I was, personally, quite happy to see this happen. I worked for Tony Rainbird in 2000 and was laid off just before Christmas by the snotty old bugger.
In my opinion, his Dickensian ways were the demise of his company, not the supermarkets and convenience shopping habits. He had no rapport with his staff, instead electing to swan around the offices pretending to like you and then chastising you for having too many icons on the desktop of your Mac or something.
I worked in the marketing department and, unfortunately, had to put up with his daughter Sarah working opposite me. She was as bad as her father (ugly too). By the time I left I was so heartily sick of this "family run business" that I was glad to get the boot.
I'm astonished that the greasy old snob has started to get his fingers back in the old pies, not having learned his lesson, and look forward to seeing him fall flat on his face again.
God bless Freeola and all who sink in her, especially their esteemed leader, My Rainbird, whom I hope drowns in a pool of his own venomous spittle sometime soon.
