Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4584
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Tesco to supersize in US
Tesco could be planning to supersize its stores in the US after reporting that it had taken a lease on a 32,500 sqft store in Los Angeles.
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ArticleTrust in all things local
The National Trust is promoting its commitment to local food with a range of initiatives launched this autumn.
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Sainsbury's targets motorists
Sainsbury’s is set to trial its convenience store format at a motorway service station in what could be the beginning of a venture with motorway services group Welcome Break.
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No let up in losses for Kwik Save
Back to the Future (BTTF), the owner of Kiwk Save, has sought financial advice from Pricewaterhouse Coopers in raising £30 million to compensate for significant losses.
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Chiquita announces money-saving measures
Chiquita Brands International has suspended its quarterly dividend and said it may sell its shipping fleet in a bid to reduce its debt and invest in more profitable assets.
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ArticleScorching summer for Sundowner
Sales of Sundowner apples received a significant boost in July and August, rising by 48 per cent compared to the same period in 2005.
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EC adopts new banana reform proprosals
The European Commission has adopted proposals to reform its banana aid arrangements for EU producers, bringing them into line with other agricultural sectors and ensuring a fair standard of living for producers, according to Foodnavigator.com.
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ArticleEnglish apples take over The Globe
The balloon goes up on this year's English apple season at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, in London, tomorrow night [Tuesday].
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Frost devastates Aussie stone fruit
About 50 per cent of the Goulburn Valley stone fruit crop in north-east Victoria, Australia, is thought to have been destroyed by freezing temperatures overnight.
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ArticleFace lift on order for Covent Garden
Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) has announced the start of a two-year programme to determine how best to revamp its 30-year-old infrastructure with modern facilities.
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Big up the British, says NFU
The National Farmers Union (NFU) will back British Food Fortnight with three simple reasons to buy British.
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ArticleBrand new stones
Researchers in Israel and Italy have unveiled four new stone-fruit varieties.
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Global glory for Ford transits
The new Ford Transit has been named ‘International Van of the Year’ 2007.
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ArticleGala gives good cause to celebrate
Gala, which is the second largest English apple variety in volume terms, should have a crop of around 23,000 tonnes this season (22,000t in 2005).
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Intercontainer reports high growth
Intercontainer, the combined transport services operator, has reported strong growth on key markets and positive earning before tax and interest (EBIT) for the first six months of 2006.
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US children respond to free fruit
A pilot project that distributed fresh fruits and vegetables to children in Mississippi schools has resulted in increased consumption
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ArticleSakata launches US catalogue
Sakata Seed America, supplier of high quality vegetable and flower seeds, has launched a new commercial vegetable seed catalogue.
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NFU appoints new East Midlands director
The NFU East Midlands has appointed a new regional director.
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ArticleNew trade association goes global
A new global trade association emerged this week, backed by some of the largest representative organisations in the fruit and vegetable world.
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Buried seeds spring to life after 200 years
Seeds that lay hidden in a notebook for more than 200 years have germinated successfully, according to scientists at the Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst Place, West Sussex.