All articles by Dominic Weaver – Page 9
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Joint venture brings major produce companies together
Lingarden, Nationwide Produce and QV Foods enter into new scheme for prepacking and processing produce.
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Tomato Growers Association puts on lunch for kids
As part Can Eat - Will Eat project, organised by the TGA and The Cancer Research Campaign, 10 vegetable-loathing kids have been given Sunday lunch to encourage them to eat more healthily.
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Tomato lorry tragedy prompts FTA call for action
The discovery of 58 bodies on board a lorry of tomatoes at Dover on Monday, leads Freight Transport Association to repeat its calls for inter-governmental action on illegal trafficking of immigrants.
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Volumes unaffected by member drop outs, says Greenery
The Greenery International says the quantity of produce it supplies to world markets, will be unchanged, despite the announcement by 549 grower members that they will leave the organisation at the end of the year.
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Continuity of field crops shaken by record wet weather
UK growers of field crops warn that heavy disruption has been caused to the drilling and planting calendar, as a result of the wettest April and May on record for parts of the country.
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Food Agency finds national diet in crisis
The National Diet and Nutrition Survey, conducted by the Food Standards Association, uncovers some worrying trends in consumption among younger age groups.
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Gardener strips lady of title
Viscountess Villiers gives up title, after falling in love with, and marrying, a gardener.
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Internet to explode in fresh produce
Within five years, the internet will have made a profound impact on the fresh produce industry, says CIMO president Michel Jansen.
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BPC review pass meets with strong criticism
There has been an angry reaction from a significant number of potato merchants and farmers since the announcement on Tuesday, that the BPC had passed its first statutory review.
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Market still growing in value, says Key Note
the value of the fresh produce market has continued to grow, according to a new report by market analysts Key Note. The increased value comes from sales of value-added produce and more exotic varieties, says the market analysts.
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Ecoli in mushrooms from cross-contamination, says Tesco
The recent discovery of a strain of E.coli in mushrooms was not a result of farming practice, according to Tesco.
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European retailing set for further consolidation
European retailing sector is ripe for more mergers and acquisitions, according to report on European grocery retailing by Verdict Research.
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Europech' seeks solution after 1999 disaster
European producers of summer fruit met in Perpignan, France, this week, to discuss prospects for the future, after the worst season's performance for almost ten years.
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NFU farmers to lobby MPs
A delegation of NFU farmers is set to speak to MPs about the state of agriculture in the UK. Special focus will be given to the strength on the pound against the Euro.
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Produce schemes introduce joint discount rate
Joint members of the Assured Combinable Crops Scheme (ACCS) and the Assured Produce Scheme (APS) wanting to renew their subscription, are to be granted a 33 per cent discount off their lower or secondary membership fee.
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Potato suppliers finalise merger deal
Potato businesses Russell Burgess Ltd and Sutton Bridge Ltd, finalise details of a merger. A new operating company, Solanum Ltd, is now trading as a result of the deal.
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Poupart bows out of wholesale sector
The Poupart Group sells its London primary wholesale businesses at New Covent Garden and New Spitalfields markets. The companies were purchased as a going concern by Rodney Thakrar, owner of Turnells in New Covent Garden.
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Leaf in retail label negotiations
Linking Environment and Farming, the charity that develops and promotes integrated farm management, is in negotiations with several supermarkets about the Leaf logo appearing on fruit and vegetables from its farms.
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One in three close to failure, says report
The spring 2000 publication from Plimsoll Publishing Ltd, The Plimsoll Portfolio Analysis: Fresh Produce, says that a third of the UK fresh produce industry is at "high risk of failure".
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Capespan increases international basket
Capespan is to market an increasing volume of fruit sourced from non-South african countries. This will include a larger basket of fruit such as mangoes and pineapple.