All articles by Tommy Leighton – Page 25
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Czech volumes down 25 per cent
The Czech Republic’s fruit harvest dropped by a quarter year-on-year to 143,468 tonnes in 2007; the lowest since 1995.
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ArticleSomerfield results entice bidders
Somerfield will hope to see bidders queuing down the aisles after revealing “exceptional” Christmas figures, while Waitrose voices an interest in some of the Somerfield portfolio.
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Eight years for cannabis smuggling traders
Two fruit and vegetable traders convicted of involvement in a plot to import 1.2 tonnes of cannabis into the UK, hidden in a consignment of potatoes, have had their jail terms increased to eight years.
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ArticleSomerfield bid to be managed by Citigroup
According to today’s issue of The Times, Citigroup has been appointed to attract bids for supermarket chain Somerfield. The value of the retailer is now being estimated at around £2.5 billion.
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Stowaways found in potato lorry
Workers at AB Produce got more than they bargained for when a lorry load of potatoes pulled up, and three illegal heads popped out.
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PR answer to blissful domestic ignorance
Professional public relations and advertising is the most effective way of communicating the merits of British food to both consumers and children.
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ArticleMr Benn: change is inevitable
Hilary Benn, Defra secretary of state began 2008 by saying the world of farming will change, whether its inhabitants like it or not.
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Fresh vending machines show promise
Holland Produce Promotion will be exhibiting a newly developed vending machine for fruit and vegetables at Grüne Woche (Green Week) in Berlin next week.
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ArticleVolumes down in Rungis
Figures to the end of November 2007 showed tonnages for both fruit and veg down at the Parisian wholesale market.
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ArticleSolid Tesco driven by international expansion
Tesco has delivered a strong performance and record sales over the Christmas and New Year period, with a solid UK results backed up by excellent international sales expansion.
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ArticleFoodservice ripe for Fairtrade bananas
The demand for Fairtrade bananas is set to increase in the foodservice sector in 2008, according to Stephen Fox, managing director of JN Fox & Sons, the UK’s leading banana ripener and distributor for the foodservice sector.
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ArticleCompetition Commission deadline slips again
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the further extension of the timetable for the Competition Commission to publish its final report in the grocery market inquiry, from March to April 2008.
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ArticleGarden hosts largest London food meeting
On February 6, New Covent Garden Market will host the largest meeting in modern times of food producers local to London.
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ArticleFlorette flies off on £300,000 press campaign
Florette has launched a £300,000 nation-wide press campaign to get 2008 off to a flying start.
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ArticleSomerfield receives trio of offers
A report in Sunday’s Observer newspaper claims that Somerfield has been the subject of three takeover offers.
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ArticleCity awaits Tesco offering
Tesco will have the eyes of the City on it tomorrow [Tuesday] when it releases its third quarter sales figures.
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ArticleGreen Week number 73
The International Green Week Berlin will open its doors for the 73rd time on January 18.
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ArticleMcDonald's commits to British growers
Steve Easterbrook, chief executive of McDonald’s UK, told last week’s Oxford Farming Conference that 70 per cent of the food sold in its £460 million chain of UK restaurants is sourced from a network of 17,500 British and Irish growers.
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ArticleGolden brand launch for Capespan
Capespan is launching a new premium export fruit brand in the UK market this month.
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ArticleWindwards unhappy at EPA
The recently signed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that extends the freedom of the European marketplace for ACP bananas, and also grants reciprocity to European products making the opposite journey, will not be good news for the Windward Islands industry, according to key political and trade spokesmen.