Archive of all profile articles – Page 58
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General manager: Ian Bell
Ian Bell began his retailing career in a time-honoured way - working in a local supermarket as a 17-year-old student. He later joined a management training scheme before taking the reins of a Fine Fare outlet. Following various jobs in different...
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Obituary: roy goodall, independent manufacturers alliance
Roy Goodall, former chairman of the Independent Manufacturers Alliance, died on Saturday, 13 January. Goodall was 69 and had worked in the grocery industry for 40 years, holding a number of senior roles. He began his career with...
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Phillips picked for the job of reviving Loblaw
After just two years as chief executive of the upmarket Dublin store Brown Thomas, Irishman Dalton Phillips is to become chief operating officer of its sister company, Loblaw. Loblaw is Canada's biggest grocery group with a turnover of...
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Etherington heads ops for Hill Station
Michael Etherington is the new group operations director of premium ice cream brand manufacturer Hill Station. He replaces Steven Jones who left the group in October. Etherington joins at a difficult time for the UK's third largest ice...
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My Favourite Things Louise Pickford, Heart of England Fine Foods
Do you prefer healthy food or junk food? In my job what else can I say! Healthy and made with good quality, locally produced ingredients from the Heart of England, of course. Have you ever sent back or complained about a meal? Yes, but...
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Laurenson to chair Scottish shellfish co
The Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group, the UK's premier producer of shellfish, supplying supermarkets, wholesalers and restaurants, has a new chairman. Michael Laurenson, formerly vice-chairman succeeds Walter Speirs who held the position for...
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Mattessons' Power goes to Burger King
Leading food and drink producer Kerry Foods has lost one of its most senior marketers. Sarah Power who had been responsible for the company's Mattessons brand, has joined Burger King as its new senior marketing manager for northern...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get to where you are today? Luck and a small amount of judgement. I did an engineering degree and it was great at teaching me that I didn't want to be an engineer. I had worked for a company during university that had got me into...
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UB chief executive Ritchie steps down
United Biscuits chief executive Malcolm Ritchie is one of several big names to leave the company following its acquisition by private equity groups Blackstone and PAI in October. Ritchie has decided the time is right to move on, said...
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Cameron the food patriot takes the floor
Supermarkets were accused of using their market power to squeeze the margins of their suppliers by Tory leader David Cameron this week. Addressing the Oxford Farming Conference, Cameron urged competition authorities to crack down on...
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Q&A with Duncan Brooks Manager of the Week
What is your greatest challenge and how do you deal with it? Availability and customer service are the biggest challenges we face as no one would be pleased to come into a shop and not be able to buy what they want. We pride ourselves on...
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Q&A with Ann Plenderleith Manager of the Week
What is your greatest challenge and how do you deal with it? Availability is our greatest challenge but we also strive for great customer service. We have a company process in place that we follow for availability and we ensure we keep...
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My Favourite Things Alan Wright, joint managing director, Freshway Foods
What's your favourite restaurant? A small country restaurant near Uttoxeter. The Head Chef owns it and has a passion for top-grade food. Do you prefer healthy food or junk food? I like to think I now eat far more healthily. Have...
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My Favourite Things Nigel Parrott, group marketing director, New Covent Garden Food Co
What's your favourite restaurant and what do you like about it? Finos in Charlotte Street, London. The tapas is informal and the foie gras is the best I've had in the UK. It's run by the sons of the owner of Hambleton Hall in Rutland. Do...
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Greencore restructure brings new leadership
Convenience foods manufacturer Greencore Group has appointed three new category managing directors following a restructure. Over the past three years, Greencore Cakes and Desserts has been run as a single business with Greencore Frozen...
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Q&A with Andrew Major Manager of the Week
What is your greatest challenge and how do you deal with it? Customer service and availability are the key drivers for me and are also the two most important measures for driving footfall and growing like-for-like sales, which is exactly...
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Welsh meat role for Smith
Kirsten Smith is to become red meat executive at Hybu Cig Cymru, Meat Promotion Wales. The new role sees her take responsibility for enhancing, delivering and implementing Welsh red-meat strategy to complement Welsh Assembly policies for...
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Q&A with Mark Prout Manager of the Week
What's been keeping you busy? We have just reopened the store after an extensive refit and enlargement programme, which has lasted for a total of 32 weeks. It's been a pretty major challenge, as the majority of the work was done while the store...
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My Favourite Things Piero Sardano, head of food and restaurants, House of Fraser
What's your favourite restaurant? Racine in Knightsbridge. Great French food. Do you prefer healthy food or junk food? Healthy, fresh food. My Greek grandmother made everything from scratch. It developed my passion for good...