Archive of all profile articles – Page 26
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Graham Harris, former CEO Tesco Telecoms and Tesco Mobile
Graham Harris has 30 years’ retail experience across store management, financial, commercial and general management…
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Where are they now?
Kelly started his grocery career in 1982, when he joined Unilever as a graduate trainee…
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A rare ray of sunshine for cigars
With the cigar category in decline, STG is focusing on smaller formats, value for money and roll-your-own…
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Sir Roger Carr, former Cadbury chairman: where is he now?
Sir Roger held management roles with Honeywell Computers and Williams and was chairman for Chubb, Bass and Thames Water…
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Popchips' slow and steady snacking progress continues
After conquering the US, Popchips is hoping to win over snackers this side of the pond, aided by a certain pop star…
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Where are they now? - Bill Grimsey
Grimsey kicked off his career in retailing at the age of 15 when he worked part time in the butchery department of his local Bishop’s Food…
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Booker's Family Shopper c-store offers best of discounters
Booker’s Family Shopper combines the best of the hard and soft discounters. The Grocer looks at the trial store…
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Ex-Premier Foods' Suzanne Wise - where is she now?
Wise began her career as a trainee at Lewis Silkin before becoming an intellectual property associate at Crossman Block…
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Aldi: We are Discounter 2.0
Hours after Aldi was crowned The Grocer of the Year, we caught up with joint MDs Matthew Barnes and Roman Heini.
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Allan Leighton, former Asda CEO
Leighton joined Mars as a management trainee, which was “the making” of him, he says…
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Humphrey Singer, former Coca-Cola Enterprises finance VP
Singer’s first job in retail was in the finance department of Cadbury Schweppes in 1987…
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James Hall: Keeping it in the family after 150 years
Old age hasn’t slowed James Hall. As the wholesaler notches up 150 years, the business is gearing up for the next 50…
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Peter Bamford, former group exec and trading director, Tesco
As well as Tesco, Bamford has worked for Fine Fare and Kingfisher, with a brief stint at Woolworths…
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ABP: A fresh start after 'Horsegate'
In his first interview since ‘Horsegate’, ABP CEO Paul Finnerty spells out what went wrong in his company…
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Where Are They Now? Richard Hodgson, formerly of Morrisons
Hodgson worked at Asda for a number of years in various trading roles…
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Where Are They Now? John Coombe, formerly of GSK
Coombe held senior financial roles at Charterhouse Group and Charter Consolidated before joining Glaxo Wellcome…
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John Lovering, former chairman of Somerfield
Lovering boasts a distinguished career in retail, having held chairmanship positions at prominent retailers…
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On the hunt for Kelly's heroes
Others may beg to differ but Dexter Kelly is adamant: “Everybody loves food and if it’s organic, people will buy it”…
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Colin Graves, former chairman of Costcutter
Graves joined Spar in 1968 and by the age of 37 had worked his way up the ranks to sales director…
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Peppadew takes on the olive
A familiar face is the new pretender to the dinner party snacks throne. Step forward the reinvigorated Peppadew…