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Feedback: the breakfast of champions at Authentic Food

11-May-2005 - Foot massages, cash prizes and a packed social calendar to inspire the troops? They are not a substitute for decent pay and career development, but part of a package of measures that makes The Authentic Food Company one of the best small companies to work for in the UK, says Elaine Watson

THE FIRM:

11-May-2005 - Your cut out and keep guide to top employers. 58. Robert Wiseman Dairies

Changeovers

12-Apr-2005 - Dr Stewart McLelland is the new md of Macrae Food Group. An experienced and qualified food scientist, he has held a number of senior management...

If it's a proper job you want, then food and drink is for you

04-Apr-2005 - Food and drink manufacturers are looking for bright young graduates who have technical and interpersonal skills, but who also are not frightened by a challenging working environment. Rick Pendrous reports from this year's Careers in Food and Drink (CIFAD) Live event

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04-Apr-2005 - Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers. 57 Grampian Country Food Group

Changeovers

07-Mar-2005 - Snowbird Foods has appointed David Jones its new technical manager at its North London-based fully-cooked sausage factory. Jones joined the company from Deli Co in...

Companies must raise their image to attract more student interest

07-Mar-2005 - Careers in Food and Drink Live returns this month with a series of seminars encouraging young people to take up a career in manufacturing, retail or foodservice. Stefan Chomka looks at the details

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07-Mar-2005 - Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers, 56.The Edrington group

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07-Feb-2005 - Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers 55.Thorntons

Changeovers

07-Feb-2005 - Andrew Niznik has returned to Southwall Indian ready meals producer Noon Products as technical director after a spell running an Indian restaurant in Sweden. He...

No concerns over staff treatment here -- this company's Innocent

07-Feb-2005 - Late last year Innocent Drinks was crowned employer of the year at the National Business Awards. No surprise really when you consider some of the things it does, says Stefan Chomka

The Firm

07-Jan-2005 - Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers: 54. Carlsberg Breweries

Changeovers

07-Jan-2005 - Production and operation responsibilities have been realigned at Elisabeth the Chef's three factory sites following Steve Eastham's appointment as operations director in May. Previously manager...

Geest: we are tough on poor staff, but reward the good

07-Jan-2005 - Geest's group HR director Mark Martin has dealt with some tricky staff issues of late, including the redundancies of 10% of its management jobs. Yet the company is still a model employer, he tells Rick Pendrous

Don't get left out in the cold at Christmas time

13-Dec-2004 - As manufacturers gear up for what is for many the busiest month of the year, a new survey highlights the recruitment issues they will also face. Stefan Chomka looks at the results

THE FIRM

13-Dec-2004 - Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers. 53. William Jackson

Changeovers

17-Nov-2004 - Ron Mellow of HJ Heinz is the new chairman of the Chilled Food Association (CFA). Previously vice chairman, Mellow has been a member of CFA's...

Food science at a crossroads

17-Nov-2004 - The great and the good of academia and the industry got together last month in an attempt to resolve the impending crisis in food science. Rick Pendrous heard what they had to say

THE FIRM

17-Nov-2004 - Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers 52. Richmond Foods

Changeovers

06-Oct-2004 - Eddie Isherwood has joined Peter Hunt's Bakery Foods in the newly-created position of supply chain manager. He joins from Airbus, where he was a project...

Students show new interest in food and drink courses

06-Oct-2004 - Uptake of undergraduate food and drink courses is finally on the increase, but will this lead to an end of the skills shortage? Stefan Chomka assesses graduate job prospects in the food and drink industry

THE FIRM

06-Oct-2004 - Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers 51. Glenmorangie

THE FIRM

09-Sep-2004 - Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers. 50. Discovery Foods

Changeovers

09-Sep-2004 - Bakery manufacturer Dawn Foods has named Kevin Hodge as its European product development manager. He comes from Macphie Ingredients where he was in NPD for...

Cook's voyage of discovery around the world of NPD

09-Sep-2004 - A chef for 20 years, John Roberts had to trawl deep to find the very un-chef like qualities of patience and compromise needed to develop retail products for the likes of M&S. Stefan Chomka traces his career

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