Banana news archive – Page 96
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Ecuador facing banana emergency
Industry petitions Ecuadorean government to help avoid a crisis due to poor international prices and abuse of the new payment system
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ArticleChiquita weakens in second quarter
Chiquita Brands International has reported on a weaker set of results for the second quarter of 2011, with year-on-year declines in both comparable income and net sales.
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ArticleTaiwan forms banana exporters association
Taiwan’s banana sector will look to form an alliance to help deal with ongoing issues surrounding stagnant summer banana sales
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ArticleTropical storm threatens Dominican Republic
Emily is due to hit Caribbean Island of Hispaniola, containing the states of Dominican Republic and Haiti, at some point today
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Windward bananas back on shelf
Windward Island bananas are returning to UK supermarket shelves after a catastrophic hurricane wiped out the island’s entire crop.
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ArticleBudgens starts its English apple season
Budgens’ English apple season has started early with its first delivery of English apples hitting stores on 25 July.
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ArticleDole gets onboard Expreso service
Dole charters space from Maersk for Texas service as own ship goes into dry dock
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ArticleDole agrees Six Flags theme park promotion
Group signs deal with Six Flags Entertainment to bring Go Bananas After Dark offering to North American theme parks
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Retailers look in the mirror as displays get a revamp
The way that bananas are displayed on the shelves doesn’t change very often, which is perhaps why offering mixed
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ArticleEurope’s banana sector ‘needs €30m’
Banana association for Europe urges allocation of more funds to compete with “cheap” imports
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ArticleNew packaging for Organics Unlimited
The company is supplying organic bananas in the US with a special tape around each bunch to distinguish the fruit
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ArticleEcuadorean banana exporter battles debt
Ecuadorean banana exporter Isbelni has reportedly been seized by the country’s National Finance Corporation (CFN) and the Deposit Guarantee Custodial Agency (AGD).
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ArticleAldi stops publishing banana price
Discount retailer abandons weekly pricing reference, leaving European banana market without key benchmark guide
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ArticleBanana exporter Isbelni seized
The Ecuadorean firm apparently has 60 days in which to disprove alleged links to Aspiazu Group which has millions of dollars of debt
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ArticleTaiwan incentives to boost banana exports
Taiwanese authorities have introduced incentives for growers to boost banana exports in an effort to alleviate a glut on the domestic market
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ArticlePhilippines banana labour spat
A major Philippines-based banana producer and marketer has been accused by labour activists of ‘union busting’ after the recent closure of one of its farms
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ArticleChiquita begins to refinance debt
Chiquita Brands International has announced that it has started refinancing a portion of its existing debt, including the company’s 8.875 per cent senior notes.
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ArticleMultinational banana earnings set to fall
Earnings at multinational banana companies are likely to be lower in the short term as a result of the recent E coli scare, according to analyst Jonathan Feeney of Janney Capital Markets.
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Banacol signs social deal
Colombia-based banana producer-exporter Banacol’s social foundation has signed a deal with the government of Costa Rica to “reduce extreme poverty to zero” through IMAS, its institute for social assistance, to promote employee and family develo
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ArticleCameroon sees banana exports fall
Banana volumes exported from the Central and West African country are declining, but value continues to increase