All People articles
-
NewsCarlsberg Britvic announces plan to close Marston’s Brewery
The Marston’s Brewery was acquired as part of Carlsberg UK’s merger with Marston’s Brewing Company in 2020
-
ProfilesMy food & drink job: Emily Elcock, social media manager, Tiptree
‘You don’t have to take the traditional route if it doesn’t feel right for you. Real-life experience, energy and enthusiasm can go a long way’
-
NewsPowerful food companies ‘profiting from keeping labour cheap’, study finds
A new report by thinktank IPES-Food claims labour exploitation in the global food sector is ‘worsening’
-
NewsNorac Foods Group promotes internally for new UK CEO
The appointment comes as the group builds its first UK production site in Lincolnshire
-
NewsTesco tech boss Guus Dekkers announces retirement
Tech boss Dekkers is to retire from the supermarket at the end of the year
-
Grocer 33‘Great leaders create more leaders’: Asda Southgate boss on winning affluent shoppers
Store manager Yamoah Kusi-Mensah on shouting about value to win over a wealthy catchment, fixing availability with ‘Ops Clock’ and his ambition to give Southgate an M&S-style feel
-
NewsAF Blakemore CEO Carol Welch steps down
She joined in 2023, succeeding Jerry Marwood, having previously been Odeon MD for UK & Ireland and Europe commercial officer for six years
-
NewsCo-op appoints new managing director of retail
The new hire will be focused on accelerating Co-op’s food retail growth, strengthening the customer proposition, and supporting innovation across stores and digital channels
-
ProfilesWho Gives A Crap’s Jessica Hook on Dolly, rescue dogs and tipsy job interviews
‘I foster rescue dogs and live with a whole menage of different animals at home (ranging from sheep to tortoises) so my threshold for chaos is quite high!’
-
NewsMcDonald’s UK & Ireland appoints new chief people officer
The new hire brings more than 12 years of experience within the McDonald’s system to the role
-
NewsCaffè Nero appoints head of new channels development from Starbucks
He brings more than 15 years of experience leading channel development across hospitality and beverage brands
-
NewsYakult appoints national sales manager to drive growth
The new hire will lead Yakult’s sales strategy in the UK and Ireland, focusing on strengthening existing retail partnerships, supporting sustainable category growth and increasing the brand’s availability across a wider range of channels and more consumption occasions
-
NewsGeneral Mills appoints CEO to succeed Jeff Harmening
Harmening, who joined the Cheerios and Old El Paso maker in 1994 and has held numerous roles during his 32-year tenure, will become executive chairman of the board
-
NewsPoundland bosses joined by Andy Bond in management buyout talks
A team formed by Poundland leadership and Andy Bond, the former CEO of Asda and Pepco Group, is in advance talks over a management buyout funded by one of the bidders in the auction for Poundland
-
NewsUnitas CEO John Kinney to step down after six years
The leadership changes form part of a planned succession process designed to ensure continuity
-
InterviewsHow Here We Flo is taking the shame out of period care
Susan Allen and Tara Chandra are on a mission to tackle the stigma around period care
-
Comment & OpinionMake preparations to get the most out of top-level meetings
Too many top-to-top meetings fail to deliver meaningful value. Here’s why – and how to fix it
-
NewsFyffes updates sustainability strategy with new gender target
Among the commitments is the target to achieve gender parity in senior leadership and at least 30% female representation in supervisory operational roles by 2035 in its own operations
-
Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Brookwood’s deputy manager: our colleague base is our point of difference
Jonathan Sellen tells The Grocer how the store wins trade from its more upmarket competition, why innovation is Sainsbury’s hidden weapon and what’s changed most during his 22 years in retail
-
NewsLidl commits to supporting five million people in ‘hyper-localised’ campaign
It comes after warnings that pockets of severe deprivation – often streets away from visible affluence – were being missed by supermarkets taking a broad brush approach to charitable efforts