All Wholesale articles – Page 60

  • Gary Marshall with his wife Deena at the NCGM dinner last week
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    Garden makes £30,000 donation

    2009-06-10T09:01:01Z

    New Covent Garden Market (NCGM) traders and their supporters defied the credit crunch on Saturday night to raise more than £30,000 for Trinity Hospice and the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust.

  • WUWM chairman Graham Wallace launched the awards
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    WUWM launches 2009 gongs

    2009-06-04T15:01:01Z

    The World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) opened its annual Wholesale Market Awards with an emphasis on environment-friendly business at its conference in Prague last week.

  • Jan Lloyd addressed delegates at the WUWM conference
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    The Garden leads international field

    2009-06-02T08:01:01Z

    The redevelopment of New Covent Garden Market (NCGM) in London has been held up globally to market authorities as an example of how to set about converting a working market.

  • Marc Spielrein proposed the campaign in Prague
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    Wholesale targets health campaign

    2009-05-31T12:01:01Z

    The World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) has moved to set up a pan-European campaign to encourage healthy eating.

  • Edward Seidler proposed the move in Prague
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    Wholesale standards label proposed

    2009-05-30T15:01:02Z

    The wholesale industry has called for a new food standards mark to adorn its produce to combat the flood of labels regarding ethics and sourcing employed by the major retailers.

  • The Bristol Fruit Sales team pick up the award
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    Bristol Fruit Sales scoops wholesale gong

    2009-05-30T11:01:01Z

    The Re:fresh Capespan Wholesaler of the Year award went to Bristol Fruit Sales (BFS) for the quality of its produce, the quality of its people, and the level of re-investment in its business.

  • Stuart Busby of Chef's Connection
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    Regional award for Chef's Connection

    2009-05-29T16:01:02Z

    Chef’s Connection won its second Re:fresh award last night in landing the MVS Regional Foodservice Supplier of the Year gong.

  • Peter Clarke
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    Wholesale markets take to stands

    2009-05-21T14:01:01Z

    London’s fruit and vegetable wholesale markets were out in force on the trade day of this year’s Real Food Festival in London.

  • South Tyrol apple
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    GFI resumes South Tyrol apple campaign

    2009-04-22T12:07:40Z

    New campaigns for other branded apples, melons, kiwifruit and bananas due to be confirmed shortly

  • New Covent Garden Market
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    New identity for key UK market

    2009-03-30T12:07:39Z

    New Covent Garden Market will be renamed 'The Garden at New Covent Garden Market' when redevelopment work is completed

  • L-r: Roger Garber of Premier Fruits in NCGM, Matt Odonohoe, Capespan's NCGM sales manager and Martin Dunnett, Capespan trading director
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    South African satsumas debut at Garden

    2009-03-26T12:01:01Z

    New Covent Garden Market (NCGM) welcomed the first arrivals of South African satsumas to the UK this week.

  • Jan Lloyd made the announcement on Thursday
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    New Covent Garden to be renamed

    2009-03-20T10:09:54Z

    New Covent Garden Market (NCGM) is to be renamed to mark the redevelopment of the site and its transformation into a food centre for London.

  • Rungis fire
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    Rungis burning

    2009-03-14T15:40:46Z

    Firemen had to battle on Friday to extinguish a blaze at the French wholesale market of Rungis

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    Scottish wholesalers increase operations

    2009-03-11T13:01:02Z

    C J Lang and Son Ltd, Scotland’s largest independent food and drink retailer and wholesaler, has completed the £6.3 million extension of its Distribution Centre in Dundee.

  • Carl McCann is pleased with the company's results but is less positive about the year ahead
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    Total Produce reports positive figures

    2009-03-05T12:53:04Z

    Total Produce battled through unfavourable economic conditions and difficult exchange rates to significantly increase its revenue in 2008, according to the company’s results released today.

  • Rungis
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    Rungis going strong at 40

    2009-03-03T11:29:05Z

    The French wholesale market of Rungis, which turned 40 today, continues to perform well during the recession

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    Makro is top of the Scots

    2009-03-02T17:01:01Z

    One of the UK’s leading wholesalers for independent businesses, Makro, has been named as the best cash and carry for caterers in Scotland at the 2009 Scottish Wholesale Achievers awards.

  • (l-r) Phil Hough of Associated Growers, Keith Gilson of Houlton Contractors, Simon Dixon of ispace and Mike Nellist of Nellist & Co on the site of the new Fruit Market to be known as Priory Market
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    Hull market seals the deal

    2009-02-23T08:01:01Z

    Hull’s wholesalers will move to their new state-of-the-art £3.5 million fruit market later than planned as the building contract has been announced.

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    Creno takes over Cocagne Fraicheur

    2009-02-18T11:11:36Z

    French wholesale group Creno has acquired Cocagne Fraicheur to boost its presence in the southwest

  • The historic Marheineke Markthalle was transformed
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    German wholesale trade meet

    2009-02-15T15:01:01Z

    The association of German Wholesale Markets (GFI) took over Berlin’s impressive Marheineke Markthalle to host more than 400 representatives from the fresh produce industry last week.