Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4815
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Vitacress wins environmental award
Vitacress Salads and East Malling Research (EMR) have been honoured in the The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers seventh environmental awards.
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ArticlePomalia enters apple variety fray
A group of French growers, plant breeders and distributors have formed a company to market a family of branded apple varieties which will need just half the spraying and treatments applied to other apple crops.
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ArticleFairtrade looks to caterers
The Fairtrade Foundation is embarking on a three-year push to encourage the out-of-home sector to offer more products with the Fairtrade marque.
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Don't forget to put your European clocks back
Summer time will end on Sunday October 31 at 1.00am GMT throughout European Union Member States. Clocks should be moved back one hour.
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ArticleSprouts future questioned
UK Brussels sprouts are enjoying a season of fine quality and excellent flavour this season so far but industry leaders are warning that margins are dangerously tight.
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Accumulator success multiplies
Greenvale AP’s seed treatment Accumulator is showing unprecedented increases in stem and tuber numbers in its first commercial harvest.
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Whitbread leaves Somerfield
Robin Whitbread has resigned as group buying and marketing director at Somerfield with immediate effect.
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ArticleAsda changes tack on tomatoes
Asda is looking to revamp its tomato range with the launch of an expanded and innovative offer.
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Poupart sells division to Fyffes
Poupart has agreed to sell its remaining foodservice operations to Fyffes Group for an undisclosed sum.
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ArticleDefra ends SPS confusion
Confusing messages given out by Defra about the new single payment scheme due to come into effect next year have been clarified.
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Soft-fruit business makes clean sweep
The Summerfruit Company has won the soft-fruit double at last week’s National Fruit Show.
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ArticleKeeping track of the packs
Growth is forecast for produce packaging, fuelled by increasing demand for ready-to-eat produce and retailers’ desire to reduce costs by using display-ready containers that require less handling. Food safety and traceability demands, and branding opportunities will also have a favourable impact on packaging, writes Anabella de Sousa.
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ArticleBesana - nuts for health
The Besana Group, one of the most important European companies in terms of production, processing and marketing of nuts and dried fruit for the UK market, sees Christmas as an added proposition to the year-round “daily-line-sales”. Its range of products multiplies significantly as the market clamours for the multitude of nut mixes, dried fruit mixes and dried fruit and nut mixes in the September to December Christmas retail period.
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ArticleIndustry first for Katopé
The first of Katopé’s avocado packhouses has received BRC accreditation, an industry first for Bassan Packers, Katopé’s avocado and lychee packhouse based in Tzaneen.
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ArticleRewards without the tax
Good companies are often looking for ways in which they can reward or incentivise staff, but when those rewards are then hit by the taxman, its difficult for staff to see the benefit. However, there are ways to avoid getting caught out by the Inland Revenue, without bending the rules or cutting corners. This month we take a look at the top 10 ways to reward staff for that little extra effort which can make all the difference to your company.
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ArticlePrepare to wait for RFID benefits to shine through
A US report warns that Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology cannot live up to the short-term expectations placed upon it.
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ArticleEfficiency through machines
In this week’s focus on machinery we look at, among others, an Italian company bringing innovation to packaging, the efficiencies a potato supplier has gained through automation and a sticky solution to packaging problems
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ArticleBanana Wars - final chapter
The fourth and final part of our Banana Wars excerpts concludes that the EU is in the position to make a difference in the Caribbean - if it, and other parties, are prepared to adopt a more flexible trading attitude.
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Morrisons mocks early portents
It appears, from its first financial results since under-performing Safeway came on-board, that some of the scare stories that
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Sainsbury's expands pineapple offer
Sainsbury’s will be stocking Fairtrade pineapple from next week, marking major progress for the marque in the UK fresh produce sector.