All articles by Tommy Leighton – Page 153
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ArticlePrince of Wales supports Hospital Food Project
Prince Charles will meet farmers, hospital staff and organisers of the Hospital Food Project on July 1 at St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust in South London.
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ArticleBeacon pumpkin up the volumes
Roasted and char-grilled diced pumpkin from specialist fresh and exotic ingredients supplier Beacon Foods are likely to feature in a host of British food products this autumn.
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Business for sale? Target the right buyer
SME owners are failing to get the best price when they come to sell the business because they target the wrong buyers.
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Lantra to receive five-year licence to skill
UK's horticulture industry Sector Skills Council, Lantra, will receive a five-year licence tomorrow.
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ArticleGreenery grower wins sustainability award
Cees Veerman, Holland’s Minister of Agriculture, Nature & Food Quality this week presented tomato-grower Themato CV with an award that recognises socially responsible business practice, during the 3rd Dutch Sustainability Congress, held in Bussum.
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Fuji wrappers raise pack integrity for Simply Fresh Foods
Simply Fresh Foods, Manchester, has adopted a new system of combined stretch-shrink-wrapping - pioneered by Japanese manufacturer Fuji.
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Article£4 million investment in new fleet by Petit Forestier
Petit Forestier has invested £4 million in new IVECO 75-E17 7.5 tonne refrigerated vehicles.
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ArticleWestern tenants granted reprieve
There will be capacity for more traders to move to the new Western International Market, after Hounslow Borough Council reconsidered selection criteria and plans for the new site.
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ArticleReynolds Catering looks to triple turnover
Tony Reynolds, managing director and chairman of Reynolds Catering, plans to build a 10,000 square foot London depot and hopes to triple the award-winning company's turnover.
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ArticleCues jumping ahead at STC
Yields so far in the year-round cucumber trial at Stockbridge Technology Centre, North Yorkshire, are on course to beat the project’s initial target of 300 cucumbers a square metre.
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M&S bid battle moves on
M&S pension fund trustees met yesterday to, amongst other things, discuss the latest bid for the retail chain by Philip Green.
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ArticleGrowers respond to tightened code
In response to the tightening of the Polytunnel Voluntary Code of Practise, Eric Drummond, on behalf of the South Herefordshire Growers Association said on Wednesday...
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Wal-Mart faces massive sex-discrimination lawsuit
US lawsuit alleges women staff get a bad deal from Wal-Mart, and now involves up to 1.6 million female current and ex-employees.
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Virtual exhibition reels trade in
Nearly 250,000 people from 78 countries have already registered to "visit" the first-ever Internet agricultural exhibition.
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ArticleChilean growers invite visitors
The Chilean fruit growers’ federation Fedefruta is holding its second Business Round Table at Santiago’s Hyatt Regency Hotel on October 6-7.
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ArticleThames Fruit wins Kentish accolade
Thames Fruit as runner-up in the Kent Company Of The Year category at the Kent Business Awards 2004
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ArticleFlandria tests cuore di bue tomatoes
The Meerle research centre in Belgium is carrying out extensive tests with a view to growing cuore di bue tomatoes according to Flandria standards.
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IFE Poland 2004 rated as a success
Poland's trade only fair, the International Food, Drink and Hospitality Exhibition (IFE) was rated as a success by 91 per cent of its visitors.
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ArticleSainsbury’s targets fruit snacking market
Sainsbury’s is set to launch a range of fresh fruit lines specifically targeted at the fast-expanding snacking market.