Banana news archive – Page 168
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ArticleChiquita earns more certification
Chiquita farms in Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama have all earned significant food safety and ethical certification status.
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Waitrose hosts banana reception
Waitrose hosted a VIP reception this week when Prime Ministers from three Caribbean Islands visited a store to see how bananas from their islands end their journey on Waitrose shelves.
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Atlanta - capabilities from A to Z
Atlanta is a leading group in the fresh fruit and vegetable trade, not only in Germany but in Europe too, as Peter Jung, chairman of the Board of Atlanta AG, pointed out.
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ArticleFavorita bid for European development
Ecuadorian banana producer and exporter Favorita Fruit Company has announced its plans to introduce the Favorita brand to the European market.
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Chiquita introduces new fruit snacks
Chiquita brought its new fruit snacks to Fruit Logistica. Marketing manager Michaela Schneider explained that they are so new that they have not yet been launched on the market.
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ArticleRussians looking for joint ventures
Invitation to share in joint ventures with major Russian fruit and vegetable dealers.
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ArticleIvory Coast: pineapples with a difference
Ivory Coast exporters rate Fruit Logistica top of the pile.
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ArticleIraq witnesses fruit invasion
Following the end of war, Iraq is now witnessing a different kind of invasion - hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorian bananas.
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ArticleNZ senders face shipping dilemma
Leading New Zealand apple exporters are warning that the biggest issue facing them as harvesting gets underway is the lack of shipping space.
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ArticleFairtrade fortnight only a month away
This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight runs from March 1-14, as the organisation looks to build on the success experienced to date.
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ArticleStePac Xtends itself
The Journal introduced StePac to its readers last year. The company’s president Israel Ben-Tzur tells Tommy Leighton that a customer-driven development strategy continues to pay rich dividends for the post harvest solutions provider.
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ArticleChiquita approached in Colombian sale
Produce multi-national Chiquita Brands International has confirmed that is considering selling a Colombian banana operation.
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ArticleLauritizen Cool announces new banana service
Lauritzen Cool/Mann Reefers have started a new weekly service operating between Central America and Europe.
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New Year, new look
Just when I thought that the mushroom industry had reached a point where any further opportunities to add value through
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40 years of French pioneering
I must admit to a degree of nostalgia when as a guest of Sopexa, I enjoyed their 40th birthday celebrations last week. It
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ArticleChiquita Brands International announces new president
Chiquita Brands International Inc has named Fernando Aguirre as its new president and chief executive officer.
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ArticlePineapples drive Ghana
The pineapple is the kingpin of the Ghanaian horticulture export sector. With some 36,000 tonnes exported in 2002, it represents about two-thirds of the country's total exports, in volume and value, of fresh produce to the European Union. Bananas (3,500 tonnes) and papayas (1,400t) are also important exports, and despite the small tonnage of papaya exports, Ghana is the largest ACP exporter of this exotic fruit to the European Union.
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ArticleFyffes bananas get EurepGAP
Produce multi-national Fyffes announced today that its banana supplies have now been fully EurepGAP accredited.
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ArticleCapespan apples on course
The first shipment of Capespan South African Gala will be in the UK in mid-February. Meanwhile, Capespan is telling its growers in South Africa to reduce their dependence on the declining rand.
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Multiples united behind English top-fruit offer
All the major multiples have at one time or another proclaimed dedication to English fruit: that's what the customers want from us, they say, so that's what we'll give them. But in the past, anecdotal evidence has suggested that in reality growers have been less than satisfied with customers' commitment, accusing them ñ albeit anonymously ñ of being too keen to switch over to cheaper foreign alternatives when they become available. Dominic Weaver asks the multiple buyers for their perspectives on the UK apple industry.