All articles by Tommy Leighton – Page 58
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Irish grower fined for foreign worker treatment
Irish mushroom grower landed with €350,000 bill for "unfair sackings".
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PMA Fresh Summit breaks records
The fresh produce and floral industries gathered at Fresh Summit 2006 setting a new attendance record of more than 18,670 attendees.
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ArticleRumours resurface of Norman bid for Sainsbury's
This morning’s Daily Mail has re-opened the speculation that ex-Asda chief Archie Norman is preparing a bid for Sainsbury’s.
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ArticleNow Geest HQ is to go
Bakkavor is expected to close the former Geest headquarters at Midgate in Peterborough.
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Christian Salvesen appoints new md
Christian Salvesen, the leading European logistics specialist, has appointed a new managing director of food and consumer division in Europe.
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ArticleSainsbury's steps up expansion plans
Sainsbury’s has accelerated its store expansion plans as its faith grows in the longevity recovery.
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Supermarket inquiry to be delayed
The heads of the big four UK supermarkets have expressed concerns over rising costs and likely delays to the Competition Commission's inquiry into the grocery sector.
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Europeans back banana quota
The European banana management committee has given its backing to the European Commission proposal for an import quota of 775,000 tonnes of bananas from ACP countries in 2007.
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Israel's carrot exports on the up
Israeli vegetable growers from the Maon region in the north-western Negev plan to export 15,000 tonnes of high-quality carrots this season.
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ArticleBjorn in at Driscoll's
Driscoll’s has announced that Soren Bjorn has joined its executive management team as senior vice president of international business.
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Spain gains from grape promo
Promotional initiatives and public relations for Spanish Superior Seedless grapes help boost market share for participating retailers this summer, according to Foods from Spain.
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ArticleVOG slices up apple market
Apple slices made from product grown in the South Tyrol region will be launched this month by VOG Products.
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Murcian stone fruit grubbed
Stone-fruit growers in the Murcia region are pulling up hundreds of hectares of trees.
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ArticleAgrexco releases strawberry forecast
Israeli exporter Agrexco forecasts 1,300 tonnes of strawberries, comprising mostly its premium and exclusive variety Yuval®, and Tamar.
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ArticleChilean grape harvest underway
The Chilean grape harvest began two weeks ago with fruit being picked in the Copiapó valley.
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ArticleMDS launches new qualification
At a dinner to celebrate its 20th anniversary, groundbreaking management training programme Management Development Services (MDS) launched a new academic qualification for the fresh produce industry.
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ArticleCanaries twitter at train stations
Canary Islands tomatoes are set to enjoy a two-week promotion in train stations across the UK from next week.
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ArticlePurple plans for Hargreaves
Spalding-based Hargeaves Plants has announced plans to supply purple asparagus to the Dutch market.