Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4646

  • Article

    MorePeople launches new website

    2006-03-20T12:01:01Z

    Recruitment and training specialist MorePeople has launched a new integrated and interactive website, to enhance the on-line service it provides to its customers.

  • Article

    Tesco rumoured to be India-bound

    2006-03-20T10:01:00Z

    Tesco is reported to be in negotiations with India's largest mobile phone company over a £750 million joint venture to set up a supermarket chain on the sub-continent.

  • Peter Kendall
    Article

    OFT offers no hope to suppliers

    2006-03-20T08:01:01Z

    Suppliers in the fresh produce sector have little to gain from any competition investigation into the UK retail market.

  • Article

    Sainsbury's suspends BRC membership

    2006-03-19T17:01:02Z

    The UK’s number three supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has suspended its membership of the British Retail Consortium, the retail industry’s trade association.

  • Article

    Hungary attracts wide-ranging audience

    2006-03-19T15:01:00Z

    Organisers say Hungary's version of IFE proved extremely popular on its second airing, in Budapest in February.

  • Article

    Double top for Amcor

    2006-03-19T13:01:01Z

    Amcor Flexibles picked up two Gold and two Silver awards at the Flexible Packaging Association’s achievement awards.

  • Paul Whitehouse: clamping down
    Article

    Gang crackdown could cause problems

    2006-03-19T11:01:01Z

    The government has finally launched a system to crackdown on the exploitation of workers in the fresh produce sector, although labour providers fear it could lead to a shortage of staff.

  • Article

    Hort report issues UK stark warning

    2006-03-19T09:01:00Z

    Small-scale growers in the UK must access niche market opportunities or continue to consolidate if they are to survive, a new report has shown.

  • Esther Gómez honoured
    Article

    Esther Gómez honoured

    2006-03-18T16:01:02Z

    Esther Gómez, director of the Murcian company Frutas Esther, has won the Female Entrepreneur of 2006 award from the Spanish Federation of Rural Women, Femur.

  • Article

    Cranberries lead new produce trend

    2006-03-18T14:01:01Z

    The fortification of organic cranberries with Omega-3 oil is the beginning of a trend that the fresh produce industry must heed.

  • Article

    OFT criticises supermarkets for online pricing confusion

    2006-03-18T11:01:00Z

    Online grocery shopping is to have clearer price information, after consumers complained to the OFT.

  • New Zealand at heart of hort research
    Article

    New Zealand at heart of hort research

    2006-03-18T09:01:01Z

    New Zealand is placing itself at the centre of global research by hosting a high-level science conference next week.

  • Ronnie McNicol of Redbridge's breeding arm Redeva shows off a handful of Spanish strawbs
    Article

    Spanish berries back on track

    2006-03-17T17:00:59Z

    Spanish berries are back on track after the unusually long cold snap, according to international importer and distributor Redbridge Worldfresh.

  • Article

    SAWS gets four more years

    2006-03-17T14:01:00Z

    The seasonal agricultural workers scheme gets a four-year repreive.

  • Selection of Outspan satsumas
    Article

    South African citrus sets sail

    2006-03-17T12:01:00Z

    The first volumes of Outspan easy-peel are on the water as South Africa contends with a mix of weather conditions at the season's outset.

  • Apple pressure to remain
    Article

    Apple pressure to remain

    2006-03-17T10:01:01Z

    The European apple market is likely to remain under pressure well into the southern hemisphere season, warns Freshfel.

  • Sir Ken Morrison
    Article

    Morrison "said to favour" Melnyk

    2006-03-17T09:01:00Z

    There are reports this morning of “fresh tensions” in the Morrisons boardroom as the Bradford-based chain reluctantly continues its search for a new chief executive.

  • British winter tomatoes being grown for English Village Salads and Asda
    Article

    Asda ends single supply in salads

    2006-03-17T08:01:00Z

    Asda has changed its sourcing strategy in the salad category and reduced the involvement of Geest-owned English Village Salads.

  • Article

    Seeka in new jv

    2006-03-16T17:01:02Z

    New Zealand’s Seeka Kiwifruit Industries strikes a deal with VeriKiwi.

  • All’s smooth at Booths
    Article

    All’s smooth at Booths

    2006-03-16T16:11:15Z

    Food retail is a competitive business, and with the buying power, strength and stranglehold on the market of the big multiples, it takes a special kind of independent retailer to not only survive, but to thrive. Ed Bedington went to Booths, Foods From Spain’s Re:fresh Independent Retailer of the Year, to see what puts it a notch above its competitors.