Britain's favourite fresh produce magazine since 1895 By Nina Pullman Tuesday 6th January 2015, 10:25 GMT Spar poaches Iceland head of buying Brigid Davidson has joined Spar wholesaler A.F.Blakemore & Son as trading director Brigid Davidson x-head of buying at Iceland “That may be in the delivery of great “She joins us with an excellent track record E Foods has been appointed as products, prices, deals or just simply never across the sector and will be a key player in trading director at Spar supplier letting our customers down on service and the delivery of our 2020 business and wholesaler A.F.Blakemore & Son. quality,” she said. objectives. Davidson will sit on both the trade partners “Meeting A.F. Blakemore managing “The trading director role is pivotal to the and retail boards and replaces Mike director, Peter Blakemore, along with Jerry commercial success of both Blakemore Boardman, who took on the role of Marwood and Geoff Hallam has given me Trade Partners and Blakemore Retail and is managing director for fellow Spar the clear impression of a business with a integral to the company’s relationships wholesaler Appleby Westward Group in strong family heritage where people come with Spar UK and our supplier base.” November 2014. first. A.F. Blakemore & Son is a family-owned Her responsibilities will include managing “There is the 2020 blueprint in the business, food and drink retail, wholesale and the relationships between symbol group so I already have a good idea where my distribution business, based at Longacres Spar and the Blakemore supplier base, priorities will be to drive the profit results Industrial Estate in Willenhall, West which covers the Midlands and Wales. With required for a strong future.” Midlands. 30 years experience in the retail sector, Davidson said her number one objective in Blakemore managing director Jerry http://www.fruitnet.com/americafruit/article/1474/parts-of-san-diego-quarantined-as-psyllid-count-mounts © Copyright Market Intelligence Ltd - Fruitnet.com 2014. The copyright on this article and all content published on Market Intelligence Ltd - Fruitnet.com is held by Market Intelligence Ltd - Fruitnet.com Limited, a joint venture between Market Intelligence Limited and Dr Rolf M Wolf Media GmbH. All rights reserved. Neither this article nor any part of it may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, including print- outs, screen grabs and information retrieval systems, without the prior permission of the copyright owners. the role is “first-rate customer service”. Marwood said: “I am delighted to welcome Brigid to A.F. Blakemore & Son. http://www.fruitnet.com/americafruit/article/1474/parts-of-san-diego-quarantined-as-psyllid-count-mounts © Copyright Market Intelligence Ltd - Fruitnet.com 2014. The copyright on this article and all content published on Market Intelligence Ltd - Fruitnet.com is held by Market Intelligence Ltd - Fruitnet.com Limited, a joint venture between Market Intelligence Limited and Dr Rolf M Wolf Media GmbH. All rights reserved. Neither this article nor any part of it may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, including print- outs, screen grabs and information retrieval systems, without the prior permission of the copyright owners..