Archive of all profiles and Q&A articles – Page 28
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Cowboys? Watch out
Environment Agency chairman Lord Chris Smith is determined to nail companies flouting their green obligations.
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Sir Graham Melmoth, former Co-operative Group CEO
Career background: Sir Graham worked at pharmaceutical company Fisons before joining The Co-operative Group in 1976…
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Richard Bennett, former retail director at Spar
Bennett started his career at Marks & Spencer as a trainee manager for its store in Windsor…
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Matt Pullen, former marketing director, Bernard Matthews
Where are they now? Matt Pullen, former marketing director, Bernard Matthews…
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Shopping for the iPad generation
Marks & Spencer says its new flagship store in Chester marks a new high in environmentally friendly and hi-tech retailing…
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Tony Page, former Woolworths commercial and marketing director
Page joined Sainsbury’s as a graduate assistant. He then moved to Asda where he spent 13 years…
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Yeo Valley says 'thanks but no thanks' to sale rumours
Yeo Valley’s strong brand and successful, broad-based business has made it a frequent subject of takeover specultation…
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Steve McLean on bringing his Plan A game to M&S milk
Milk is Marks & Spencer’s most iconic Plan A product. So when the supermarket milk wars threatened to further cut farmgate prices…
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Can Jack Daniel's create a buzz by simply adding honey?
With its first new product in more than a decade, Jack Daniel’s is aiming to shake up the struggling…
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Martin Miller's tale: from musty antiques to botanical nirvana
We’ve all done it, haven’t we? Sat in a pub with a few pals indulging in flights of fancy about what we’d really like to do with…
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Extending the olive branch
Having wowed celebrity chefs with its foodservice offer, The Fresh Olive Company is now eyeing strong growth for retail brand Belazu.
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Turning over a new leaf
Graham Clarkson’s taste buds have helped pick the premium salad leaves in Steve’s Leaves. Now he’s on the hunt for the next big thing.
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Colin Cobain, former IT director, Tesco
Cobain spent 11 years at Mars working in IT and market research before moving into retail.
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On a roll with Accrol Papers
Times are tough in toilet paper. Volume sales of Britain’s 10 biggest loo roll brands (including own label) are down 5.4%…
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Where are they now? Eric Nicholls, former buyer, Sainsbury's
Nicholls joined Sainsbury’s in June 1956 following national service, as a clerk in the factory costing office in Blackfriars.
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Coca-Cola's Team GB unites for the big push
It’s taken years of planning and teamwork to match any Olympian feat to come. We talk to Coke’s Simon Baldry and Jon Woods.
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Companies cannot afford to ignore the dangers of bribery
I was shocked to read The Grocer’s survey on bribery (7 June), which found almost half the senior executives polled…
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Will we ever pursue 'excellence' with any real level of success?
I was particularly proud of my son’s first class honours degree, which he received last week.
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Where are they now? Philip Almond
Almond’s career kicked off in the late 1980s, with the marketer undertaking a number of different roles in arts administration, advertising and marketing.
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Where are they now? John Cleland
Cleland started out at Sainsbury’s in 1986, where he progressed to the role of senior buyer.