Reversing market trends: The challenge for the UK fresh fruit sector

British Food Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 19-25

  Hughes, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986043612     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070709610151076     Document Type: Article

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