POD Food

Business

POD Food, recently acquired by The Azzurri Group, which is renowned for its stable of brands ASK Italian, Zizzi, Coco di Mama and Radio Alice is a well renowned London food retail brand, operating online and out of 13 stores, it was created as a place where delicious, nutritious, innovative and freshly prepared food could be served fast to those looking for something a little different for breakfast or lunch….

The Azzurri Group It plans to use the acquisition of Pod to accelerate its development in this segment. The 13 sites it has bought will continue to operate as Pod but it intends to convert a number of the sites to Coco di Mama over the next 12 months. Steve Holmes, CEO of Azzurri Group, said: “We are pleased with the strong growth and rapid expansion of Coco di Mama since it joined the Azzurri Group in 2015. The deal announced today will accelerate our position in this growing sector and we look forward to serving even more Londoners fresh food-to-go.” source

Our history with Pod
Harcourt Matthews have been proactively involved with and retained as a preferred supplier since 2013

Situation & Objective
Harcourt Matthews is a Recruitment Business Partner to their Financial & Accounting team discipline

Actions
Sourcing and placing people in interim and permanent roles, sustaining the establishment and evolution of various functions & skills lines including: – 

  • Senior Management team
  • Finance & Accounting and Reporting
  • Financial planning & Analysis

Examples: –
In Finance & Accounting
We have provided a recruitment advisory service aiding in the definition of needs in the short, medium and long term which involved supporting the development of their London HQ Commercial and Financial Reporting team; this strategic role paved the way for much improved strategic & financial insights and encompassed process, systems transformation & implementation

Harcourt Matthews established & utilised various recruitment methods from advertising campaigns and networking as well as database contingency candidate sourcing processes

Results & Benefits for POD Food using Harcourt Matthews
As a preferred supplier Harcourt Matthews has worked closely with the P/E owners, the General Manager contributed in briefings led by some or all of the management team, consequently, everybody had been on message, the advice was sought & given and challenges dealt with, complimenting the recruitment partnership & process which led to speedier recruitment and Harcourt Matthews delivering results as their preferred supplier

Harcourt Matthews has successfully recruited several key people

Roles we have recruited for recently – Interim, temporary & permanent salaries or FTC £30k – £100k and include:
Finance 

  • Finance Director (CFO)
  • Head of Finance
  • Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager (Senior Finance Business Partner)
  • FP&A Analyst (Management Accountant)
  • Financial Modeller / Accounts Assistant