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  • Booths reports strong Christmas
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    Booths reports strong Christmas

    2010-01-06T10:58:01Z

    North West supermarket Booths has reported a surge in sales over the festive period, with like-for-like sales up 2.5 per cent on a year earlier.

  • Interfel stand
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    Interfel unveils Fruit Logistica plans

    2010-01-06T10:46:36Z

    The French interprofessional organisation will promote a range of fresh fruits and vegetables at its redesigned stand in Berlin

  • REO Veiling
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    Turnover down slightly at REO Veiling

    2010-01-06T10:41:24Z

    Sales of lettuce, tomatoes and mushrooms all down in 2009, but more positive signs for growers of leeks and chicory

  • Patrick Marmet Key Technology
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    Key Tech appoints France sales head

    2010-01-06T10:30:18Z

    Patrick Marmet has been handed the role of area sales manager for France at the process automation system designer and manufacturer

  • Article

    Consolidation strikes the right chord

    2010-01-06T10:14:23Z

    The phenomenon of consolidation is one that we can expect to continue across the fresh produce supply chain throughout the decade

  • Article

    Research backs pomegranate powers

    2010-01-06T10:01:01Z

    Research from the US has found that eating pomegranates, which contain anti-aromatase phytochemicals, reduces the incidence of hormone-dependent breast cancer.

  • M&S posts Christmas cracker
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    M&S posts Christmas cracker

    2010-01-06T09:27:53Z

    Marks & Spencer broke free of two years of struggle to report a 'good Christmas', including record sales.

  • Article

    Spanish citrus facing wipe-out

    2010-01-06T09:01:02Z

    Spanish citrus production could disappear in a few years as it faces the threat of two citrus diseases that are not being taken seriously by the authorities, growers complain.

  • Justin Chadwick: excited
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    Grapefruit joins RSA campaign

    2010-01-06T08:01:01Z

    The South African Citrus Growers’ Association (CGA) is joining forces with the country’s deciduous fruit and grape sectors for this year’s Beautiful Country, Beautiful Fruit campaign.

  • Pineapples
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    Malaysia bootstraps Sabah pineapples

    2010-01-06T05:39:50Z

    Pineapple production is set to fire up in Malaysia’s Sabah, with an eventual goal of 800ha

  • Article

    Carrefour expands in Asia

    2010-01-06T01:43:34Z

    French retail giant Carrefour plans to open six to eight supermarkets in Singapore, and has introduced a Chinese bus service

  • Maersk Line Felixstowe
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    Indian shipping rates to rise

    2010-01-06T00:23:34Z

    Major carriers announce an increase in rates for shipments from India to the US and Europe, and a ‘piracy-risk’ charge for the Gulf of Aden

  • Article

    South West fest places open

    2010-01-05T16:01:01Z

    South West producers and catering outlets can now book their place at the region’s leading food festival in 2010, giving them the opportunity to reach thousands of potential customers during the Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink 2010.

  • Article

    Asda slashing produce prices

    2010-01-05T15:01:01Z

    Asda announced on Tuesday that it is introducing its broadest price rollback for a decade, cutting prices on core produce lines such as potatoes, grapes and bananas as well as almost 3,600 other lines.

  • Article

    CenFRA set for Foodex show

    2010-01-05T13:01:02Z

    Automation and robotics organisation CenFRA will be showcasing its bespoke range of services at the 2010 Foodex show in March.

  • Auchan France
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    Auchan to trial discount concept

    2010-01-05T12:09:01Z

    French retail group will trail discount hypermarket Priba concept in domestic market from March

  • Asda
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    Asda reports solid Christmas sales

    2010-01-05T12:02:09Z

    Wal-Mart’s UK subsidiary Asda has enjoyed a strong Christmas period, during which it recorded the top trading day in its history

  • Article

    Benn unveils Food 2030 strategy

    2010-01-05T11:41:29Z

    Ensuring food security is just as important to the future of the UK as energy supply, Hilary Benn, secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs said today as he unveiled the government’s food strategy, Food 2030.

  • citrus greening
    Article

    EU ‘must face citrus disease threat’

    2010-01-05T11:39:38Z

    Spanish fresh produce association AVA-Asaja claims country’s citrus sector could by wiped out by Greening and Black Spot

  • Dole stand
    Article

    Dole introduces new banana diet

    2010-01-05T11:12:38Z

    Following the success of the Japanese version, food giant Dole is releasing its own version of the ‘morning banana diet’ in the US