Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4784
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Carrefour calm amid restructure speculation
Carrefour shares are on the rise as speculation rises that it is about to restructure its management team.
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ArticlePolytunnel battle hots up
A three-day hearing in Godalming, Surrey, this week, has the potential to change the face of UK horticulture.
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ArticleSun World appoints Unifrutti as grape marketer-licensee
Chilean fruit giant joins seven other distributors of Sun World varieties worldwide.
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UK toms make early start
The UK tomato season has kicked off slightly early this year with growers cautiously optimistic for a better campaign than in 2004.
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ArticleChiquita's €564m claim chucked out by court
Chiquita Brands International Inc, the world's largest banana producer, has had a €564 million damages claim against regulators dismissed by the European Union's second-highest court.
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ArticleWill being rational save your skin?
As the fresh produce world gathers in Berlin next week, supplier rationalisation is undoubtedly the number one issue preying
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ArticleThe magic number
Thirteen might be unlucky for some, but for Fruit Logistica 2005, it is looking good. The show, entering its 13th year, is now one of the biggest events in the fresh produce industry calendar and will be getting underway in Berlin next week.
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ArticleRationalised thinking
Rationalisation has become more than a dirty word for some of the major players in the UK’s fresh produce industry. The country’s leading retailers have all reduced their supplier bases significantly in the last decade, as the economic and competitive realities of being a 21st century contender force fewer buyers to trust fewer suppliers to fill their fresh produce aisles. The last six weeks have seen the axe fall on several large-scale suppliers at Tesco and Sainsbury’s. But Tommy Leighton asks, is the most radical reform perhaps still to come?
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ArticleThe future of bananas
With the possibility of an all-out banana war looming on the retail horizon, industry expert Gordon Myers says the supermarkets’ strategies couldn’t have come at a worse time for the banana industry.
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ArticleBleak practice
John Smith, managing director of Re:fresh Packer of the Year, Greyfriars, writes for the Journal on over-riders, which he labels the “most odious” of practices of the UK retail sector and claims are in contravention of the Office of Fair Trading’s Supermarket Code of Practice.
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ArticleA question of scale
In the first of a series of articles for the Journal, Paul Huggins, former chief executive of the Greenery UK and a businessman with 25 years experience of dealing with major retailers worldwide, gives his own slant on the direction of supplier rationalisation in the UK and concludes that companies that do not embrace the trend leave themselves open to having decisions on their future made for them.
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Unlikely team-work
A not-so-common thing happened in France recently: The FCD (retailers) and UNFD (traditional greengrocers) unions raised their
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Will being rational save your skin?
As the fresh produce world gathers in Berlin next week, supplier rationalisation is undoubtedly the number one issue preying
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ArticleScent sacrificed for volume
High volume demands for roses means scent is often being sidelined by visual quality, according to Dennis Edwards, managing director of John Austin and chairman of the New Covent Garden Flower Tenants Association.
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Better veg communication
Horticultural scientists have stressed they need to achieve closer communication beyond producers by embracing the retail trade and even taking into account consumers’ views.
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Sainsbury's offers sports vouchers for veg
Sainsbury’s is offering fruit and vegetable shoppers the chance to eat healthily and pick up school sports equipment at the same time.
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Flavin's information "definitely" sensitive
The ongoing Fyffes insider dealing case continues, with expert witnesses giving evidence for the fruit giant.
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Produce sales fall
Fresh produce sales for 2004 were static and even dropped towards the end of the year, analysts have claimed.
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ArticleOrganic veg market matures
The UK organic vegetable market has stabilised and matured according to recent research from the Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA).
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Mushroom deal falls through
A takeover deal of Banken Champignons by the Dutch Co-operative Mushroom Growers Society (CNC) has fallen through.