Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4831

  • Chiquita bananas high tech packaging
    Article

    Chiquita bananas high tech packaging

    2004-09-13T08:01:01Z

    Banana giant Chiquita has signed a deal which will see the use of high-tech packaging to extend the shelf life of its fruit.

  • Organic seed website launched
    Article

    Organic seed website launched

    2004-09-12T17:01:01Z

    Organic farmers now have access to a website which provides them with information on the availability of organic seeds within the UK.

  • Article

    Mail raps salads - again

    2004-09-12T15:01:01Z

    Industry has its say as Daily Mail report revisits bagged salad debate.

  • Article

    Sainsbury's denies takeover talk

    2004-09-12T12:01:01Z

    Sainsbury's has been forced to deny that it is not in talks with another party regarding a takover.

  • Article

    Salads set world record

    2004-09-12T08:01:01Z

    Sainsbury’s British Salad Growers Roadshow has clocked up a world record for the longest salad bar.

  • Health is behind consumers' push for more organics
    Article

    Health not environment is organic driver

    2004-09-11T15:01:00Z

    Sainsbury's research has found health issues are more of a driver in the purchase of organics than concern for the environment.

  • Article

    Stubbins Raleighs round for Catrin

    2004-09-11T12:01:00Z

    Catrin Jones, pictured, from Machynellth, had a surprise gift for her 11th birthday when she became the lucky winner of a Raleigh Chopper bicycle, courtesy of Stubbins Marketing.

  • Medway's new melon measures
    Article

    Medway's new melon measures

    2004-09-11T09:01:02Z

    Medway Ports is offering enhanced dock-side services to Brazilian melon importers.

  • Picota benefitted from specially labelled promotional packs
    Article

    Picota rallies despite crop reduction

    2004-09-10T17:01:01Z

    Sales of Spanish Picota cherries through UK retailers have strengthened year on year despite a drastically reduced crop.

  • Pattison
    Article

    Almost 10,000 produce jobs in danger

    2004-09-10T16:01:01Z

    Increased efficiency in the UK fresh produce sector could come at the cost of almost 10,000 jobs, analysts have claimed.

  • Rosemary Shrager and John Smith at the opening
    Article

    Greyfriars invests for Morrisons business

    2004-09-10T14:01:01Z

    Major mushroom supplier Greyfriars has opened a new £300,000 packhouse to facilitate its diversification into sweetcorn, garlic and cabbage for Morrisons.

  • Article

    Hotel group to offload 3,500 properties

    2004-09-10T12:01:02Z

    Intercontinental Hotels plans to rid itself of properties worth £750 million to start the recovery from three years of falling reservations.

  • Richard Ali
    Article

    BRC: code is strong enough

    2004-09-10T10:01:01Z

    Retailers have responded to calls from Lib Dem MP Andrew George for a strengthening of the supermarket code asserting that the code is forceful enough.

  • Chris Mack
    Article

    Profits down at Mack

    2004-09-10T08:01:02Z

    Turnover is up but net profits are down at leading fresh produce suppliers Mack.

  • Article

    Compass off the mark

    2004-09-09T17:01:01Z

    Shares in UK catering giant Compass crashed by more than 20 per cent this morning after low profits on school food contracts caused it to downgrade its profits forecast.

  • Ivan is following Charley and Frances, and is potentially more destructive than either
    Article

    Jamaica, Cuba and Florida in line for next hurricane

    2004-09-09T16:01:02Z

    Jamaica’s horticulture industry is praying Hurricane Ivan, the latest in a series of destructive storms to hit the region, will miss the island.

  • Florida grapefruit crop reduced
    Article

    Florida grapefruit crop reduced

    2004-09-09T14:01:01Z

    Grapefruit in Florida has been more affected by Hurricane Frances than Hurricane Charley with at least half the crop lost.

  • Article

    Off the shelf

    2004-09-09T13:33:03Z

    There is nothing like a little mystery, and this week it concerns apricots in Marks & Spencer. This fruit is becoming more

  • Article

    PMA profile

    2004-09-09T13:32:59Z

    Attracting new, qualified faces into the fresh produce industry has proved difficult in the UK in recent years and formed the

  • Article

    Absent without leave

    2004-09-09T13:32:54Z

    Adam Bernstein (pictured right) hosts a monthly look at one of the legislative aspects that most affect your business, how it is run and how it can be more profitable. This month, Kate Hodgkiss analyses ways to tackle unnecessary absentees.