All Wholesale articles – Page 66
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ArticleGlasgow market restructure to pull in £5m
Glasgow markets could be set to rake in £5 million worth of finance after Glasgow City Council agreed to form a limited liability partnership (LLP) to run its market services.
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ArticleAmélie branded apples hit UK markets
A new Italian apple brand primarily for the wholesale trade has hit UK markets.
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ArticleMack Platinum grapes arrive on UK markets
Mack introduced its own-branded grapes to the wholesale trade this week.
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ArticleSpits calls for momentum
Chris Hutchinson used the New Spitalfields annual dinner and dance, at the Park Lane Hilton in London last weekend, to call on the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) to create some momentum for the wholesale industry.
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ArticleFrench salad crisis faces uncertain ending
A 300-strong crowd of salad producers blockaded the entrance to the wholesale market at Chateaurenard in France for three consecutive mornings last week, in protest at poor returns.
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ArticleGarden takes advice on board
The formation of a new food advisory board at New Covent Garden Market was announced this week.
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ArticleManchester market has redevelopment plans
New Smithfield Market could be substantially redeveloped to become a composite market as part of an ambitious regeneration plan by Manchester City Council.
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ArticleFirst Freshconex deemed a success
The fresh-cut congress and exhibition Freshconex 2008 welcomed a total of 10,000 trade visitors at its debut alongside Fruit Logistica in Berlin, from February 7-9.
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ArticleCatering to French demand
January will be seen as a stepping stone in the relations between fresh produce wholesalers and the people in charge of France’s canteens and hospital restaurants.
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ArticleFirst Cape pears hit UK
The first Cape South African pears arrived in the UK last week to join a buoyant market for imported pears.
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Government ready to abandon junk food ad ban
The Children's Food Campaign is rallying support for Food Products (Marketing to Children) Bill, which calls for a 9pm watershed restriction on junk food adverts, in a retaliation to the government’s plans not to impose the ban in its new anti-obesity strategy tomorrow.
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Lancs wholesaler prepares to move on
A highly successful Lancashire wholesaler is facing moving from its premises of 30 years as residential neighbours complain of noise.
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ArticleGolden grapes at Premier
The first arrivals of grapes under the new Capespan Gold brand were selling well at New Covent Garden this week.
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ArticleCooper sells Western company
Peter Cooper, a veteran of 47 years on the London wholesale market scene, has sold his eponymous company at Western International to Walter Braund (Western) Ltd.
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ArticleGarden hosts largest London food meeting
On February 6, New Covent Garden Market will host the largest meeting in modern times of food producers local to London.
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ArticleMack in Birmingham breach
Mack’s Birmingham Wholesale Market branch and one of its traders have been hit with a court bill of £15,500 in fines and costs.
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ArticleAnglo-French accord at Nine Elms
The entente cordiale between New Covent Garden Market (NCGM) and its Parisian counterpart Rungis was formally ratified last week.
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ArticleMack goes South West
Mack Wholesale has announced the purchase of the fruit and vegetable division of Newquay-based wholesaler RT Julian & Son.
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ArticleGarden scotches rumour mill
Both the tenants’ association and the market authority at New Covent Garden Market (NCGM) have quashed rumours that any contracts have been signed for development work on the Nine Elms site.
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ArticleHull relocation gets the nod
Hull City Council’s planning committee last week approved an application that paves the way for a new wholesale market site for Hull Fruit Market.