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Article5-a-day strategy needed for wholesale
The wholesale sector needs to develop a strategy to support the 5-a-day campaign, said Nigel Jenney, chief executive of the Fresh Produce Consortium.
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ArticleAgrexco on top form
As reported in last week’s Journal, Agrexco’s UK office has just completed its most successful year ever, increasing turnover by 25 per cent to £97 million. Tommy Leighton visited Carmel House and the port of Marseille to find out some of the reasons behind a rare success story in a tough 2004 marketplace, and look forward to more of the same in the next 12 months.
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ArticleVessels burst into life
Agrexco is reaping the rewards of a significant investment in two ships Ecofresh and Biotop. Tommy Leighton visited Marseille to talk to Agrexco’s general manager in the French port Jean Pierre Pachy.
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ArticleIsraeli impetus
The days are getting shorter and cooler in the UK, but it is at this time of year that Israeli producers have the biggest window to supply the UK with its winter range of produce. Anabella de Sousa talks to four Israeli companies about their plans for the winter season ahead.
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ArticlePoles apart
Of the 10 new member states that acceded to the EU in May, Poland is the fresh produce industry’s biggest player and best placed to take advantage of the opportunities in a marketplace expanded to 25 nations. The country’s exporters have already established a foothold in western Europe, but how quickly can they become a major player? Tony Leighton reports.
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ArticlePests don’t mess with Aleochara
In the first of a six article series on the produce world’s very own natural born killers, Horticulture Research International’s Stan Finch looks at Aleochara, the latest hope in the fight against cabbage root fly.
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ArticleFag packet design success
A pumpkin supplier turned amateur engineer to create a custom built harvesting machine - with successful results.Asda supplier Lincolnshire Field Products, along with Wisbech-based grower Kevley, turned to automation after seeing demand for pumpkins shoot up.
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ArticleBanana Wars - the sequel
The Journal is serialising Banana Wars, by former MAFF and Caribbean Banana Exporters’ Association employee Gordon Myers, throughout this month. This week, the author, pictured, outlines the importance of bananas to the Caribbean community and the beginning of the realisation that the future was not quite as protected.
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Off the shelf
I wonder if pomegranates are experiencing a breakthrough: based on the volumes of the fruit appearing on supermarket shelves
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ArticleApple scaremongering slammed
Environmental campaigners have been branded as 'scaremongers' for their latest attempts at fundraising.
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ArticleSainsbury's turns purple
Sainsbury’s has re-launched its purple carrot offer for the third successive year and is claiming a bumper crop this season.
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Time to find the missing connection
It’s hard to know where to start this week. So many burning issues and so little space in which to address them. So
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Wholesale waste bills 'out of control'
Waste disposal bills at Spitalfields wholesale market is running 'out of control' with costs climbing to more than £600,000, claimed market bosses.
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ArticleWholesale markets not needed?
Wholesale markets could soon be a thing of the past, according to one leading player.
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ArticleApple standards to remain
EU apple growers have rejected proposals to lower EU minimum apple standards to bring them in line with those of the UN ECE.
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ArticleM&S food sales leave bad taste with City analysts
Further reports regarding the poor performance of M&S’s food division have set alarm bells ringing in the City.
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ArticleThe Golden Arches to go
One of the most recognised logos, McDonalds' "Golden Arches", will be dropped in this year's UK advertising campaign for the first time in history.
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Improve in skills campaign
The food and drink sector skills council Improve is supporting a major campaign this month.
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TNA makes double expansion
Australian turnkey packaging-solutions provider TNA has announced two new developments in Europe and Asia.
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ArticleInvisible minister complaint
Defra minister Margaret Beckett is coming under fire with opposition counterparts branding her the ‘invisible minister’.