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  • Spanish salads survive heatwave
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    Spanish salads survive heatwave

    2003-09-11T18:34:34Z

    As the new Spanish salads season get underway optimism is high within the UK for a rewarding campaign. Hot weather, though, has played its part and may cause a few early season headaches. John Broy reports.

  • Humber's quality facility
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    Humber's quality facility

    2003-09-11T18:33:08Z

    With the increasing drive towards healthy eating, it is fitting that an old chocolate factory has provided a new home for vegetable processing. Emma Hardy investigates HQF's latest move.

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    More equal than others?

    2003-09-11T18:31:13Z

    Adam Bernstein (pictured right) hosts a monthly look at one of the legislative aspects that most affect your business, how it is run and how it can be more profitable. This month he has asked Catherine Prest to analyse new provisions to outlaw discrimination.

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    How many portions?

    2003-09-11T18:29:55Z

    I really hope that the 5-a-day campaign is not going to run out of steam.While the applause goes in great measure to the

  • Act on water pressure
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    Act on water pressure

    2003-09-11T18:29:45Z

    It was encouraging to witness the air of confidence that surrounded British Potato 2003 last week. In the two years since the

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    Belgium goes biodegradable

    2003-09-11T16:43:23Z

    Retailers in Belgium are cottoning on to biodegradable packaging already launched in the UK.

  • Perks of the fruit trade
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    Perks of the fruit trade

    2003-09-11T16:43:05Z

    Andrew Perks of DJ Perks & Sons was the lucky winner in Bristol Fruit Sales promotion.

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    EurepGAP: responsible relationships

    2003-09-10T17:48:51Z

    EurepGAP's fourth annual conference Towards Global Harmonisation opened today in Madrid with speakers emphasising the responsbility that lies with the food chain and the importance of relationships within it.

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    Hot weather catches up with brassicas

    2003-09-10T17:48:41Z

    The long hot summer has led to a shortage of brassicas.

  • Apple production in Belgium is forecast to decline this season, but salad and vegetable produce should fare better
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    Mixed blessings for Belgium

    2003-09-10T17:47:06Z

    A downturn in EU pear and apple production, predicted by Prognosfruit in August, has now been confirmed by Belgian auctions.

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    Autumn is acquisition season

    2003-09-10T17:18:20Z

    Plimsoll Publishing has suggested cash-rich companies have an ideal opportunity to acquire struggling businesses.

  • Hurricane Isabel could pose a threat to Caribbean banana plantations
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    Hurricane Isabel whips up a storm

    2003-09-10T17:15:41Z

    Hurricane Isabel is heading for the Caribbean islands and could threathen banana plantations.

  • Spanish citrus has battled all the usual weather conditions in different measure to start slightly later than usual this year
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    Spanish citrus delayed

    2003-09-10T16:43:51Z

    Citrus production in the leading Spanish region of Valencia is expected to fall slightly by five per cent this season as the harvest starts late.

  • Geest is due to announce interim results tomorrow
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    Geest shares slip

    2003-09-10T14:40:09Z

    Geest shares slipped down 2.9 per cent this morning on a reduction in its rating by investment bank Goldman Sachs.

  • M&S enhances food formats
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    M&S enhances food formats

    2003-09-10T12:18:37Z

    Marks & Spencer is abandoning national pricing on food and expanding its convenience format nation-wide.

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    Lantra's new learning courses

    2003-09-09T20:52:54Z

    Lantra has announced a range of spreadsheet courses aimed at people in environmental and land-based industries.

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    Morrison's in search of non-exec directors

    2003-09-09T20:52:31Z

    The supermarket chain has begun interviewing prospective candidates to become its first non-executive directors.

  • Retailers back nutrition strategy call
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    Retailers back nutrition strategy call

    2003-09-09T16:40:15Z

    The British Retail Consortium has added its voice to a call for a national nutritional strategy.

  • Tesco is one of the stores backing National Mango Week
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    National Mango Week underway

    2003-09-09T16:38:22Z

    Major supermarkets are fully behind the third National Mango Week.

  • Asda may team up with Morrison's in a bid to thwart Philip Green in the Safeway battle
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    Asda and Morrison's could unite

    2003-09-09T16:37:33Z

    Asda may join forces with Morrison's in a bid to buy Safeway.