All United Kingdom articles – Page 797

  • Major promotion for English apples
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    Major promotion for English apples

    2005-09-09T08:01:00Z

    English apples will receive their biggest promotional push for many years this season.

  • English plums in full swing
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    English plums in full swing

    2005-08-26T14:01:01Z

    The English plum season is now in full swing, with the Victoria harvest now under way, the Summerfruit Company reports.

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    ECR UK launches free Retail Ready Packaging guide

    2005-08-25T16:01:01Z

    Retail Ready Packaging (RRP) has been identified as a key way to address the industry's £3billion on-shelf availability problem.

  • The UK’s going Mad4Mango
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    The UK’s going Mad4Mango

    2005-08-25T14:03:24Z

    A far-reaching promotional campaign, coupled with consistent supplies of good quality fruit, could make mangoes even more popular in the coming months. Doris Lee Butterworth investigates.

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    British on front foot

    2005-08-18T16:07:26Z

    Alexia Robinson, founder/organiser British Food FortnightThere has never been a better time to be in the business of

  • Sainsbury's claims a first with UK kiwifruit
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    Sainsbury's claims a first with UK kiwifruit

    2005-08-17T08:01:00Z

    UK-grown kiwifruit is set to go on sale for the first time next year, Sainsbury’s has claimed.

  • Berry blip hits UK
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    Berry blip hits UK

    2005-08-12T14:01:01Z

    Strawberry availability from the UK has taken a dip this week as Elsanta has finished promptly and everbearers are running late.

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    UK trainers aid African drivers

    2005-08-12T12:01:01Z

    A UK driver trainer has spent three weeks in Malawi and Zambia in a bid to raise the professional standards of the African transport industry.

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    English apricots in Sainsbury's

    2005-08-04T10:01:00Z

    The first English apricot crop has arrived on Sainsbury’s shelves, thanks to warmer summers and improved growing systems.

  • Last of the UK asparagus
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    Last of the UK asparagus

    2005-07-30T15:01:02Z

    The last of the UK harvest of asparagus has been cut as the growers responsible celebrate a second seasonal coup.

  • Nick Marston, md of KG Fruits at Fruit Focus this week
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    British raspberries are back on track

    2005-07-29T16:54:05Z

    Raspberry growers have been enjoying healthy sales this year, according to British Summer Fruits chairman Laurence Olins.

  • Richard Baker
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    HZPC develops a UK presence

    2005-07-28T16:51:43Z

    Dutch seed-potato giant HZPC, which previously used MBM as its exclusive UK agent, reached an agreement with the Cambridgeshire company that saw a dedicated and wholly-owned HZPC subsidiary established in Doncaster in April.

  • British Potato Counsel
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    British Potato Counsel

    2005-07-28T16:50:19Z

    Potatoes are purchased by 97 per cent of households in the UK at least once every two weeks. This represents a fantastic base from which the British Potato Council can begin its work to promote the home-grown potato in all its forms, but it does not necessarily make the job an easy one. Tommy Leighton reports.

  • British Potato 2005 - five events in one
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    British Potato 2005 - five events in one

    2005-07-28T16:38:35Z

    British Potato 2005, organised by the British Potato Council (BPC), will be held at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate from November 30 to December 1 and will attract around 6,000 visitors.

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    UK shopfitting associations join international body

    2005-07-21T14:01:01Z

    Two shopfitting representative bodies have re-joined global forum.

  • British asparagus success
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    British asparagus success

    2005-07-19T12:01:02Z

    Asparagus growers are celebrating what they described as an outstanding season, during which sales doubled.

  • New UK farming awards announced
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    New UK farming awards announced

    2005-07-06T14:01:00Z

    NFU president Tim Bennett today launched the new National Farming Awards during his address at the Royal Show.

  • Taiwan aims for the UK market
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    Taiwan aims for the UK market

    2005-07-05T08:01:02Z

    Producers from Taiwan are looking to break into the UK market following a recent government fact-finding mission.

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    Tesco going for 100 per cent British

    2005-07-02T09:01:01Z

    Tesco buyer Roy Maynard has reiterated the retailer’s long-term aim to source its entire onion requirement from British growers.

  • UK diesel is cheap, but by far the most expensive
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    UK diesel is cheap, but by far the most expensive

    2005-06-23T14:01:02Z

    Ultra high rates of fuel duty in the UK make diesel forecourt prices by far the highest in Europe despite the fact that the basic commodity price for diesel in the UK is amongst the cheapest.