Banana news archive – Page 51
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ArticleTesco donates bananas to charity after race slip up
Cambridge store gives away surplus bananas to local charities after buying in too many for city’s half marathon
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ArticleUGPBAN launches fair trade label
Small banana producers in Guadeloupe and Martinique are expected to benefit from the new “Banane française equitable” mark, not least with higher fixed prices
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ArticleIt’s Fresh! hones in on banana sector
Research shows the technology doubles the green life of bananas and helps reduce waste
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ArticleCo-op makes Fairtrade pledge on bananas
The British supermarket has vowed to source all of its own brand banana produce from Fairtrade certified sources
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ArticleMillenium Bridge stunt launches Fairtrade Fortnight
New campaign by Fairtrade Foundation aims to highlight the "stranglehold of poverty prices" for growers across the world
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ArticleEdible-skin bananas increase in production
D&T Farms is ramping up production of the Mongee banana, known for its edible skin
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VideoPanama diversifies with mangoes and papayas
Fruit Logistica 2018: Minister Eduardo Palacios explains how the Central American country is growing its produce exports
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VideoFyffes and Weichert revitalise banana category
Fruit Logistica 2018: Fruitnet's Chris White speaks to Michaela Schneider and Ralph Fischer at the Fruit Logistica Media Studio
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ArticleA fair future for bananas
Chair of the Latin American Fairtrade producer network (CLAC) and director of Dominican Republic banana cooperative Banelino, Marike de Peña, discusses workers’ rights and the future of banana production
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ArticleBanana supply ‘tightest for years’
Adverse weather and shipping delays in Central and South America have sent spot market prices through the roof and placed strain on supply
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ArticleUpping the CSR ante
One Banana is aiming to increase its corporate and social responsibility action in 2018
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ArticleTotal Produce to acquire US$300m stake in Dole
Announcement comes weeks after Greenyard pulled out of a US$2.5bn deal to purchase the US giant
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ArticleInvestors go bananas for ‘bananacoin’
Value of cryptocurrency is pegged to export price of bananas grown in Laos and sold in China, where there is a shortage of supply
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ArticleGeest Line relocates operations to Dover
Shipper said relocation from Portsmouth was prompted by the capacity potential in Dover's western docks redevelopment
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ArticleNew organic banana brand targets UK and France
Allfresch is set to import its first shipment of Dominican Republic-sourced organic bananas under new brand Mibio
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ArticleMexican exporters mull Russian potential
Opening of a new commercial office in Moscow signals Mexico’s desire to increase trade with Russia
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ArticlePeru keeps watchful eye on La Niña
Development of the weather phenomenon is set to play a crucial role in the fruit industry’s performance in 2018
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ArticleBerry craze in full swing at Asda
Supermarket reports burgeoning sales of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries, with topfruit losing ground
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ArticleTennis stars go bananas
Popular fruit causes a number of players to slip up on the opening day of the Australian Open
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ArticleAgroban opens Swedish ripening facility
The move gives the Ecuadorean company a direct route into the European market