Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4361
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ArticleCity awaits Tesco offering
Tesco will have the eyes of the City on it tomorrow [Tuesday] when it releases its third quarter sales figures.
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ArticleSomerfield receives trio of offers
A report in Sunday’s Observer newspaper claims that Somerfield has been the subject of three takeover offers.
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ArticleMr Fruitness powers on with kiwifruit
The third phase of in-store promotions for the Fruitness - enjoy it! campaign is now underway in the UK, Austria, Germany, Poland and Sweden, with the focus on kiwifruit.
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ArticleGreen Week number 73
The International Green Week Berlin will open its doors for the 73rd time on January 18.
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ArticleLeafy salads stay on the shelf
Although demand for leafy salads was low over the Christmas period, good-quality Spanish product was in place on the multiples’ shelves, says leafy salad grower Langmead Farms.
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ArticlePrepared for raw price deal
After a steady Christmas, the prepared fruit and vegetable industry is bracing itself for a tough year ahead.
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ArticleMcDonald's commits to British growers
Steve Easterbrook, chief executive of McDonald’s UK, told last week’s Oxford Farming Conference that 70 per cent of the food sold in its £460 million chain of UK restaurants is sourced from a network of 17,500 British and Irish growers.
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FTA law yearbook available for 2008
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has published the 46th edition of its highly praised Yearbook of Road Transport Law for 2008.
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Ding ding, minimum wage please
A three-month government campaign to boost awareness of the national minimum wage and help expose cases of underpayment has been unveiled - on a bus.
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ArticleJohn Lewis tops consumer vote
John Lewis has again been named the UK’s favourite retailer, achieving the highest ever score in the annual Consumer Satisfaction Index.
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New celery research released
Celery can enhance the flavour of chicken soup, and could offer novel flavour enhancers for food formulations, suggests new research from Japan.
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ArticleGolden brand launch for Capespan
Capespan is launching a new premium export fruit brand in the UK market this month.
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ArticleWindwards unhappy at EPA
The recently signed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that extends the freedom of the European marketplace for ACP bananas, and also grants reciprocity to European products making the opposite journey, will not be good news for the Windward Islands industry, according to key political and trade spokesmen.
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ArticleCucumber added to Innovation Award shortlist
The traditional Asian cucumber variety Urgurke has been nominated for the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2008.
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ArticleRegan commits to soft-fruit future
A leading Kent berry grower told last week’s Oxford Farming Conference that she is committed to continued growth for her products in a market expanding by more than 11 per cent a year.
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ArticleHalf eat fewer than 5 A DAY
A survey into UK nutrition and eating habits released today reveals that over half the nation - 55 per cent - is still only consuming three portions or fewer of fruit and veg a day.
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ArticleF-Gas: the aftermath
As anyone in the cold storage business will tell you, without the most efficient cool chain, growers not only face loss of sales, but quality and product issues too. Doris Lee Butterworth reports.
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ArticleFully functional
The market for functional foods has been billed as one of the most promising for 2008, with UK shoppers eager to tuck in to what they are told is good for them, spurred on by the annual health-kick season. Fresh produce has become a key ingredient in the functional food sector. Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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ArticleThe low-carbon objective
There is increasing interest in climate change, reducing food miles and, perhaps more importantly, reducing the carbon footprints of farm products. But complete life-cycle analyses of embedded carbon are very complex and before looking at the energy used in manufacturing tractors, fertilisers, pesticides, and so on, there is a need to first quantify the direct energy used by farmers and growers. This has been the subject of a recent Defra-funded study led by Warwick HRI and carried out in collaboration with FEC Services. Steve Adams and Allen Langton, of Warwick HRI, and Chris Plackett, FEC Services, talk us through the process in the fourth article in Warwick HRI’s climate change series for FPJ.