All articles by Alex Lawson – Page 20
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ArticleLogistics businesses feel fuel squeeze
Roadfreight operators have had to find an additional £1.3 billion over a 12-month period to cover the rising cost of fuel, according to new data.
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ArticleM&S steps into the ring with new satsuma
Marks & Spencer has crossed the rope with its new citrus offer - the Satsumo.
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ArticleSpanish citrus endures €60m losses
Spanish citrus production is to fall after €60 million losses hit the sector hard last season.
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ArticleLow European top-fruit season forecast
Apple production within the European Union have predicted a combined crop of 10.2 million tonnes for 2011/12, the third-lowest volume since 2002, according to new data.
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ArticleTesco gives away Fruit book
A new book on fruit is set to top the charts this week after entering Tesco.
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ArticleBowker expands freight fleet
Bowker Transport has expanded its 550-strong vehicle and trailer fleet with a repeat order for 30 Profi Liners from Krone Trailers UK, making a total of 70 fixed and sliding roof curtainsiders received from Krone in the last 12 months.
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ArticleDel Monte UK sees profits fall
Del Monte UK has seen profits plummet in the last year as it dumped certain lines that were not making money.
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Norman Collett in pallet deal
Pallet specialist CHEP has signed a two-year contract with Norman Collett, extending the 15-year relationship between the two companies.
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ArticleSolar projects creates huge energy boost
The first 16 large-scale solar farm projects, installed just days before the government deadline for incentives ran out, will contribute a remarkable 46.3 megawatts of power to the national grid, according to the NFU.
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ArticleSnow hits Chilean grape region
Inclement weather conditions has caused damage to vineyards in Chile’s main table grape producing area of Copiapó.
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ArticleKitten makes salad sales purr
Former Atomic Kitten star Liz McClarnon has teamed up with large-scale salad supplier G’s Marketing to promote its fresh & naked range.
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ArticleCompetition rife at English top-fruit auction
Pre-sale demand for English dessert apples and pears was “very sharp” at this year’s Horsmonden Hard Fruit Sale last Friday.
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ArticleUK potato seed on show in Europe
Potato importers and growers looking to buy seed from the UK have been urged to visit the Potato Council stand at Potato Europe in Tournai, Belgium, 7-8 September.
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Organic Recycling in £16m green project
Organic Recycling is to extend its multi-million pound Energy and Recycling Park in Lincolnshire with the addition of anaerobic digestion equipment and a biomass boiler.
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ArticleTesco over the rainbow with colourful caulis
It may sound like a task worthy of Tom Cruise and the Mission: Impossible team, but Tesco has set out to make the cauliflower appeal to children.
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Suffolk firm gets solar boost
Frederick Hiam Ltdhas completed a £1.5 million solar PV installation at one of its sites in Brandon, Suffolk.
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ArticleWarwick gains onion intelligence
Research led by the Warwick Crop Centre in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick has developed a unique collection of information about the disease resistance of 96 of the world’s onion varieties.
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ArticleNew Spits creates huge rainwater project
New Spitalfields Market is set to create the biggest rainwater harvesting project in the UK.
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ArticleFresh Produce Consortium adds to board
Three new directors have been appointed to the non-executive council at the Fresh Produce Consortium.
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ArticleMonaghan acquires Sussex in mushroom game shake-up
The business and assets of Sussex Mushrooms have been sold and the company put into liquidation, freshinfo can reveal.