People : Face to Face

Ten questions with…..Shane Dempsey

The first and most important thing about the recent Eurostat survey is that the research was carried out a full 15 months ago in March 2008. So it can’t reflect today’s reality in the grocery sector.

It did not take into account the 7% devaluation in the sector, resulting from significant price decreases retailers have introduced. These price decreases reflect the huge efforts by those in the sector to reduce costs through painful restructuring.

Food and Drink Industry Ireland (FDII) believes that nine out of 10 food companies froze or reduced wages and four out of 10 have introduced compulsory/voluntary redundancies.more >

Face to Face	Face to Face	Face to Face	Face to Face
Leading the team	In defence of value	Supermarket Man	On the Pig’s Back

ADM Londis’ new commercial director Peter Foley tells ShelfLife why he’s happy to be leading his team through the challenges	There’s no such thing as good cheap food. Glanbia’s Consumer Foods chief says re-educating the Irish about real value for money is key for the future	His was a chain of only 24 shops operating in a country with only four million people, but under his tenure it ranked number 20 in the world for sales per square foot and inspired the heads of international retail giants	Pig's Back says it's here to fight back for brands and these days they could do with a little fighting talk. Creator Michael Dwyer talks tough to ShelfLife
more >	more >	more >	more >