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Prague and Paris to host next WUWM events
In FPJ’s monthly series on the international wholesale scene, the World Union of Wholesale Markets looks forward to conferences in Prague and Paris
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Time to reflect and look ahead
As the industry surges through its busiest time and the end of 2008 looms, it is poignant to reflect over the last 12 months,
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Fresh face handed Delhaize CFO role
The Belgian retailer has appointed Stéfan Descheemaeker as it new chief financial officer
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ArticleTrial for disease resistant citrus
Florida citrus grower Southern Gardens is preparing to begin trial plantings of genetically modified citrus trees, which are said to be disease resistant
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ArticleCosta Rica suffers weather losses
Costa Rica’s banana production has been affected by heavy rainfall over the last two weeks.
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ArticleAll lit up at Spits
The Mayor of Waltham Forest, councillor Sheila Smith-Pryor, officially turned on the Christmas lights at New Spitalfields Market last Friday morning and was introduced to the wholesale market’s newly appointed corporate development manager, Tim Williams.
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FTA win for Vietnam
Vietnam is expected to get significant benefits from the ASEAN-Japan free trade agreement that took effect this month
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Aus banana growers appeal Philippine access
Australia’s banana growers have lodged an appeal against the decision to allow Philippine bananas into the country
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ArticleWal-Mart China signs green agreement
Wal-Mart has signed an environmental memorandum of understanding in China as part of its green supply chain plan
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Huge supermarket apprenticeship push
Sainsbury’s and Tesco are among several companies creating more than 10,000 new apprenticeship places in the UK after a government bill announced last week.
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Bakkavör in bank talks
The Icelandic company is looking to defrost money tied up in a failed bank
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California growers could receive grant boost
Government proposals could see an increase in the levels of grants offered to specialty crop growers
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Citrus giants buy up land
Californian company Paramount Citrus is adding to its 30,000 acres of citrus with the purchase of 1,000 acres of land to expand its clementine production and growth of its Cuties California Clementines brand.
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Industry mourns McCutchion passing
Alan McCutchion has died following a battle against cancer
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ArticleEthiopian fruit has UK success
The “excellent facilities in Ethiopia” are proving successful as the country achieved its first fruit sales in UK supermarkets earlier this year, according to a study.
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ArticleAfrica "needs voice" in airfreight row
Ecologist Bill Vorley has urged policy-makers to show some “guts” and start working with African growers to give them a voice in the airfreight row.
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Service of Thanksgiving for Alan McCutchion
A Service of Thanksgiving is to be held on Thursday December 18 for Alan McCutchion, who died on Monday.
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ArticleFourayes unveils factory extension
Fourayes, the UK’s largest grower and supplier of Bramley apples and processed fruit fillings, has completed its new storage and despatch building at the Fourayes Farm near Sittingbourne, Kent.
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ArticleSuppliers scared of retail blacklist
Suppliers are too scared to complain to retailers for fear of being “delisted”, according to National Farmers’ Union vice-president Paul Temple.
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Indian onion exports ebb
Indian onion exports are expected to drop 20 per cent this month due to higher minimum export prices