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    Record-breaking Christmas for Sainsbury's

    2013-04-16T10:15:46Z

    Sainsbury's has posted positive results over Christmas and the fourth quarter as total sales, for the 14 weeks ending 5 January, rose by 3.3 per cent and like-for-like sales were up 0.9 per cent, both excluding fuel.

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    South African grape shipments to UK disrupted

    2013-04-16T10:15:46Z

    South Africa has shipped considerably less grapes to major marketing regions so far this year, following a late start to the harvesting season and rain disruptions in the Orange River region.

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    Market redevelopment boost for NCGM

    2013-04-16T10:15:46Z

    Covent Garden Market Authority has signed a contract with a St. Modwen and Vinci PLC joint venture for the regeneration of New Covent Garden Market and announced the appointment a new chairman.

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    Ex-policeman takes charge at GLA

    2013-04-16T10:15:46Z

    The Gangmasters Licensing Authority has announced the appointment of Paul Broadbent as its new chief executive.

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    Book project comes to fruition

    2013-04-16T10:15:45Z

    South African growers have delivered the first packages of English language reading and textbooks to farming schools in the Western Cape of the country.

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    Growth in store for foodservice, says Horizons

    2013-04-16T10:15:45Z

    Foodservice consultancy Horizons predicts that ethical issues regarding sustainability, food provenance and ethical trading, which have become less important over the past few years, will once again come to the fore during 2013.

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    Fowler and Marks awarded New Year's Honours

    2013-04-16T10:15:45Z

    Several leading figures from the food industry have been included in the New Year's Honours List including Peter Fowler, former president of the Covent Garden Market Tenants Association, and Peter Marks, the outgoing chief executive of The Co-Operarive Group.

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    Discounters shine over Christmas

    2013-04-16T10:15:45Z

    The likes of Aldi and Lidl performed strongly for the 12 weeks ending 23 December according to the latest retail data from Kantar Worldpanel.

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    Waitrose MD predicts produce price rises

    2013-04-16T10:15:44Z

    Mark Price, managing director of Waitrose, has predicted that price inflation of fruit and vegetables will rise further this year.

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    New onion slicer is a cut above the rest

    2013-04-16T10:15:44Z

    Buckinghamshire company Baltimore Innovations says its new vegetable slicing system is an 'industry first.'

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    "Disappointing" Christmas results for Morrisons

    2013-04-16T10:15:44Z

    It was a difficult Christmas period for Morrisons as like-for-like sales dropped 2.5 per cent for the six weeks to 30 December.

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    Marketing changes for Morrisons

    2013-04-16T10:15:44Z

    Bradford-based retailer Morrisons has announced Nick Collard as its new group marketing and customer director.

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    Soils Partnership set up for final push

    2013-04-16T10:15:44Z

    The Soils Partnership, a collaboration between the AHDB and Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) to help UK farmers get the most out of their soil, is set for one final push before its programme comes to an end in March.

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    Change4LIfe in TV ad takeover

    2013-04-16T10:15:44Z

    Public-health minister Anna Soubry launched a new phase in the Change4Life campaign today with a prime-time TV advertising “takeover” in England set to boost fruit and vegetable uptake through Aldi, Asda and The Co-operative.

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    Paterson reiterates support for GM

    2013-04-16T10:15:43Z

    DEFRA secretary of state Owen Paterson has reiterated his support for GM, stating that UK growers could 'fall behind other countries' if the technology isn't embraced in the coming years.

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    Ant and Dec deal for Morrisons

    2013-04-16T10:15:43Z

    Morrisons has signed up TV duo Ant and Dec to front its new advertising campaign.

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    Chilean blueberries bounce back

    2013-04-16T10:15:43Z

    Exports of Chilean blueberries are recovering following heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the south-central area of the country during the Christmas period, according to the latest crop report from the Chilean Blueberry Committee.

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    New website for British Growers

    2013-04-16T10:15:42Z

    The British Growers Association has unveiled a new website at www.britishgrowers.org.

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    Beds Growers plan 50th celebrations

    2013-04-16T10:15:42Z

    Bedfordshire Growers is marking its 50th anniversary this year with a day of displays and celebrations at its site near Biggleswade.

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    Italian trade mourns death of Bruno Di Lenardo

    2013-04-16T10:15:42Z

    The fresh produce business in Italy is mourning the untimely passing of Bruno Di Lenardo, who reportedly took his own life just two days before Christmas and one day after a devastating fire destroyed his company's packhouse in Padua, according to Eurofruit.