All Retail articles – Page 671

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    New strawberry treatment to fight botrytis

    2002-01-17T00:00:00Z

    Crop protection specialists Certis releases Frupica, a weapon in the fight against botrytis and powdery mildew.

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    Love is in the aisles

    2002-01-17T00:00:00Z

    Pink Lady gossips dig for dating tales. Apple barnd offers case of bubbly for best tale of supermarket love.

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    Retailer Hale has luck of the Irish

    2002-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Fruit seller scoops glittering prize for superb display skills.John Hale, best of Northern Ireland say US Apple chiefs.

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    Tesco offered FFA stay of execution

    2002-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has been given extra time to meet the demands of a militant farmer's group. Farmers for Action bosses says it will blockade the multiples RDCs after its correspondence so far has been unsatisfactory.

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    Bramley is top fruit

    2002-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Consumer research shows UK public love Bramleys. Famous cookers a family favourite, say retail experts.

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    Fair trade branches out

    2002-01-09T00:00:00Z

    The first fair-trade mangoes to arrive in the UK go on sale this week.

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    Tesco faces blockade from enraged farmers

    2002-01-04T00:00:00Z

    Leading multiple Tesco targeted by Farmers for Action after refusing to relax its low-price structure. Pressure group says it will blockade distribution points and put the retailer "out of business."

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    Greenery International honoured

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Produce marketer The Greenery International has won the Dutch Horticulture Entrepreneurs Award Foundation's marketing and sales award for boosting tomato consumption in the Netherlands' second largest retailer.

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    Tesco grapples with stalkers

    2001-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Brussels sprout stalks make their way onto Tesco shelves as the store follows its rival's lead.

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    Customers not always right

    2001-12-20T00:00:00Z

    A new report shows progress by the UK's supply chain, but there is more work to be done.

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    Minister accepts stores' code

    2001-12-19T00:00:00Z

    The secretary of state for trade and industry accepts undertakings from the UK's major multiples to abide by a code of practice regulating their relationships with suppliers.

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    Tesco plans Chinese expansion

    2001-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Leading UK multiple Tesco is ready to set up shop in the world's largest market. The chain is looking for trading partners and begin preparations next year.

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    Merry Xmas for multiples

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Supermarkets are preparing for a bumper Christmas despite global instability.

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    Ripleys make waves

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    A Riverford Organic Vegetables franchise has broken company sales records within two years of its launch.

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    GM "safe" CropGen claims

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    A CropGen report claims GM crops are just as safe as other supermarket products.But Friends of the Earth chiefs say there are "gaping gaps" in the study.

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    Free fruit deadline extended

    2001-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Wholesalers, importers and growers of fresh fruit have one month left to register interest in supplying the free-fruit-for-schools scheme.

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    Sweet Lillibet a winner

    2001-12-05T00:00:00Z

    A five-year old schoolboy has won English Apples & Pears' and Somerfield Stores' competition to name a new English apple variety to celebrate the Queen's golden jubilee next year.

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    Suppliers must get on target

    2001-12-02T00:00:00Z

    You've heard of category management, now customer management is emerging and apple suppliers to the multiples must make sure they are well placed to take advantage.

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    Cape victory

    2001-11-29T00:00:00Z

    Safeway and Capespan teamed up to treat lucky competition winners and their family to a trip to South Africa.

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    UK shelves topped up

    2001-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Supermarkets are biting back after a Friends of the Earth report last week highlighted their lack of shelf space for UK top fruit.