All articles by Tommy Leighton – Page 24
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ArticleIrish growers step up supermarket attack
Irish farmers have adopted name-and-shame tactics in their fight against predatory pricing by the multiples, particularly of fresh produce.
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Florette centre of attention
Florette took centre stage within the three-hall Freshconex exhibition in Berlin and found that being part of the new exhibition gave the company an edge.
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ArticleIntense joy for Nunhems
Nunhems’ new Intense beef tomato, designed specifically for the foodservice sector, won the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2008.
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US banana claims upheld by WTO
The European Union has spoken of its “surprise” at and “irrelevance” of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) upholding of a US complaint against the EU banana regime last week.
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Morrisons to sue OFT
Morrisons has upped the stakes in the ongoing feud between UK supermarkets and the Office Of Fair Trading, by issuing a writ against the OFT for libel.
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ArticleFresh addition cuts mustard in Berlin
The new Freshconex trade fair for fresh-cut convenience products was launched alongisde Fruit Logistica, and the three-day event featured 62 exhibitors from 14 countries.
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ArticleFruit Logistica breaks records - again
Fruit Logistica 2008 set a new attendance record, with more than 50,000 trade visitors from 125 countries going through its doors.
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ArticleFyffes dip has a positive spin
Fyffes pre-tax profits dropped by 30 per cent last year, from €19.1 million to €13.2m, but things could have been worse.
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Southern Chinese crops devastated by snow
Farmers in southern China are fighting the worst snowfall in five decades, and working hard with local agronomists to keep crop losses to a minimum.
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Oliver sparks more unrest with Sainsbury's
Jamie Oliver has stoked up the tension in his relationship with Sainsbury's by opting for a nutrition labelling system for his new food range favoured by Tesco.
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ArticleCaptain of fruit vessel airlifted to safety
Del monte Fresh Produce UK reported this week that injuries to the captain of reefer vessel The Horncliff, which was caught in high winds last week, were not as serious as first feared, and that the number of containers of bananas, melons and pineapples lost in the storm is also less than initial estimates suggested.
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ArticleIrish leader attacks multiple predators
The “predatory pricing” of multiples poses as big a threat to horticulture as climate change, according to the leader of Ireland’s main farming organisation.
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Croatians eye organic opportunity
Croatians are looking to go organic as agriculture subsidies rise by 40 per cent.
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Co-op will join Somerfield bid race
According to a report on convenience-store.co.uk, The Co-operative Group considers itself a player in the likely bidding war for Somerfield.
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ArticleMinisters to call for unified food labelling
Health minister Alan Johnson will today urge supermarkets to unify their food labeling, as the government unveils its strategy to cut obesity rates in the UK.
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ArticleMorrisons beats all expectations
The UK’s number four supermarket chain jumped to the head of the like-for-like queue this Christmas, with a 9.5 per cent sales hike far outweighing that of its main rivals.
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ArticleParripak in winter wonderland
Bedfordshire-based Parripak Foods has had a busy winter, churning through around 1,000 tonnes of finished vegetables a week.
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ArticleMorrisons top of the supermarket pile
Morrisons will be the last major UK supermarket group to reveal its Christmas figures tomorrow [Tuesday], and the Yorkshire based chain is expected to trump its rivals and polish the halo that has shone over it in City circles recently.
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ArticleRe:fresh questions organic perceptions
Delegates at this year’s Re:fresh Conference will be the first to see the results of a major research project analysing consumer and trade perceptions of organic fresh produce.
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NFU rejects call for biofuels moratorium
The NFU has rejected a call from the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee for a moratorium on the government’s biofuel targets, and criticised the Committee’s report as illogical and badly informed.