All articles by Tommy Leighton – Page 64

  • Tesco makes £69 a second
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    Tesco makes £69 a second

    2006-10-03T09:07:56Z

    Tesco half-year profits have soared 10.3 per cent to £1.09bn - around £69 a second.

  • Peter Kendall
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    Kendall turns Bournemouth green

    2006-10-02T15:01:01Z

    NFU president Peter Kendall outlined the challenges facing the British farming sector at today's Conservative Party Conference.

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    Foreign gangmasters unchecked as GLA enforcement begins

    2006-09-29T13:10:07Z

    Gangmaster Licensing Authority chief executive Mike Wilson said this morning [Friday] that the problem of monitoring of labour provision from outside the UK remains unsolved.

  • Sainsbury's English campaign kicks off
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    Sainsbury's English campaign kicks off

    2006-09-28T14:01:01Z

    Sainsbury’s kicked off this season’s in-store promotion of English top fruit on Wednesday

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    Ahlers questions EurepGAP development

    2006-09-28T09:01:01Z

    The EurepGAP benchmarking process still throws up some technical problems for suppliers, according to Wolfgang Ahlers of Atlanta Gruppe, Germany.

  • Investors buy into EWT
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    Investors buy into EWT

    2006-09-27T09:01:01Z

    Leading fruit supplier Empire World Trade has had a minority stake of its business bought out by two prolific investors in small to medium-size entities (SMEs).

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    Sainsbury's buys 5 Somerfield stores

    2006-09-26T15:41:34Z

    Sainsbury's is to acquire five stores from Somerfield, three of which are freehold, with an average size of 11,000 sq ft and a gross asset value of £5.6 million.

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    Tesco to supersize in US

    2006-09-26T13:01:01Z

    Tesco could be planning to supersize its stores in the US after reporting that it had taken a lease on a 32,500 sqft store in Los Angeles.

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    Sainsbury's targets motorists

    2006-09-26T09:01:01Z

    Sainsbury’s is set to trial its convenience store format at a motorway service station in what could be the beginning of a venture with motorway services group Welcome Break.

  • English apples take over The Globe
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    English apples take over The Globe

    2006-09-25T12:01:01Z

    The balloon goes up on this year's English apple season at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, in London, tomorrow night [Tuesday].

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    Frost devastates Aussie stone fruit

    2006-09-25T11:01:01Z

    About 50 per cent of the Goulburn Valley stone fruit crop in north-east Victoria, Australia, is thought to have been destroyed by freezing temperatures overnight.

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    Intercontainer reports high growth

    2006-09-23T17:01:01Z

    Intercontainer, the combined transport services operator, has reported strong growth on key markets and positive earning before tax and interest (EBIT) for the first six months of 2006.

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    US children respond to free fruit

    2006-09-23T15:01:01Z

    A pilot project that distributed fresh fruits and vegetables to children in Mississippi schools has resulted in increased consumption

  • Sakata launches US catalogue
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    Sakata launches US catalogue

    2006-09-23T12:01:02Z

    Sakata Seed America, supplier of high quality vegetable and flower seeds, has launched a new commercial vegetable seed catalogue.

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    UK grocery performing well: TNS

    2006-09-22T08:01:01Z

    The UK grocery market is performing well - with a sustained six per cent growth across the board over the 12 weeks ending on September 10, according to the latest TNS Worldpanel data.

  • Morrisons back into the black
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    Morrisons back into the black

    2006-09-21T17:01:01Z

    Morrisons has moved back into the black - with pre-tax profits for the 25 weeks to July 23 reaching £134.2 million.

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    Russian conference call

    2006-09-21T16:01:02Z

    IFE Fresh Produce Russia, a dedicated trade fair for the fresh produce industry in Russia, has teamed up with APK Inform to host the first international conference to run alongside the exhibition in Moscow.

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    Ishida starts top sealing revolution

    2006-09-21T14:01:01Z

    The top sealing of trays has been revolutionised with the introduction of the Ishida Europe QX-100 traysealer, according to its makers.

  • Pippy on the road again
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    Pippy on the road again

    2006-09-21T08:01:01Z

    The alternative English apple campaign is back for a second year, as Worldwide Fruit’s Mr Pippy UK Tour returns in October.

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    Mandatory code to protect Aussie growers

    2006-09-20T15:01:01Z

    Australia's fruit and vegetable growers will be protected by a mandatory code of conduct for the industry, after the country’s federal government formally committed to its election promise.