Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4348

  • Finger limes pull in UK buyers
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    Finger limes pull in UK buyers

    2008-02-12T10:01:02Z

    Buyers were battling it out for Australian finger limes in Berlin last week.

  • Sainsbury's cops a fine
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    Sainsbury's cops a fine

    2008-02-12T10:01:02Z

    Sainsbury’s has fallen foul of Horticultural Marketing Inspections (HMI) for selling out of grade and rotten produce at its town-centre store in Northampton

  • Kids get Smart at Morrisons
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    Kids get Smart at Morrisons

    2008-02-12T09:01:01Z

    Morrisons has introduced its first-ever range of everyday food aimed at children aged from five to 10.

  • Chinese Fuji exports delayed by one month
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    Chinese Fuji exports delayed by one month

    2008-02-12T08:01:01Z

    Fuji apple exports from China to the UK have been delayed by one month following frost and snow at the beginning of February.

  • Albert Bartlett extends Rooster range
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    Albert Bartlett extends Rooster range

    2008-02-12T07:01:01Z

    A chilled prepared range of Rooster potatoes has been launched by UK supplier Albert Bartlett.

  • Ocado to negotiate Waitrose supply deal
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    Ocado to negotiate Waitrose supply deal

    2008-02-11T16:03:04Z

    Ocado is hoping to secure a new long-term supply contract with Waitrose in a move that could bring about a long-awaited stock market flotation.

  • Andy Bond
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    Asda calls for suppliers’ co-operation

    2008-02-11T14:01:01Z

    Asda chief executive Andy Bond has appealed for the suppliers to co-operate with the supermarket chain by allowing it to increase pricing pressure on competitors this year, according to the Financial Mail.

  • Lord Rooker at FEED
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    Water conservation a priority at FEED

    2008-02-11T11:01:01Z

    Sustainable business experts Envirowise and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) pushed businesses to take action to reduce their use of water at this year’s Food and Environment Efficiency Day (FEED) on Tuesday.

  • Article

    Family tragedy for former KG chair

    2008-02-11T10:40:27Z

    Former KG chairman and founder of Haygrove Angus Davison has tragically lost his 17-month-old daughter, Greta, after an accident at their family home.

  • Article

    US banana claims upheld by WTO

    2008-02-11T10:01:01Z

    The European Union has spoken of its “surprise” at and “irrelevance” of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) upholding of a US complaint against the EU banana regime last week.

  • Article

    CC due to unveil supermarket crackdown

    2008-02-11T09:59:08Z

    The Competition Commission (CC) is expected to unveil new planning restrictions to prevent one supermarket chain dominating any particular area, when it publishes the culmination of its two-year inquiry into the UK grocery market on Thursday.

  • Article

    Morrisons to sue OFT

    2008-02-11T09:01:01Z

    Morrisons has upped the stakes in the ongoing feud between UK supermarkets and the Office Of Fair Trading, by issuing a writ against the OFT for libel.

  • Fresh addition cuts mustard in Berlin
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    Fresh addition cuts mustard in Berlin

    2008-02-11T08:01:02Z

    The new Freshconex trade fair for fresh-cut convenience products was launched alongisde Fruit Logistica, and the three-day event featured 62 exhibitors from 14 countries.

  • Fruit Logistica breaks records - again
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    Fruit Logistica breaks records - again

    2008-02-11T07:01:01Z

    Fruit Logistica 2008 set a new attendance record, with more than 50,000 trade visitors from 125 countries going through its doors.

  • Article

    ETI pre-empts flower concerns

    2008-02-10T16:01:01Z

    The Ethical Trading Initiative is pre-empting media and public concerns about workers’ conditions in the cut-flower industry with a briefing document launched in advance of St Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day.

  • Michael Hahn at FEED in Nottingham
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    FareShare calls for fruit and veg

    2008-02-10T13:01:01Z

    The community food network FareShare is looking for fresh produce businesses to help the charity complete its food offer to disadvantaged people within society.

  • Waitrose director of commerce Richard Hodgson cuts the ribbon at Lushof Community Centre as Robert Graaff (right), owner of Lushof Farm, and some farm workers look on
    Article

    Waitrose Foundation notches up 58th project

    2008-02-10T11:01:01Z

    Visitors flocked to Lushof, a stonefruit and top-fruit farm in South Africa’s Ceres Valley, last week, when Waitrose director of commerce Richard Hodgson opened a brand-new community centre on the site.

  • Uruguay crops up and down
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    Uruguay crops up and down

    2008-02-10T09:01:02Z

    Sector leaders in Uruguay are forecasting a recovery in citrus volumes for the upcoming season, following last year’s frosts, while apple growers fear 20 per cent losses to their export crops.

  • Article

    Reputations at risk

    2008-02-09T16:01:01Z

    Damage to reputation is the biggest risk to the food and drink sector, including fresh produce companies, a new survey finds.

  • Article

    Full marks for Why Farming Matters teaching packs

    2008-02-09T13:01:01Z

    NFU teaching packs aimed at reconnecting children with how their food is produced have gone to the top of the class after all 15,000 copies were snapped up by schools across the country.