All articles by Alex Lawson – Page 201
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Waitrose begins fresh produce focus
Waitrose has opened its first ‘convenience style’ store with an emphasis on fresh produce, in the same week it announced its has lost share of overall food sales.
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ArticleNorth African congress for UK growers
A congress of UK growers convened in Egypt for a post-season review last month.
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Huge supermarket apprenticeship push
Sainsbury’s and Tesco are among several companies creating more than 10,000 new apprenticeship places in the UK after a government bill announced last week.
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Citrus giants buy up land
Californian company Paramount Citrus is adding to its 30,000 acres of citrus with the purchase of 1,000 acres of land to expand its clementine production and growth of its Cuties California Clementines brand.
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ArticleEthiopian fruit has UK success
The “excellent facilities in Ethiopia” are proving successful as the country achieved its first fruit sales in UK supermarkets earlier this year, according to a study.
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ArticleAfrica "needs voice" in airfreight row
Ecologist Bill Vorley has urged policy-makers to show some “guts” and start working with African growers to give them a voice in the airfreight row.
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ArticleSuppliers scared of retail blacklist
Suppliers are too scared to complain to retailers for fear of being “delisted”, according to National Farmers’ Union vice-president Paul Temple.
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Agriculture receives scientific funding boost
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has given the agriculture industry a boost after it announced £250 million of funding for training new scientists last week.
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Veg seed giant strengthens
Global seed giant De Ruiter has announced it is to strengthen its sales and marketing teams.
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Fresh produce aids bone health
Fruit and veg may considerably boost bone health as part of a daily diet, according to a new US study.
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ArticleCo-op chief blames ethics failure
The Co-op’s chief executive Peter Marks blamed a “catastrophic failure in ethical spending” for the current economic climate.
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ArticleAlan Thomerson dies, aged 83
Alan Thomerson, a longstanding wholesaler at Spitalfields, passed away peacefully on December 2, aged 83.
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TNS figures reflect trade down
The latest TNS Worldpanel grocery market share figures, published yesterday for the 12 weeks ending November 30 2008, continue to show the impact of the consumer downturn on the fresh produce industry.
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New step made in pathogen detection
A large distribution deal has been signed allowing the use of new rapid pathogen detection kits in more than 50 countries.
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Italian trade show set for October
Italy’s largest fruit trade event is to move from spring to autumn for its 26th edition next year.
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Sweet potato breakthrough unveiled
The annual international agricultural exhibition Agro Mashov in Tel Aviv is set to host the unveiling of a new method in sweet potato growing.
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New Zealand tariffs escalate
New Zealand pays almost NZ$200 million (£73m) in export tariffs on produce each year, according to a study released last week.
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Illegal seed reproduction crackdown
The main international vegetable seed companies have set up a joint bureau to stop the illegal reproduction of seeds.
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Sainsbury's shows interest in Woolworths
The fight to buy up Woolworths’ destitute stores continues, with Sainsbury’s rumoured to have become front-runners to purchase more than 100 shops, according to some media reports over the weekend.
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New pesticide guide published
Farmers and growers have a fresh resource to help keep up to date with pesticide use in agriculture, horticulture, pest control, forestry and amenity.