All articles by Tommy Leighton – Page 60
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Aussie growers to wear hail costs
In Australia, Growcom has said fruit growers whose crops were damaged in Wednesday's hail storms on the Sunshine Coast will have no recourse to compensation.
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ArticleCountry Crest runs with new offer
Country Crest, a leading Irish potato supplier, has added a ‘ready to cook’ consumer product range to its array of fresh potato products.
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ArticleMoneycorp launches online forex service
Moneycorp, one of Europe's leading forex specialists, has launched a new online foreign exchange dealing service.
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Fyffes to float Total Produce in January
Fyffes is to demerge its general produce and distribution business and float the new business Total Produce plc, in Dublin and London in January.
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ArticleVelasco in as FPC president
Michael Velasco, who has been acting president of the Fresh Produce Consortium since the beginning of the year, was appointed president of the FPC at a recent Council meeting.
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Irish authorities launch pesticide probe
The Irish Health and Safety Authority has launched an investigation into the alleged use of dangerous and banned pesticides in the Republic’s mushroom industry.
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Ramsay rips into organics
Outspoken celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, has ripped into the organic food industry, accusing its products of being “overpriced” and “overhyped”.
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ArticleNew berry company formed by merger
Merger plans announced to form a new European berry company.
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US firm resumes distribution after scare
Krisp-Pak Co, the Norfolk, US, firm that was forced to recall all cut melon and grapes from the market late last week, resumed cutting and distributing fruit on Wednesday.
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ArticleHargreaves makes appointments
Hargreaves Plants Limited has made two new appointments to maintain its rapid growth in the soft-fruit category.
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Carrots storm the NEC
Carrots will make their debut at the BBC Good Food Show as part of the Red Tractor Stand, promoting British food and farming, from November 22-26.
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ArticleSeeds of hope for spud sector
There are bright prospects for UK seed potato growers if the industry can find a co-ordinated and disciplined approach to supplying the market.
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ArticleJamie puts kids off school dinners
Caterers are blaming Jamie Oliver for a drop off in school meal consumption.
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Alan Pendergast dies, aged 70
Alan Pendergast, formerly managing director of A May in New Spitalfields, died on November 2, aged 70.
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ArticleM&S posts £400m half-year profit
The M&S recovery bandwagon rolls on, with first-half pre-tax profits of just over £400 million.
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ArticleUK veg firm is inaugural World Grower of the Year
Southern England Farms was crowned World Grower of the Year at an awards ceremony in Amsterdam on Friday.
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ArticleAsda to launch online offensive
Asda is to hire 1,800 staff to launch a massive expansion of its internet operations.
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ArticleScottish garlic company rescues French growers
Scotland’s only garlic grower, The Really Garlicky Company, has repaid French growers for their support last year, by springing to the rescue in a time of French shortages.
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ArticleM&S figures to delight City
Marks & Spencer is expected to reveal figures this week that rubber-stamp its recovery under incumbent chief executive Stuart Rose.
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Overnight delivery guidelines changed
Two sets of government guidelines for overnight deliveries published this week will improve out-of-hours delivery arrangements for retailers - and allow industry to be a ‘good neighbour’, according to The Freight Transport Association (FTA).