Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4854

  • Chiquita sells Colombian operation for $52 million
    Article

    Chiquita sells Colombian operation for $52 million

    2004-07-02T13:01:00Z

    Chiquita Brands International has completed the $52 million sale of its banana-producing and port operations in Colombia.

  • UK stonefruit expecting heavy volumes
    Article

    UK stonefruit expecting heavy volumes

    2004-07-02T10:01:01Z

    The UK cherry crop is still expected to be larger in volume than last year despite recent rainfall.

  • Whitefields invests in Etna
    Article

    Whitefields invests in Etna

    2004-07-02T08:01:01Z

    Carrot supplier Whitefields Produce has made a major machinery investment.

  • Sir Peter Davis
    Article

    Sainsbury's chairman quits

    2004-07-01T16:01:01Z

    Sainsbury’s has confirmed that chairman Sir Peter Davis is to step down with immediate effect.

  • Wasting money?
    Article

    Wasting money?

    2004-07-01T15:33:31Z

    Businesses now have a duty of care to dispose of their waste properly. Emma Hatfield investigates the most recent innovative developments in produce waste disposal including groundbreaking initiatives in Manchester and Glasgow.

  • Cherry revision
    Article

    Cherry revision

    2004-07-01T15:32:39Z

    Washington cherry growers are gearing up for a bumper crop, and although initial predictions have been revised in the light of unseasonably wet weather, good volumes are still predicted as worldwide demand continues to soar. Emma Hatfield reports.

  • Article

    Wholesale left outside looking in

    2004-07-01T15:32:06Z

    June was open-air markets month in Paris. For the second time the municipality ran a seven-day promotion of the dynamism of

  • Article

    Salad days reinvented

    2004-07-01T15:32:01Z

    Salad days are here again, and the range of pre-packs, different varieties, sizes and colours seems never ending, writes David Shapley.

  • Article

    Independent or insular?

    2004-07-01T15:31:55Z

    I do not know how long it has been since we had a story on the front page about the independent retail sector. Certainly a

  • Green threatens to abandon M&S bid
    Article

    Green threatens to abandon M&S bid

    2004-07-01T15:01:00Z

    Entrepreneur Phillip Green has told his M&S bidding team that he would end his takeover campaign by July 30 unless shareholders placed pressure on the M&S board to open up negotiation talks.

  • Somerfield announces healthy profits
    Article

    Somerfield announces healthy profits

    2004-07-01T12:01:01Z

    Somerfield is expected to accelerate its store refit programme following the announcement of full-year profits of £41.1 million.

  • Sir Peter Davis is under pressure to meet shareholders demands
    Article

    Sainsbury's shareholders put on the pressure

    2004-07-01T10:01:02Z

    Sainsbury’s shareholders are demanding that the company’s executive pay scheme be ditched otherwise a massive shareholder revolt will take place at the annual general meeting on July 12.

  • Article

    Defra reappoints Fletcher and Lady Garrett

    2004-07-01T08:01:00Z

    John Fletcher and Lady Jane Garrett have been re-appointed for another three years as members of the Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA).

  • Article

    Carrefour boss signs new investor pact

    2004-06-30T15:01:01Z

    Carrefour’s chief executive Daniel Bernard has signed a new pact with two of the French supermarket’s core shareholders, giving them control of around 16 per cent of its share capital and a quarter of its voting rights.

  • Article

    Marketing failing SME sector

    2004-06-30T13:01:02Z

    Small firms are missing out on valuable business opportunities by failing to market their company effectively, new research claims.

  • FSA to interview M&S chief executive
    Article

    FSA to interview M&S chief executive

    2004-06-30T10:01:00Z

    Stuart Rose, chief executive of Marks & Spencer is to be interviewed by the Financial Services Authority as part of its investigation into insider dealing in M&S shares.

  • Angharad Jones with her prize-winning recipe
    Article

    Welsh chef scoops Bramley Award

    2004-06-30T08:01:01Z

    Angharad Jones has scooped first prize at the “New Ways With Bramley 2004” catering competition.

  • South African growers win Chinese gold
    Article

    South African growers win Chinese gold

    2004-06-30T06:29:30Z

    South African citrus growers have been granted access for their products into China.

  • Prince Charles will visit St George's hospital in support of the Hospital Food Project
    Article

    Prince of Wales supports Hospital Food Project

    2004-06-29T15:01:01Z

    Prince Charles will meet farmers, hospital staff and organisers of the Hospital Food Project on July 1 at St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust in South London.

  • Article

    Potatoes in Practice

    2004-06-29T13:01:00Z

    Scotland and the North of England gets its own specialist potato agronomy event.