 2024 are more than 500 fewer than Aldi said it would create in 2023 this time last year
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NewsWholegood founder Carl Saxton-Pizzie back as CEO in turnaround bid
Wholegood has parted ways with CEO Martin Sandler, with founder Carl Saxton-Pizzie retaking the reins as the specialist wholesaler looks to cut costs
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Comment & OpinionHow businesses can embrace neurodiverse shoppers and staff
We must meet consumers where they are and support retailers to do the same, says Paul Graham, Britvic MD
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NewsMilliways appoints Andrew Bradshaw as sales director
Bradshaw brings almost 20 years’ experience to the role
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Cara Thomas, e-commerce executive, Lindt
‘Be passionate about you do and don’t be deterred by a lack of formal qualifications. Look out for opportunities to gain experience’
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Comment & OpinionIs Morrisons right to bring customers into management meetings?
Senior teams are highly experienced, but this can hold them back in a cycle of what they already know, says Stuart Williamson, partner at Sullivan & Stanley
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Comment & OpinionWhy we’re backing the burger awards and celebrating UK food
This year is The National Burger Awards’ 10th anniversary - and it’s bigger and better than ever
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Analysis & FeaturesMeet the top 10 women making an impact in own label
A competitive own-label range is becoming ever more crucial to the success of the supermarkets – and women are playing an ever greater role. We meet the big hitters
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Grocer 33Asda, Roehampton: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘The transition between spring and summer is big for us as a store, and it’s really important we manage that proposition – as a business we do that well’
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Comment & OpinionUK farmers should follow their European peers and protest
Thousands of miles apart, angry farmers feel trapped in a system that crushes them, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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NewsAsda faces further strike threats as dispute grows with GMB over representation
Nearly 400 GMB members at the Wisbech, Brighton Hollingbury and Brighton Marina stores will vote on whether to take industrial action, the union said
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NewsFormer Booths CEO Chris Dee joins DukesHill as non-exec chair
Dee has also held roles at Harrods, alongside a portfolio career specialising in luxury food and drink