Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4581

  • Article

    Vitacress honoured in factory awards

    2006-10-05T16:01:01Z

    Prepared salads specialist Vitacress picked up four accolades including the top prize at the Best Factory Awards last week.

  • Zespri revises losses forecast
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    Zespri revises losses forecast

    2006-10-05T13:01:01Z

    New Zealand kiwifruit marketer Zespri International has revised its forecast for on-shore fruit losses on figures released last month.

  • Lowman: new ceo
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    New chief for c-store association

    2006-10-05T11:01:01Z

    The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has today announced the appointment of James Lowman as chief executive.

  • Article

    Capespan's Graham Allen dies, aged 55

    2006-10-05T10:01:01Z

    Capespan UK’s commercial manager Graham Allen has died, aged 55, after falling ill earlier this year.

  • Israel set for citrus boom
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    Israel set for citrus boom

    2006-10-05T08:01:01Z

    Press reports in Israel suggest that the country’s citrus industry is ready for a return to its heyday of the 1980s.

  • Nuts, nuts, good for the heart
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    Nuts, nuts, good for the heart

    2006-10-04T17:01:01Z

    Nuts could be set to join the list of superfoods after a new study unveiled at the World Cardilogy Congress in Barcelona showed that they can reduce the risk of heart disease.

  • Article

    Rabobank tops US agri-bank list

    2006-10-04T15:01:01Z

    Rabobank, the leading bank to the global food and agriculture industry has been named the ‘premier’ food and agribusiness bank in the United States out of 120 top US firms.

  • Article

    French seeds spread to Israel

    2006-10-04T13:01:01Z

    French seed company Vilmorin Seed has gained control of Israel’s largest and oldest seed company Hazera Genetics.

  • Article

    Traffic Light scheme on TV

    2006-10-04T11:01:01Z

    The Food Standards Agency has decided to show its first television advertisement promoting its traffic light food labelling system in a bid to tackle the obesity crisis in Britain.

  • Sir Terry Leahy
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    Leahy fires Wal-Mart broadside

    2006-10-04T09:01:01Z

    Today’s Sun newspaper, the UK’s leading red-top, reports Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy blasting Wal-Mart, Asda’s American owner.

  • Greenery berry pack to extend shelf life
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    Greenery berry pack to extend shelf life

    2006-10-04T08:01:01Z

    The Greenery has launched soft-fruit packaging specifically designed to prolong product shelf life.

  • Article

    Tesco man tops Power 100

    2006-10-03T17:01:01Z

    Tesco’s Tim Mason today topped Marketing’s annual Power 100 list - which named him the most powerful marketer in the UK.

  • Article

    Slow progress for plant health refunds

    2006-10-03T15:01:01Z

    Importers expecting a refund from Defra for unfulfilled plant health inspections must now decide whether to accept the standard offer or press for an individual assessment.

  • Dole completes JP shares purchase
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    Dole completes JP shares purchase

    2006-10-03T13:43:18Z

    Jamaica Producers Group Limited (JPG) yesterday accepted an offer from Dole for the purchase of JPG’s 65 per cent interest in the UK’s JP Fruit Distributors.

  • Article

    E.coli traced to single spinach processor

    2006-10-03T13:01:01Z

    An E.coli outbreak, which killed one person and left almost 100 people ill in the US earlier this month, has been traced back to a single spinach processor.

  • Article

    Toms line up for National Fruit Show

    2006-10-03T11:01:01Z

    Tomatoes, pumpkins and walnuts will be included for the first time in the National Fruit Show 2006 - and the exhibition is set to be the bigger than ever, according to its organisers.

  • Tesco makes £69 a second
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    Tesco makes £69 a second

    2006-10-03T09:07:56Z

    Tesco half-year profits have soared 10.3 per cent to £1.09bn - around £69 a second.

  • Article

    Produce Packaging re-brands

    2006-10-02T18:01:02Z

    Produce Packaging will celebrate the re-branding of its company at the National Fruit Show next month, marking 25 years in business.

  • Peter Kendall
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    Kendall turns Bournemouth green

    2006-10-02T15:01:01Z

    NFU president Peter Kendall outlined the challenges facing the British farming sector at today's Conservative Party Conference.

  • EA&P hosts press tasting event
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    EA&P hosts press tasting event

    2006-10-02T13:01:01Z

    Celebrating the launch of the English apple season, representative body English Apples & Pears last week invited members of the press to sample some early varieties at an exclusive tasting event in London.