Banana news archive – Page 142
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ArticleThe teardrop explodes
D’Anjou pears have traditionally been viewed as the “hardware” of the sector by north-west US growers and their customers alike. But the teardrop-shaped variety, in both its red and green forms, has undergone a dramatic transition in many domestic quarters, thanks to widespread preconditioning of the fruit. The ripened fruit has also made limited headway internationally, but now the US industry wants the rest of the world to follow its lead and embrace preconditioning. Tommy Leighton visited the states of Oregon and Washington to find out more.
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ArticlePear drop set to stop
The European pear market is stable this year and volumes are steady, but with some producers having switched from apples to pears to secure better returns and new plantings set to reach maturity in the next few years, the search for new markets is underway. Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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Profit surprise for Fresh Del Monte Inc
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc has posted a third-quarter profit, boosted by lower costs and strong banana sales.
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ArticleChiquita slices management jobs
Chiquita has outlined a massive restructuring plan designed to save it up to $80 million a year as hundreds of jobs go and it turns it back on prepared fruit salads.
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ArticleMinis a-peel to broad age range
Chiquita has introduced its mini bananas in the UK, through a trial in 20 Yorkshire supermarkets.
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ArticleTesco toons into Disney
Tesco and Disney are to launch a co-branded range of healthy food products, including fresh produce.
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Back to the future for online trading
Two new online produce trading forums launched in the US this month aim to offer the fresh produce industry a quicker and easier way of conducting business on the internet. Meanwhile, UK retailers look forward to a new food labelling vision, and Capespan has made its operations more efficient thanks to a new memory solution.
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ArticleGlasto in Banana Link gesture
Organisers of the Glastonbury festival have donated £74,000 to pressure group Banana Link.
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Roll up, Roll up - No need to be shy
Recently at Southampton City Council, our trading standards department, of which I am the leader, has been actively involved
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ArticleIndustry turns out to talk Fairtrade
UK retailers and fresh produce businesses came together at the Fairtrade Foundation’s autumn conference to kick off the countdown to Fairtrade Fortnight 2008.
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Banana dispute sees some action
Latin American countries and the US have met again for the first time in 18 months as they step up the pressure in the dispute with the EU over its banana import regime.
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ArticleBiomarché unveils new facility
Biomarché, part of French organic group Pro Natura, opened its brand new facility at Nivelles at the start of October.
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Lidl Scotland slashes fruit and veg prices by up to 70 per cent
Lidl Scotland has cut the price of its fruit and vegetables by up to 70 per cent until the end of October, starting this week.
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Article100 years of the Hope-Masons
The fresh produce industry has evolved almost beyond recognition since the FPJ started up more than a century ago and was acquired by the Hope-Masons 100 years ago. Tracing the industry timeline from the years in which markets were the lynchpin of the trade, to the rise of imports and the growth of the multiples, the Journal has never missed an issue. Anna Sbuttoni trawls through the FPJ archive.
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Fighting the European corner
European banana producers attended a meeting in Madeira to discuss the implications of the demand from Ecuador and the US for a reduction in the import tariff for bananas from third countries.
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Aerial threat in Davao
Banana growers and exporters in the Philippines have warned that a ban on aerial spraying of pesticides would have a backlash on the local economy.
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Jamaica gets doctor's vote
Jamaica’s minister of agriculture, Dr Christopher Tufton, has assured that the new government is fully committed to providing the banana industry with the assistance it needs to remain viable, to continue to be a major contributor to the national economy.
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Fyffes' first-half profits take a hit
First-half profits for fruit importer Fyffes have been knocked by losses at its melon joint venture in Brazil - with an 11 per cent drop reported.
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ArticleEiC gives trade a makeover
The Eat in Colour campaign has exceeded expectation in its first year, by reaching nearly 85 million people through newspapers, radio, TV and the internet.
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Chiquita in positive mood after interim results
Chiquita has reported meaningful year-over-year banana price increases in July and August, and believes it will feel “minimal” impact from Hurricane Felix’s damage to banana plantations in Central America.