Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4471
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Everyday low prices - that's ASDA price
Asda can once again bask in the title of Britain's cheapest supermarket, as it landed the prize for the 10th successive year.
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ArticleNZ exports climb again
Figures just released show that New Zealand horticultural exports have continued to grow year on year for more than 30 consecutive years.
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Question mark hangs over Kwik Save
Supermarket chain Kwik Save and its 3,000 staff face an uncertain future as a creditor is set to ask a court in Leeds for the retailer to be wound up.
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Namibian fruit boss seized by law
Namibia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has finally seized fruit merchant Shamil Dirk, over allegations that he paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to evade duty on trucks delivering fruit.
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Waitrose steps up a gear as WFM arrives
Waitrose was raising its game as the first Whole Foods Market store slid open its doors for the first time in London last week.
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Qataris own more than a quarter of Sainsbury's
Qatari royalty has increased its shareholding in J Sainsbury to more than 25 per cent.
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WFM: a whole new ballgame
The first UK branch of US-based Whole Foods Market has opened its doors to mixed reviews in London.
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ArticleBerry-sized tomatoes hit the shelves at Sainsbury's
Tomatoes the size of berries have been launched at Sainsbury’s this week.
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ArticleCMO reform to bring CAP unity
Reform to the EU fruit and vegetable regime agreed this week by EU farm ministers will promote consumption, ease market crises, improve environmental protection and raise competitiveness, agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said.
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Kwik Save announces further closures
Kwik Save has announced that it is to close 22 more stores.
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ArticleSharonfruit takes off
The past eight years have seen the establishment of a considerable Sharonfruit (astringent persimmon) industry in South Africa, with the 2006 harvest yielding 4,000 tonnes from 350 bearing hectares. With total plantings at around 700 hectares and projections for the current harvest at 7,000-8,000t, growers have fast become a force to be reckoned with on the international marketplace. Louise Brodie reports.
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ArticleBuilding on solid foundations
The C&C Group, one of the leading operators in London’s wholesale market sector, reached the grand old age of 21 earlier this month. Tommy Leighton reports.
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ArticleThe Chef’s Champion
Chef’s Connection became the first company from New Covent Garden Market to win a Re:fresh award, when it picked up the JP Fresh Foodservice Supplier of the Year award in May, beating off extremely stiff competition. The team is determined to build on this achievement. Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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ArticleCalm waters
Port operators take fresh produce concerns seriously and many have made their operations as flexible as possible in order to accommodate demands. Doris Lee Butterworth reports.
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Grower and retail needs poles apart
Having spent a couple of days deep in Iberia, catching up, courtesy of the FPJ editor and Foods from Spain, on the cherry and
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Blackcurrants win match of the day
Results of a study released this week by Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) put blackcurrants squarely at the top of the
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FACE CD launches
The government is throwing added weight behind attempts to get more outdoor learning onto the curriculum, with the launch of the new FACE CD.
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Slow Food slams GM vote
The Slow Food movement has expressed concern at the European Union Council of Agriculture’s decision to pass a 0.9 per cent GMO tolerance threshold in Community organic agriculture relations.
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Frank P Matthews re-brand 'Tree For Life'
Frank P Matthews is to re-launch its ‘Trees For Life’ brand, in response to what it sees as a burgeoning demand for trees.