{"id":7510,"date":"2017-10-04T14:16:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T14:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainableagriculturewaitrose.org\/?p=7510"},"modified":"2017-10-04T14:16:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T14:16:36","slug":"walker-to-head-all-fresh-buying-for-waitrose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/2017\/10\/04\/walker-to-head-all-fresh-buying-for-waitrose\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker to Head all Fresh Buying for Waitrose"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7511\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7511\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7511\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/files\/2017\/11\/waitrose_13178931822149.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/files\/2017\/11\/waitrose_13178931822149.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/files\/2017\/11\/waitrose_13178931822149.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/files\/2017\/11\/waitrose_13178931822149.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/files\/2017\/11\/waitrose_13178931822149.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/files\/2017\/11\/waitrose_13178931822149.jpg?w=2048 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Walker \u00a9 Waitrose<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Paul Walker is to become responsible for all fresh buying at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waitrose.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waitrose<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, who has been with Waitrose for 30 years, starts the role on Monday 9 October. \u00a0The position reports to Rupert Thomas, the supermarket\u2019s Commercial Director. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Retaining his current job title of \u2018Director, Buying, Fresh\u2019, Paul will now head buying for meat, poultry, fish, frozen food and dairy, and take on responsibility for agricultural strategy &#8211; areas previously covered by Heather Jenkins, who is to retire from Waitrose.<\/p>\n<p>These will be in addition to his existing areas of fruit, vegetables and horticultural produce, and buying for meal solutions, bakery, and food to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited to take on this role and, backed by a fantastic team here at Waitrose, looking forward to working with our suppliers, farmers and others\u201d, said Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Heather Jenkins leaves Waitrose after 37 years with the business. \u00a0Rupert Thomas said: \u201cHeather has made an enormous contribution to Waitrose, building fantastic relationships with the farming community and helping us to lead the grocery sector in this area. \u00a0In Paul we\u2019ve appointed exactly the right person to develop our agricultural strategy and take it forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Article source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/waitrose.pressarea.com\/pressrelease\/details\/78\/NEWS_13\/8855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waitrose<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Paul Walker is to become responsible for all fresh buying at Waitrose. 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