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Article: Moving in the right direction: Scotmid boss John Brodie has a massive job on his hands as he attempts to turn the business around.(Scotmid shake-up)(Interview)
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- Grocer
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- August 13, 2005
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The past six months have been exhausting for Scotmid boss John Brodie. Since becoming chief executive of the Scottish cooperative, he has been in the unenviable position of having to juggle his new job with his old one as finance director.
"It's been a hectic six months, trying to do two jobs, and it's not allowed me to get out and about as much as I would have liked," he says in an interview with The Grocer at Scotmid's Fountainbridge head office.
"Getting the right people in place has been very important. It's very much the foundations and we can now start adding the building blocks."
Fortunately, the people are now in place, he says, ...