All articles by Tommy Leighton – Page 63
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Compass to settle £40m lawsuits
Compass, the world’s largest catering group, announced this week that will pay up to £40 million to settle two lawsuits alleging that it used bribes to win United Nations (UN) foodservice contracts.
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Noboa in line to be Ecuadorian president
Alvaro Noboa, Ecuador’s richest man and the owner and driving force behind its largest banana plantation has thrown an unexpected spanner into the country’s presidential race.
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Villars quits Kwik Save post
Kwik Save has lost its second chief executive since it was bought from Somerfield by a private equity firm in February.
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ArticlePersimmon sales to soar
Persimmon is expected to prove popular with UK consumers this season as sales of unusual fresh fruits have soared, according to Foods from Spain.
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Kwik Save: the revival begins
Kwik Save is expected to announce a £30 million refinancing package today, to revive its ailing business.
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SmartFresh boost for Dutch retail sales
The SmartFresh Quality system has boosted sales of apples in Dutch supermarkets, according to new data.
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Scoeller details product offer
Scoeller Arca Systems, the largest plastic packaging producer in the world, has produced a brochure to make it easier to choose the best container to store or ship product.
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Carbohydrate battle hots up
The British Potato Council (BPC) has launched a campaign to battle carbohydrate rivals rice and pasta, and encourage consumers to eat spuds on a regular and guilt-free basis.
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ArticleTomato conference in high spirits
English tomato sales have boomed due to the baking hot summer, according to confident growers at last week’s Tomato Growers’ Association (TGA) conference, in Coventry.
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ArticleGarbutt call for EurepGAP unity
EurepGAP chairman Nigel Garbutt has called for the industry to unite behind the principles of the European retail partnership’s now global production standard, and embrace the desire for transparency throughout the supply chain.
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ArticleNew chief for c-store association
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has today announced the appointment of James Lowman as chief executive.
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Capespan's Graham Allen dies, aged 55
Capespan UK’s commercial manager Graham Allen has died, aged 55, after falling ill earlier this year.
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ArticleNuts, nuts, good for the heart
Nuts could be set to join the list of superfoods after a new study unveiled at the World Cardilogy Congress in Barcelona showed that they can reduce the risk of heart disease.
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Rabobank tops US agri-bank list
Rabobank, the leading bank to the global food and agriculture industry has been named the ‘premier’ food and agribusiness bank in the United States out of 120 top US firms.
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Traffic Light scheme on TV
The Food Standards Agency has decided to show its first television advertisement promoting its traffic light food labelling system in a bid to tackle the obesity crisis in Britain.
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ArticleLeahy fires Wal-Mart broadside
Today’s Sun newspaper, the UK’s leading red-top, reports Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy blasting Wal-Mart, Asda’s American owner.
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ArticleGreenery berry pack to extend shelf life
The Greenery has launched soft-fruit packaging specifically designed to prolong product shelf life.
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Tesco man tops Power 100
Tesco’s Tim Mason today topped Marketing’s annual Power 100 list - which named him the most powerful marketer in the UK.
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ArticleTesco makes £69 a second
Tesco half-year profits have soared 10.3 per cent to £1.09bn - around £69 a second.
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ArticleKendall turns Bournemouth green
NFU president Peter Kendall outlined the challenges facing the British farming sector at today's Conservative Party Conference.