All articles by Tommy Leighton – Page 126
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ArticlePr2 selected by Wilson's
Wilson’s Country Ltd, one of Northern Ireland’s leading produce suppliers, has selected the Pr2 software solution from Prophet, the main sponsor of this year’s Re:fresh Conference.
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ArticleTesco scheme nets staff a bumper pay day
Tesco staff will share £106m in payouts from the UK’s leading supermarket chain’s share option scheme this year.
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Hull on the move
Hull Market, one of the UK’s last remaining street wholesale markets, will soon be on the move to a purpose-built site.
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ArticleDirty, but not scrubbers
Cornish Early potato producers are getting dirty with a new promotional campaign.
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Chinese to introduce new measures on imported fruit
The Chinese media reports that beginning next month, fruit vendors who want to sell imported produce in Shanghai will have to apply for approval from the Shanghai Fruit Business Association.
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Taiwanese continue ban on US apples
Taiwan's agricultural authorities will maintain a ban on imports of US apples after the US failed to improve its quarantine measures, reported the Taiwan Times.
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ArticleJournal scoops Chilean award
The Fresh Produce Journal was given an award by the Chilean Exporters Association last week.
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Government could be set to back down on health labelling scheme
Health bosses could be set to abandon a controversial plan to introduce a health rating food labelling system.
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Think tank blasts obesity "speculation"
The Social Issues Research Council (SIRC) has said the scale of childhood obesity in the UK has been grossly exaggerated.
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ArticleSAWS scheme to get the chop
Amid growing concern from growers and packers, the government intends to end the highly successful Seasonal Agricultural workers’ Scheme (SAWS) for foreign students working on UK farms during the summer.
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ArticleAsda to invest £600m in new stores
Asda is to invest £600 million in 20 new store projects across the UK.
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Crop protection support for healthy eating
CPA supports European campaign to show how crop protection products benefit health, environment - and pocket.
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ArticleTCK heads for Europe, via Berlin
FRUIT LOGISTICA: TCK Fresh Produce, based in Hayes, Middlesex, exhibited at Fruit Logistica for the first time this year, as it looks to expand its sales opportunities outside the UK.
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ArticleNZ researchers want to participate in Europe
FRUIT LOGISTICA: HortResearch ceo Paul McGilvary believes that “innovation is the key to keeping in business” and is looking to the EU to broaden his organisation's knowledge base.
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ArticleRipesense ready for new challenges
FRUIT LOGISTICA: Ripesense, the revolutionary New Zealand designed label that changes colour depending on the maturity of the fruit it is attached to, caused quite a stir in Berlin.
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ArticleZeraim unveils vertically-integrated vision
Zeraim Gedera president and ceo Ohad Zuckerman told the Journal at Fruit Logistica that its decision to exhibit at the Berlin fair was based on a need to communicate its new vision to the fresh produce world.
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ArticleCitrus growers facing severe financial pain
FRUIT LOGISTICA: Juan Bautista Juan of Valencia’s citrus regulatory council, told freshinfo that citrus prices in the main European markets have to reflect the reality of the supply situation soon, or growers will be facing severe financial difficulties.
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ArticleHungary for success
FRUIT LOGISTICA: Hungary needs to be more competitive if it is to succeed in the wider European market, said a leading government minister.
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ArticlePearFect Van Doorn introduction
Edwin de Wit of major supplier Van Doorn International Fruit bv and Ton Besseling of agro-chemical manufacturer Makhteshim Agan introduced U40s Conference delegates to Van Doorn’s latest venture in pear production, ‘PearFect’.
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ArticleReport warning for mushroom growers
English mushroom growers need to re-think their operations, if the industry wants to protect market share, according to a study by Warwick HRI.