All United Kingdom articles – Page 841

  • Food service could soon be UK vegetable growers' largest customer
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    Stunning prediction for UK veg

    2004-02-11T12:01:01Z

    The food-service industry will overtake the multiple-retail sector as the main customer for UK fresh vegetables in the next six years.

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    New season English cherry tomatoes available

    2004-02-06T13:01:00Z

    Waitrose has announced it is the first major supermarket to have English cherry tomatoes available in selected branches this year.

  • USA apples bite into UK market
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    USA apples bite into UK market

    2004-02-05T18:00:16Z

    The supply of apples to the UK market is such that US exporters have an excellent opportunity to make the most of a vintage crop in the next few months. In what is described by one exporter as a “one in five or six” season, US-grown Empire, McIntosh and Gala are all expected to enjoy success in the 2004 campaign, while a shortage of fresh Bramley could open doors - or at least a window - for cooking types Rome and Crispin. Tommy Leighton reports.

  • Early season demand for English Conference has been eager
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    UK pears face early finish

    2004-02-05T12:01:02Z

    The English Conference pear season is finishing sooner than marketers would have liked.

  • Turkish tune in to UK market requirements
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    Turkish tune in to UK market requirements

    2004-02-02T14:02:42Z

    It has been a mixed bag for Turkish citrus this year. Although grapefruit fell short of UK requirements, satsumas and oranges were well received while overall exports fell prey to a strengthening rate of exchange. Emma Hatfield reports.

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    Former UK md named as Chiquita European president

    2004-01-31T08:01:01Z

    Michel Loeb has been made Chiquita Fresh Group's European president by Chiquita Brands International.

  • Greenery UK is confident its graduates will get the most out of the MDS programme
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    Greenery UK announces MDS membership

    2004-01-23T13:00:59Z

    Greenery UK has confirmed it is the latest member to join Management Development Services (MDS).

  • The Shamouti season has started
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    Shamouti makes UK debut

    2004-01-23T07:01:02Z

    UK supermarkets are welcoming the first arrivals of Israel’s Jaffa Shamouti oranges this week.

  • Are producers gettng a fair crack of the whip under the supermarket code of practice?
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    Renewed calls for UK supermarket watchdog

    2004-01-22T17:00:59Z

    Producers and consumer groups in the UK have renewed calls for a new code to protect consumers and small suppliers.

  • English dessert apples are well poised for a late-season flourish on the market
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    UK apple market strong for English supplies

    2004-01-19T07:00:01Z

    The English dessert apple sector is entering the last few months of its season in good shape, according to Adrian Barlow of promotional body English Apples & Pears.

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    Exciting solutions for UK season extension

    2004-01-15T16:12:06Z

    John Stow and Jane Spencer, Horticulture Research International East Malling

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    Belgian senders warn UK

    2004-01-15T10:00:01Z

    Belgian salad and vegetable exporters have warned that sendings to the UK are declining.

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    Sodexho appoints new UK chief executive

    2004-01-13T14:05:37Z

    Sodexho Alliance has appointed François-Xavier Bellon as chief executive of its troubled UK and Ireland division.

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    Multiples united behind English top-fruit offer

    2004-01-08T13:18:30Z

    All the major multiples have at one time or another proclaimed dedication to English fruit: that's what the customers want from us, they say, so that's what we'll give them. But in the past, anecdotal evidence has suggested that in reality growers have been less than satisfied with customers' commitment, accusing them ñ albeit anonymously ñ of being too keen to switch over to cheaper foreign alternatives when they become available. Dominic Weaver asks the multiple buyers for their perspectives on the UK apple industry.

  • New seedless grape variety on water to UK
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    New seedless grape variety on water to UK

    2003-12-30T11:00:01Z

    UK consumers will soon have their first taste of an American-bred black seedless grape as the initial commercial shipments of Midnight Beauty® brand grapes arrive in Europe.

  • First Jaffa Suntina arrives in the UK
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    First Jaffa Suntina arrives in the UK

    2003-12-19T06:00:01Z

    Jaffa Suntina, the first of Israel's easy peel varieties, has arrived in the UK

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    G's restructures UK businesses

    2003-12-12T13:00:01Z

    G's Marketing Ltd, the UK marketing arm of the privately owned Shropshire Group of companies is being restructured.

  • Energy-efficient sodium lights and computerised climatic controls ensure that the plants are grown in optimum conditions
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    UK cucumbers ready for Christmas

    2003-12-07T12:05:01Z

    The first crop of UK cucumbers grown for the festive season will hit retailers shelves this Christmas.

  • Insurance premiums crippling UK business
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    Insurance premiums crippling UK business

    2003-11-29T13:00:01Z

    Businesses up and down the country are struggling to contain soaring road freight insurance costs.

  • To be or not to be?
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    Delegates vote on future of UK soft-fruit

    2003-11-29T09:00:02Z

    Fifty-one of the delegates at the HRI/Adas/EMRA Soft Fruit Conference believe that there is no secure future for the soft-fruit industry.