Article: BOTTOMS UP; From shop assistant to board director Gaby Huddart meets Tesco's David Potts.

Byline: GABY HUDDART

DAVID Potts's first ever job was as a Saturday boy in a greengrocers when he was 14. It was a job he loved because it involved constant banter with customers and the day went quickly. So, in 1973, after taking his O-levels at the age of 16, Potts thought he'd get himself a job in a shop over the summer before returning to school to continue with A-levels. "I saw an ad in the window of my local Tesco in Manchester for an assistant on the deli counter and thought that sounded a great way to spend a couple of months," he says.

Potts got the job and, paid [pound]10.50 for a 40-hour week, felt like he'd arrived in heaven. "It was a ...

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