All articles by Alex Lawson – Page 32
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Guatemalan shooting shocks banana trade
The treasurer of the Izabal Banana Plantation Workers’ Union (SITRABI) in Guatemala, Idar Joel Hernández Godoy, was killed by unidentified gunmen as he left the Nuevo Campo plantation in the community of Los Amates this week.
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ArticleG’s bares all with UK salads
Major supplier G’s Marketing has bolstered its convenience brand, fresh & naked, with new products and a website.
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Spanish exports enjoy increase
Spanish fruit and vegetable exports enjoyed an upsurge in the first quarter of the year rising year-on-year 18 per cent in volume and seven per cent in value according to producer-exporters federation Fepex.
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ArticleEuropean ministers to meet as beansprouts cleared
European agriculture ministers are meeting in Luxembourg this afternoon to discuss compensation after it was found beansprouts were not to blame for the E. coli outbreak that has killed 22 people.
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ArticleMorrisons sees changing shopper trends
Morrisons shoppers are making a month-end, pay-day trolley dash rather than a weekly big-shop, new figures released by the supermarket show.
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ArticleBerry Gardens joins up for FPJ event
The chairman of soft fruit growers' group Berry Gardens will be joining speakers at the FPJ Conferences - South East as part of the session entitled Pushing the Product.
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ArticleEnglish Village Salads loses Asda contract
More than 200 staff are at risk at English Village Salads (EVS) after it lost a crucial contract with Asda.
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ArticleChiquita adds to board of directors
Chiquita Brands International has announced that its shareholders elected Jeffrey Simmons to its board of directors at the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders.
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ArticleUK salad trade in "doldrums" after E. coli outbreak
The UK salad trade is “in the doldrums” with prices hitting rock bottom as the effects of the E. coli outbreak in Germany continue to unfold.
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Bi-modal service to run from Africa to Europe
A project is taking shape to launch a bi-modal sea-rail service linking North Africa and Northern Europe, via Marseille, France.
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Farm Fresh Produce to increase UK supply
US company Farm Fresh Produce is aiming to boost its supply of sweet potatoes to the UK.
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ArticleRaspberry promotions push sales forward
The raspberry market has been buoyant over the last two weeks with product from the UK starting early and dovetailing with peak volumes from Spain and Portugal.
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Del Monte lands pineapple prize
The Del Monte Gold extra sweet pineapple has been given one of the 661 Superior Taste awards handed out by the International Taste & Quality Institute (iTQi) this year.
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ArticleAnneke Cuppen leaves Koppert Cress
Koppert Cress’s UK marketing manager Anneke Cuppen has left the business.
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ArticleUK apple market finds balance
The UK apple market is in relatively good balance despite shortages and southern hemisphere production issues.
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ArticleEnglish asparagus’ early close
The British asparagus season is drawing to a close with an early start creating an early finish.
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ArticleWaitrose finds sea legs with new veg
Waitrose is offering three different sea vegetables this summer.
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ArticleCR pines set to overtake bananas
Pineapples are threatening to outstrip bananas as Costa Rica’s most important fruit export.
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ArticleUK vegetable industry battles dry conditions
The UK vegetable industry continues to take a battering and growers in Lincolnshire are heading towards a mid-June meltdown as rain is largely alluding producers.
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The Co-op gets heroic
The Co-operative Group has set up a Habitat Heroes team on six of its farms across the UK to help conserve some the UK’s most endangered and iconic wildlife species.