All articles by Tommy Leighton – Page 32

  • The gutted Warwickshire packhouse
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    Wealmoor thanks trade for support

    2007-11-09T12:01:02Z

    The fresh produce industry has rallied around Wealmoor this week, after four firemen were killed fighting a blaze at the firm’s Atherstone packhouse.

  • Will Greenwood touches down against Wales in the quarter final of the 2003 World Cup
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    Re:fresh Conference and Awards 2008 launched

    2007-11-09T06:01:02Z

    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

    2007-11-07T14:01:02Z

    A new state of the art cold store is being built in Vietnam, with a capacity of 18,000 pallets for perishable products.

  • Left to right, Dani Shaw, with the minister, Professor Wynne Jones, principal at Harper Adams, Doug Henderson, MDS chairman, and Charles Cowap, life-long learning manager at Harper Adams
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    Minister marvels at MDS

    2007-11-07T11:01:01Z

    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

    2007-11-07T09:31:01Z

    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

    2007-11-06T14:08:49Z

    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

    2007-11-06T09:01:01Z

    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.

  • No need for Rose to hit the bottle
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    M&S records healthy half-year profit rise

    2007-11-06T08:02:21Z

    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

    2007-11-05T14:01:01Z

    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.

  • Is it Adolfo Ochagavia, is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's Avo Man, who has been in London encouraging consumers to eat more of his kind...
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    Avocado Brotherhood dines at Claridge's

    2007-11-05T13:01:01Z

    The Chilean Hass Avocado Association held its third annual Avocado Brotherhood Lunch at Claridge’s, London, recently

  • Malde speaks to the BBC
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    Wealmoor fire: packhouse had no sprinkler system

    2007-11-05T12:55:56Z

    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

    2007-11-05T11:01:02Z

    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

    2007-11-05T09:01:01Z

    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

    2007-11-04T13:01:01Z

    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

    2007-11-03T11:01:01Z

    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.

  • Chile's chilly, but grapes are on track
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    Chile's chilly, but grapes are on track

    2007-11-03T08:01:02Z

    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.

  • One dead, three missing in packhouse blaze
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    One dead, three missing in packhouse blaze

    2007-11-03T06:44:41Z

    Four firefighters are thought to have died after a suspected arson attack at a Wealmoor vegetable packhouse in Warwickshire.

  • Phil Acock
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    Kentish apples grace M&S TV ad

    2007-11-02T13:01:01Z

    This is not just food… this is Kent grown Bramley apples

  • Left to right: Kuljit Dhariwal, sales manager, Fresh Direct Local Cambridgeshire, Nigel Harris, md, Fresh Direct UK Ltd, and Kamal Dhariwal, md, Fresh Direct Local Cambridgeshire
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    Fresh Direct launches 'Local' hubs

    2007-11-02T08:01:01Z

    A leading fresh produce supplier to the foodservice industry has launched a service to give its customers seasonal access to fruit and vegetables grown within a 50-mile radius of their restaurants.

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    Rhubarb King dies, aged 82

    2007-11-01T15:01:01Z

    Ken Oldroyd, known to many simply as the Rhubarb King, has died at the age of 82.