Australian supermarket group Foodland Associated has announced that the managing director of its New Zealand division will retire at the end of this year.

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Ted van Arkel will be succeeded at Foodland’s Progressive Enterprises by chief executive Richard Umbers from 1 December, reported the Australian Associated Press. Umbers joined Progressive Enterprises in April 2002, before which he worked as a regional manager for Aldi UK.


After his retirement from the post of managing director, Van Arkel will continue at Foodland as an adviser to the company.

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