BONUS 166: Executive Chairman of Iceland Foods - From the Freezer Aisles to the top of Everest

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Peter Cowley

Diaries, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On today’s special bonus episode, Jamie speaks to Richard Walker, Executive Chairman of supermarket chain, Iceland.

Richard joins us to talk all about his incredible career, from his Dad borrowing £30 to set up the company to what measures he's now taking to make Iceland as sustainable as possible. Plus we’re talking all about Richard’s expedition to the top of Everest with another of our Private Parts guests, leading mountaineer Kenton Cool! This incredible expedition is for a very important cause as the pair are raising vital funds for the world's first Rare Dementia Support Centre. If you wanted to support this incredibly worthwhile cause, you can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/coolwalkereverest

Best of luck, Richard and Kenton with the climb!

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0:00.0	...
0:02.5	Richard, welcome to the podcast.
0:03.8	Thank you. It's great to be here.
0:05.0	Is this one of the first podcasts you've done?
0:07.2	Yes. Yes it is.
0:08.4	So every time a guest comes on the podcast, I look at all different things.
0:10.8	And one of the things I saw from you is one of the quotes that you live by.
0:14.0	Which, for me, 100% is exactly what I live by,
0:18.4	as your dad said it to you, which is never ever, ever, ever give up.
0:21.6	Yes.
0:22.5	And I have always said to everyone,
0:24.2	just from what I've understood is that persistence is key
0:27.2	in everything you have to do.
0:28.4	100%.
0:29.2	But why do you think that is good advice?
0:31.4	And why do you live by that?
0:33.0	Well, it's good advice coming from him.
0:34.3	He's given me lots of advice.
0:35.4	The other one in his Yorkshire accent was,
0:37.0	don't fuck it up when I went into Iceland.
0:40.0	Yeah.
0:41.0	But yeah, I think it's sort of testament to the fact that
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