All articles by Tommy Leighton – Page 147

  • TACT makes a comeback
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    TACT makes a comeback

    2004-08-14T16:01:01Z

    Mark Swanwick and his ex-colleagues at Frumar are revisiting the past and organising Twentieth Anniversary Children’s Trust (TACT), 10 years on from Tenth Anniversary Children’s Trust, which raised £40,000 for childrens' charities in 1994.

  • The Rollet®
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    Plastic surgery gives RTP a face-lift

    2004-08-14T13:01:00Z

    Rollet® claims to have created the future in RTP, with a product that is “more durable, more flexible, easier and safer to use, trackable and even better looking”.

  • Article

    Ring rot investigation continues

    2004-08-14T09:01:01Z

    An extensive investigation continues following the finding of potato ring rot in Sante potatoes on July 30 2004.

  • Article

    Katopé forms partnership in Kwazulu Natal

    2004-08-13T17:01:02Z

    Katopé Citrus, a South African subsidiary of Katopé International and a major exporter of citrus from South Africa to the northern hemisphere, has formed a citrus partnership in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.

  • SA rand suffers extended losses
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    SA rand suffers extended losses

    2004-08-13T16:38:51Z

    The South African rand has suffered extensive losses after the country's central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates this morning.

  • Happy Meal boost for McDonald's
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    Happy Meal boost for McDonald's

    2004-08-13T15:01:01Z

    McDonald's has been “overwhelmed” by the demand for its new Happy Meal for adults in the UK, which includes a salad.

  • Wal-Mart beats off the gloom
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    Wal-Mart beats off the gloom

    2004-08-13T13:01:00Z

    Multinational retail behemoth Wal-Mart has beaten sales expectations for the May to July period.

  • Left to right: Steve Bell, unit director, Frupac, Chris Clapham, John Foley, Waitrose head of buying, fruit, vegetables and horticulture, David Lynch and William Burgess
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    New hub for Waitrose

    2004-08-11T13:15:29Z

    As part of a Waitrose supply partner project aimed at reducing costs through supplier collaboration, Produce World has opened Frupac...

  • Lingwood expands machinery range
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    Lingwood expands machinery range

    2004-08-11T12:01:00Z

    Leading food processing machinery supplier Lingwood Food Services has enhanced its range of services.

  • Companies that do not familiarise themselves face problems
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    Working Time Regulations - a spanner in the works

    2004-08-11T08:01:00Z

    The Freight Transport Association has warned vehicle operators that the implementation of new Working Time Directive regulations next March could be a huge a spanner in the works for companies that aren't properly prepared.

  • Emanuel
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    Emanuel steps down as NCGTA chairman

    2004-08-10T17:01:01Z

    Philip Emanuel has stepped down as chairman of New Covent Garden's tenants' association, after 13-and-a-half years in the post.

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    Government to back Atkins probe

    2004-08-10T15:01:02Z

    The UK government has announced its intention to investigate the controversial Atkins diet.

  • Israel's seven-year hitch is over
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    EU-Israel dispute settled

    2004-08-10T12:01:00Z

    The seven-year controversy between the EU and Israel regarding labeling products, fresh produce included, has come to a happy end.

  • Nic Reay
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    First Fairtrade avos hit UK shelves

    2004-08-10T09:01:01Z

    HL Hall & Sons and Westfalia have supplied the first Fairtrade avocados into the UK market from their farms in South Africa.

  • Terry Mdluli, right, and Tom Mdluli, join Sainsbury's Tristan Kitchener at the chain's Holborn hq
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    Sainsbury's launches Fairtrade avocados

    2004-08-10T09:01:01Z

    Sainsbury’s has introduced Fairtrade avocados in 150 stores.

  • Strike action would disrupt fresh produce transit
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    ABP dockers to vote on walkout

    2004-08-10T07:01:01Z

    UK ports are heading for their first all-out strike in 14 years, as dockers working for Associated British Ports (ABP) prepare to vote on a nationwide walkout, after rejecting a pay rise of 2.9 per cent.

  • Centre left and right Terry and Tom Mdluli, with Nic Reay and Robbie Taylor of HL Hall, in London last week
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    Halls hands land over to Mdluli clan

    2004-08-09T17:01:02Z

    Nelspruit-based avocado specialist HL Hall & Son is the facilitator in a Mpumulanga land reform deal that sees more than 6,000 hectares of the company's prime commercial land handed over to members of the Mdluli clan.

  • Sainsbury's puts faith in Trinity
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    Sainsbury's puts faith in Trinity

    2004-08-09T15:01:02Z

    Sainsbury's launched a new lettuce into 360 stores on August 4.

  • Chiquita solid after Colombian sale
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    Chiquita solid after Colombian sale

    2004-08-09T14:01:01Z

    Chiquita Brands International saw second quarter 2004 net income of $30 million (£16.3m), or $0.73 (40p) per diluted share, including an after-tax loss of $4m (£2.2m) on the sale of its Colombian banana production division.

  • Fruitstock packs them in
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    Fruitstock packs them in

    2004-08-09T12:01:01Z

    British Summer Fruits was one of the sponsors of Fruitstock 2004, which attracted as many as 150,000 people to Regent's Park during the weekend.