Date joined the company: July 2003

Previous occupation: buyer, Batleys head office seven years; branch manager, Nurdin & Peacock, 18 years

Responsible for: pet foods, biscuits, canned and packaged vegetables and soups, milks, creams, desserts, sugar

Married/single/family: Irene, partner of 14 years

School: Rutlish High School, London

Leisure time spent: playing golf, football, watching most sports, Egyptology

One piece of advice to help suppliers succeed with us: always be honest, you only get one chance

The best promotion currently running with our customers is: McVitie’s Digestives/ Milk Chocolate Digestives 550g twin pack retailing at £1.09

The best current TV/press advertising is: Baxters Soup

The best new product launch this year is: Aero Bubbles

Gripe of the month (what upsets you most): long boring marketing presentations; suppliers who produce price-marked packs to help our sector compete with multiple pricing and then set the price-mark way above the multiple price

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