All Wholesale articles – Page 66

  • James Cracknell
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    Olympic plan omits top UK market

    2009-12-11T11:18:30Z

    London 2012 organisers fail to mention UK capital's largest fresh produce wholesale market in food provision proposals

  • Fresh Direct now has a London hub
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    Fresh Direct in Personal link up

    2009-12-11T08:01:01Z

    Fresh Produce foodservice supplier Fresh Direct UK Ltd has gone truly national with the announcement of a deal completed today with a London firm that gives it a valuable presence in the capital.

  • John Olney (left) with Anna Mbachu
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    Spitalfields all lit up

    2009-12-10T09:01:02Z

    Councillor Anna Mbachu, mayor of Waltham Forest visited New Spitalfields Market last on December 4 to switch on the market’s Christmas lights and illuminate a 30ft high Christmas tree at the entrance to the market.

  • George Nicholson
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    Calls for composite markets increase

    2009-12-08T09:01:01Z

    There have been widespread calls for farmers’ markets and traditional retail markets to put their differences aside to provide prosperous, composite markets.

  • Manny Sugarman and his four grandsons celebrating his 60th wedding anniversary in Hove, March 2009
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    Obituary: Emanuel Sugarman

    2009-12-04T09:01:01Z

    Emanuel Sugarman, who worked for more than 50 years in old Covent Garden and then Borough market, has died at the age of 85.

  • (l-r) BFS joint md Nick Matthews, Growfair brand manager Mark Oughtred and DEFRA secretary Hilary Benn. Photo courtesy of the BBC
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    Bristol Fruit Sales lands BBC prize

    2009-12-02T08:01:01Z

    Bristol Fruit Sales (BFS) is celebrating its victory at the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming awards 2009 last week in London.

  • Glasgow Wholesale Market
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    Glasgow gets refurbishment go-ahead

    2009-11-30T11:49:17Z

    The proposed £6.5m redevelopment of Glasgow Wholesale Market has been given the green light by local authorities

  • Rungis Market
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    Postcard | Paris

    2009-11-13T10:58:09Z

    At this year's WUWM conference in Paris, discussion centred on wholesale markets' ability to survive in today's environment

  • Article

    Market BDMs at risk of losing project

    2009-11-06T11:01:01Z

    The business development managers (BDMs) appointed by the London Development Agency (LDA) to increase the amount of local and sustainable fruit and vegetables going into the capital’s wholesale markets are lobbying against the possibility that their project may be cut short in December.

  • Garden plans on public display
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    Garden plans on public display

    2009-11-04T08:01:01Z

    Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) has unveiled its redevelopment plans for The Garden at New Covent Garden Market in the first of two public exhibitions this week, marking the start of the pre-application consultation period.

  • Mercasalamanca
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    Mercasalamanca opens for business

    2009-11-02T10:48:39Z

    Spain’s newest wholesale market, which is expected to act as a conduit for goods from northern Spain and Portugal, has officially opened

  • Nigel Shepherd
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    New Spits superintendent selected

    2009-11-02T10:01:01Z

    The City of London Corporation has selected Nigel Shepherd as the new superintendent of New Spitalfields Market.

  • Portobello market manager Mark Atkinson with Local to London's Zeenat Anjari and Ruth Holbrook
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    NCGM in Portobello link-up

    2009-10-28T08:01:01Z

    Traders on London’s Portobello and Golborne Road markets linked up with New Covent Garden Market (NCGM) to celebrate the English apple season last week, to boost consumer awareness and sell more apples.

  • (l-r) Phil Hough of Associated Growers, Keith Gilson of Houlton Contractors, Simon Dixon of ispace and Mike Nellist of Nellist & Co on the site of the new Fruit Market to be known as Priory Market
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    Hull sets date for market's unveiling

    2009-10-21T09:01:01Z

    Traders on Hull market are readying themselves to move to a new site after more than £3.5 million of investment, ending almost 30 years of conjecture.

  • Dr Andrew Palmer
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    Wholesale takes green hit

    2009-10-06T14:01:01Z

    London’s wholesale markets’ customers are vastly increasing the carbon emissions attributed to fresh produce unnecessarily, a leading academic told the trade last week.

  • Left to right: Dave Gange, Mike Gay, Mike Jenkins, Tim Down, Leam Knapton
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    Mack acquires Percy J Down

    2009-10-05T10:01:01Z

    Mack has expanded its wholesale presence in Bristol, with the acquisition of Percy J Down on the city’s market last week.

  • WUWM delegates toured Rungis as part of their prestigious wholesale conference
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    London explores Rungis link

    2009-10-04T16:01:01Z

    Wholesale market authorities and traders are being urged to reignite the links between Paris’s prestigious Rungis market and the UK.

  • WUWM chairman Graham Wallace and secretary general Maria Cavit gave out the awards
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    Europe dominates WUWM gongs

    2009-10-01T17:01:02Z

    French and Spanish wholesale markets stole the limelight during last week’s World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) 2009 Wholesale Market Awards hosted in the Eiffel Tower.

  • Marc Spielrein
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    WUWM winds its way to French capital

    2009-09-30T09:35:33Z

    Sustainable logistics and branding were high on the agenda at last week’s World Union of Wholesale Markets conference in Paris

  • China vegetables Hong Kong
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    China’s Jiangnan market bustles

    2009-09-30T07:50:42Z

    Sales at China’s largest fruit and vegetable wholesale market grew last year, spurred on by the economic downturn