All articles by Tommy Leighton – Page 32
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ArticleStubbins picks up Excellence gong
Stubbins Marketing Ltd, the Waltham Cross based salads specialist, has won the Food Manufacturer award for excellence in the fresh produce category.
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DLV to open UK subsidiary in 2008
Leading Dutch advisory body DLV Plant is to open a subsidiary in the UK on January 1, 2008.
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ArticleWealmoor thanks trade for support
The fresh produce industry has rallied around Wealmoor this week, after four firemen were killed fighting a blaze at the firm’s Atherstone packhouse.
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ArticleRe:fresh Conference and Awards 2008 launched
England World Cup winner Will Greenwood will kick off next year's Re:fresh Conference, as the Re:fresh Partnership again revamps the conference format to entertain as well as educate delegates. Click here for details of how to enter the Re:fresh Awards
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Europeans invest in Vietnamese coldstore
A new state of the art cold store is being built in Vietnam, with a capacity of 18,000 pallets for perishable products.
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ArticleMinister marvels at MDS
A government minister visited Harper Adams University College and was taken by the industry's collaboration in Management Development Services
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Four now confirmed dead in Wealmoor blaze
The three remaining bodies of the firefighters killed in the Wealmoor packhouse blaze have been brought out of the wreckage to a guard of honour from colleagues.
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Body found in Wealmoor packhouse search
Firefighters searching the Warwickshire vegetable packhouse burnt down over the weekend have found a body.
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Consumer spend to slow in New Year
A new forecast published today by retail analysts Verdict Research, a Datamonitor company, predicts that shoppers will spend more than ever in the run-up to Christmas.
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ArticleM&S records healthy half-year profit rise
Stuart Rose, chief executive of Marks and Spencer (M&S), has described an 11.5 per cent hike in half-year profits as "good" in view of the poor summer weather.
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Freshmax buys OzTaste
New Zealand fresh produce distributor Freshmax has bought Australian fresh fruit marketing firm OzTaste for an undisclosed sum, to add to its growing stable of fruit companies.
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ArticleAvocado Brotherhood dines at Claridge's
The Chilean Hass Avocado Association held its third annual Avocado Brotherhood Lunch at Claridge’s, London, recently
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ArticleWealmoor fire: packhouse had no sprinkler system
Wealmoor has said that there was no sprinkler system installed at the firm’s vegetable packhouse and processing plant at which four firefighters are thought to have died in a fire on Friday night.
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MSSL extends grape commitment
Indian exporter Mahindra Shubhlabh (MSSL) has reportedly signed a contract with around 775 grape growers from Nashik and Sangli districts to source export-quality grapes.
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Frost and hail hit Western Cape hard
Severe cold weather and hailstorms during mid-October have caused considerable frost and hail damage on certain stonefruit, top fruit and grape farms in South Africa’s Western Cape hinterland and the Little Karoo.
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Ozone could replace sulphur pads
Tests carried out by Spanish scientists suggest that ozone treatment is at least 90 per cent as effective sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the protection and preservation of table grapes during cold storage.
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Gaza exports subject of discussion
Israeli minister of agriculture Shalom Simhon met with his Palestinian equivalent Mahmoud Habash this week, to discuss the possibility of re-allowing fresh produce exports from the Gaza region.
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ArticleChile's chilly, but grapes are on track
Freezing conditions, including some of the worst snowfall for decades, brought predictions of doom and gloom for Chilean growers at the beginning of the last quarter, but the period ends with confident predictions that the harvest could in fact surpass last season’s levels.
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ArticleOne dead, three missing in packhouse blaze
Four firefighters are thought to have died after a suspected arson attack at a Wealmoor vegetable packhouse in Warwickshire.
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