News unserer Kollegen aus London – Page 3315
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Jamaica gets diversification boost
Jamaica’s Rural Agricultural Development Authority and the European Union signed contracts authorising 11 small grants totalling J$11 million (£92,440) to help former workers in Jamaica’s banana industry diversify into new businesses.
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Not so Sweet for M&S in China
The UK-based retailer has parted company with China MD Richard Sweet as part of a reduction in head office staff
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ArticleJapan increases NZ asparagus intake
Exports of the vegetable from Horowhenua to Japan increased on the back of the falling New Zealand dollar
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ArticleCOOL “loopholes” come under fire
The final ruling on Country of Origin Labeling has been criticized by the Center for Food Safety for leaving US customers “shamefully informed” about the origins of all their food
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ArticleFruit Patch expands sales team
Mike Hatcher has returned home to the San Joaquin Valley in California to join the sales team at fruit marketer Fruit Patch
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Fruit Logistica to set records
The industry’s largest trade show, Fruit Logistica, is expected to set new records for exhibitors in 2009.
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Dramatic increase in company closures
The retail sector has been hit hard by the credit crunch with massive increases in businesses going bust, according to leading business information provider, Equifax’s Business Failures Report for 2008.
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ArticleTenderstem campaign relaunched
The campaign to promote Tenderstem broccoli to UK trade and consumer audiences relaunches this month with the announcement that cookery writer and food stylist Jo Pratt will front the activity for 2009.
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ArticleIndian onions breeze past export record
India’s onion exports have hit a record volume and continue to climb as a later season crop hits the market
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ArticleHoliday price rises in South Korea
Apple and onion prices have risen in South Korea in the run-up to the Chinese New Year, despite government efforts
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ArticleNew Chinese stores for Carrefour
Carrefour is planning further expansion in China, despite the lacklustre sales results announced last week
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ColeACP stalwart dies
EU-ACP country development body PIP-ColeACP has announced the death of Yves Paque on Christmas Eve last year at the age of 67.
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Farming coping with credit crunch
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has warned against complacency as the credit crunch has yet to present a big risk to many farming businesses who need credit.
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ArticleCo-op takeover on course
The Co-operative Group is on track to sell the 133 stores the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) requires it to following its acquisition of Somerfield, with 90 already sold.
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ArticleLondon to host charity potato fair
The countdown to the sixth London Charity Potato Fair and Seedy Sunday has begun and the event is expected to be bigger than ever.
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ArticleMajor rise in Dutch onion exports
Productshap Tuinbouw announces 23 per cent increase in volume shipped between January and November 2008
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ArticleValencia to invest in kaki production
Spanish region of Valencia to invest in persimmon production and marketing in wake of major fall in forecast harvest
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ArticleNext stop Europe for Or and Mor
Agrexco said that exports of the fruit to key European markets would begin shortly
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ArticleExcellence standard for K&N Ireland
Logistics group Kuehne and Nagel has been rewarded for its human resource management
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Retail prices set for fall
Falling oil and raw material prices as well as pressure from discounters will lead to a significant easing in grocery prices throughout Europe in 2009.