Avocado news – Page 111
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ArticleKatopé Malet Azoulay unveils name change
Katopé Malet Azoulay is changing its name to become Univeg Katopé (UK) Ltd and launching a new UK subsidiary of the Univeg group: Univeg Direct (UK) Ltd.
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ArticleOrganics bear fruit for Agrexco
The organics market is gathering pace for Israeli marketer Agrexco-Carmel this winter, with organic Wonderful pomegranates due to be added to the line-up next week.
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Public will be tough to win over
I experienced a distinct feeling of déjà vu while following the escapades of Sainsbury’s, which hit upon the idea of
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ArticleChilean avos in for the long haul
An expected lack of demand for Chilean avocados in the UK could overshadow the start of the season, despite recent media coverage on the fruit’s health benefits.
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ArticleSoccer to drive Chilean avocado sales in US
The Chilean Avocado Importers Association in the US has linked up with the American Youth Soccer Association to promote the fruit through youth soccer
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ArticleHigh-street big guns change airfreight stance
The Fresh Produce Consortium and Ghanaian fresh-cut fruit exporter Blue Skies have helped to influence two high-profile high-street names to alter their stances on airfreighted fresh produce.
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ArticleMálaga avocado crop set for increase
The Spanish province of Málaga is predicting an improved avocado harvest this season, thanks in large part to recent heavy rains
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ArticleTreading cautiously
Israel enjoys a receptive and enthusiastic response to its winter crops in the UK but, as Doris Lee Butterworth discovers, the global credit crunch may have an adverse impact on exports this season.
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ArticleStormy ride for traders looks set to keep rolling
Exotics traders are predicting a difficult ride over the next few months, as sales over the last quarter suggest high-end goods are no longer top priority on shopping lists. But there are still some reasons to be cautiously optimistic. Laura Gould reports.
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ArticleCanaries out of tune
Exporters are in a reflective mood as the first loads of Canary Islands tomatoes begin landing on UK shores. Having endured four difficult seasons, it is make or break time for some growers. Doris Lee Butterworth speaks to leading producers and exporters to see what lies in store.
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ArticleUS postpones Peru avocado access
The US market now looks likely to open during the middle of next year, six months later than previously anticipated
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Israel hosts world avo meeting
Israel played host to the 2008 annual meeting of AMaPwg (Avocado Marketing and Promotion working group) in the last week of September, as the first shipment of the newly Israeli avocados season arrived into Europe.
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ArticleMexico gears up for US avocado market gains
The industry expects to achieve at least a 55 per cent share of the US avocado market this year
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Avocado players meet in Israel
Representatives from eight avocado producing countries met in Israel at the end of September to devise ways to increase consumption
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ArticlePeru inches closer to US avocado market
The South American nation hopes to ship its first volumes of avocados to the US as of early 2009
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ArticleRSA organic plums in fine fettle
Organic plums from South Africa look set to enjoy a solid harvest this season.
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ArticleAvos on the up
Despite a year plagued by the aftermath of frosts in many avocado-producing countries, the industry has come out fighting and competing countries have found that working together is the key to success. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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ArticleChilean Hass prepares for winter campaign
The Chilean Hass Avocado Association (CHAA) is preparing for its fourth annual promotion of Hass avocados in the UK market, with first shipments of the fruit expected to arrive in the UK market in the third week of September.
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ArticleCalavo profits shrink on lower margins
Tighter supplies from Mexico pushed third quarter net income down from US$2.2m to US$1.4m
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ArticleHass avocados set for UK push
September will see the season's first shipment of Chilean Hass avocados reach the UK