All articles by Tommy Leighton – Page 78

  • Article

    Kids boost Spanish grape sales

    2006-06-22T11:01:00Z

    Parents choosing to include fresh grapes in their children’s lunchboxes have played a large part in the growth of UK consumption of seedless fruit, according to Foods from Spain.

  • Miliband blogs strawberry defence
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    Miliband blogs strawberry defence

    2006-06-22T10:01:01Z

    Defra minister David Miliband has leapt to the defence of strawberry growers in the wake of recent allegations against their production methods.

  • Article

    Asda braced for strike action

    2006-06-22T09:24:21Z

    The long-running stand-off between Asda and the GMB union has led to distribution centre staff voting for a walkout.

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    Organic sector on right track

    2006-06-22T08:01:01Z

    Growth in UK organics is on the right track as Organic Entry Level Stewardship (OELS) agreements reach the 1,000 mark.

  • Athanasios Glinos
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    It's all Greek for Chiquita Hellas

    2006-06-21T17:01:01Z

    Chiquita has officially opened its new subsidiary for Greece and the Balkans - Chiquita Hellas.

  • Article

    Greenery director to join Syngenta

    2006-06-21T15:01:00Z

    Marketing director at The Greenery, Hein Bemelmans, will leave in July and take up a position as sales director for Syngenta Seeds in northern Europe at the end of August.

  • Invest NI marketing advisor Michelle Gibson, Asda's NI trading and marketing manager Paul Farrell and Alan Davison, from Davisons Canners, in Portadow
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    Invest NI ups Asda's local output

    2006-06-21T13:01:00Z

    Invest Northern Ireland has helped Asda chain in its bid to increase the range of local products it sells.

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    M&S plans international expansion

    2006-06-21T11:01:00Z

    Marks & Spencer is rumoured to be opening 150 new stores overseas as part of an ambitious expansion which will take the number of its international outlets to more than 350.

  • Article

    Plimsoll line on the best

    2006-06-21T09:01:02Z

    Plimsoll study highlights best fresh produce companies to do business with.

  • Italian stonefruit volumes drop 13 per cent
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    Italian stonefruit volumes drop 13 per cent

    2006-06-21T07:01:00Z

    The production of Italian peaches and nectarines has fallen 13 per cent, according to Centro Servizi Ortofrutticoli (CSO).

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    On-the-go market to take off

    2006-06-20T17:00:59Z

    The burgeoning on-the-go healthy food market is showing no signs of slowing, and will reach a market value of £37 billion in Europe by 2012, a new report suggests.

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    SIAL spotlight for fresh produce

    2006-06-20T15:01:01Z

    Fresh produce will be in the spotlight at the SIAL 2006 Global Food Market Place exhibition in Paris this year.

  • UK still lags behind Europe
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    UK still lags behind Europe

    2006-06-20T08:01:01Z

    The UK’s vegetable consumption is still lagging behind the rest of Europe, steady at under an annual 50kg per head, according to a study launched at Fresh2006.

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    Asda tries to head off revolt

    2006-06-19T17:21:38Z

    Asda is threatening to take legal action to stop a potential strike over staff pay rights, which could see its supplies disrupted during the World Cup period, according to Reuters.com.

  • Colombian lab to guarantee screening
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    Colombian lab to guarantee screening

    2006-06-19T17:01:01Z

    The vice-president of Colombia, Francisco Santos, has approved a government budget to set up a laboratory in Bogotá to provide guaranteed screening methods for pesticides in fresh produce.

  • Nairn signed up to support AVA
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    Nairn signed up to support AVA

    2006-06-19T15:01:00Z

    Ava strawberries has enlisted the help of Scottish celebrity chef Nick Nairn to help promote its berries this summer.

  • Article

    Exosex launching in South Africa

    2006-06-19T12:01:00Z

    Insect pest control provider Exosect has announced plans to launch its mating disruption product Exosex CM into South Africa, in conjunction with distributor Biogrow.

  • Scottish berries piped into Asda
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    Scottish berries piped into Asda

    2006-06-19T10:01:01Z

    The first Scottish strawberries arrived at Asda this week, welcomed by a bagpipe-led procession into local store Milton on Craigie, in Dundee.

  • NFU opens new headquarters
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    NFU opens new headquarters

    2006-06-19T09:01:01Z

    The NFU is officially opening its brand new headquarters in the heart of rural Warwickshire.

  • Sweet start for Spanish grape
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    Sweet start for Spanish grape

    2006-06-19T08:01:00Z

    Spanish grape producers could be set for sweet success this year as brix levels are back on track after a string of difficult seasons.